The document announces an upcoming RFID for Defense conference on January 30-February 1, 2006 in Washington DC that will discuss challenges and implementations of RFID technology in the Department of Defense supply chain, including topics such as spectrum availability abroad, passive RFID timelines, and business case analyses; it promotes registering for both the main conference and an additional master-class series on January 30th that will provide more in-depth presentations and discussions on UID/RFID initiatives, expeditionary logistics, and supply chain management. High-ranking military officials and experts from across the different military branches are scheduled to speak at the conference and master-class sessions

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RFIDfor Defense
RFIDfor Defense
Main Conference: January 31-February 1, 2006
Master-Class Series: January 30, 2006
Georgetown Conference Center • Washington, DC
Make Sure You Sign Up for our Master-Class
Series on January 30!
At This Event, You Will Learn About and Discuss
• The availability of and permissions process for military use of
authorized spectrum frequencies in foreign countries
• RFID and electromagnetic effects
• What is a realistic timeline for passive RFID being fully
implemented into supply chain operations?
• Business case analyses
• UID implementation
LIEUTENANT GENERAL
C.V. Christianson
Director for Logistics
J-4, The Joint Staff
LeAntha Sumpter
Program Manager, UID
Special Assistant to the
Acting Under Secretary of
Defense (Acquisition,
Technology and Logistics)
COLONEL
Walt Eady, USAF
Program Manager, C-17
COLONEL
Thomas Brown, USA
Commander
US Army Medical Materiel
Center, Europe
COLONEL
Terry Beynon, USA
Chief
Logistics Information Fusion
Division, JSJ4
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
Lloyd Crosman, USA
Product Manager, PM TIMS
D. Mark
Johnson, USN
Wireless Technologies EM
Effects/Spectrum POC
NAVSEA, NOSSA, and
NSWCDD
Melissa Miller, USN
Predictive Technical Branch
Manager
ATOS Program Manager
US Navy
Jennifer
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Dear Colleague:
In July 2004, the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology,
and Logistics signed a memorandum outlining policy for the use of RFID within the
Department of Defense (DoD). The policy addressed two types of RFID tags: active
tags, which contain an internal power source, enabling the tag to hold more data;
and passive tags, which do not contain any power source, hold a minimum of data
and have a shorter read range.
By using RFID, DoD hopes to provide the warfighter with the right materiel at the
right time and in the right condition; in 2007, all cases and pallets of all
commodities shipped to DoD locations will be required to be tagged. While DoD
will no doubt realize significant benefits through the use of RFID, there are
numerous challenges that remain. A recent GAO report identified some hurdles:
•
The availability of and permissions process for military use of authorized
spectrum frequencies in foreign countries
•
Funding: Without the data needed to create business case analyses that
demonstrate appropriate return rates on investment, the military services have
been reluctant to provide funding for RFID implementation
•
Training is an ongoing challenge for passive RFID implementation
•
Army officials told GAO that within DOD and private industry, there is a concern
about the level of accuracy for reading tags. Some results have been reported at
approximately 90 percent accuracy for passive RFID tags placed on individual
cases and pallets.
IDGA’s RFID for Defense conference will allow members of government, industry
and academia to discuss such issues. Don’t miss this chance to interact with
representatives from the Army, Navy, and Air Force who are leading the way in the
implementation of RFID. Act now! Register yourself and a team of key people
today by calling 800.882.8684, by faxing the order form on the back of the
brochure to 973.256.0205, or online at www.idga.org.
I look forward to meeting you in January!
Jeff Meredith
Conference Director
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Attendees will have the following job titles:
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• CTO
• Program/Project/Product Manager
• Engineer
• Logistics Management Specialist
• Information Technology Specialist
• Technical Advisor
• Packaging Specialist
• Transportation Specialist
• RFID Specialist
• Chief, Supply Systems
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3. Unique Identification (UID) and Radio Frequency Identification
(RFID) are Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology &
Logistics) initiatives to improve business processes for parts
identification and supply chain management, respectively. With
both UID and RFID to be implemented in the near term, DoD
acquisition organizations (program management offices, systems
commands, depots) and defense contractors need to understand
the policies that underpin both programs, as well as what is
necessary in terms of planning, contracting, and reporting to
comply with the policies. First module of the UID/RFID Master-Class
is an overview of both initiatives that includes what the programs
are and why they are important. Second and subsequent modules
include detailed information on planning for implementing UID and
RFID; relevant technologies; contracting considerations; and
reporting requirements. The Master-Class will provide attendees will
relevant references for both programs as well as examples of
lessons learned and best practices where available. At the end of
the Master-Class, attendees will understand the UID and RFID
initiatives and why both programs are mandated by DoD.
Attendees will also have a listing of key references and sources of
additional information for both programs as well as an appreciation
for actions necessary to comply with the UID and RFID policies,
whether in government or industry.
Master-Class Leader:
As Director of Defense Acquisition University's Rapid
Deployment Training and Performance Support, David G. Ahern is
responsible for organizing and supporting tailored training and
consulting services for the DoD Acquisition, Technology and
Logistics community. He also is a professor of systems acquisition
management at the university.
8:00 - 11:00 RFID for Defense: UID/RFID: Key DoD Item and Supply
Chain Management Initiatives
The mandates by the U.S. Department of Defense, Wal-Mart, and
others are bringing interest and attention to RFID technology. As
such, RFID stands to be widely deployed in a number of applications
in the near future. This Master-Class will cover the use of RFID
technology in pertinent applications which will include its use in
supply chain and asset management. In doing so, the presentation
will cover RFID system architecture and other important
considerations such as security.
Master-Class Leaders:
Eric Tsibertzopoulos, a Senior Consultant at Booz Allen
Hamilton, is a leader in designing, developing, and deploying Radio
Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for government clients. He
has worked to define technical requirements for RFID pilot
implementations, evaluate RFID hardware and software, and develop
proof-of-concept RFID applications to study the effects of RFID
automation in business processes.
Greg Barber, a consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton, has a M.S.
in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the
Schreyer Honors College of the Pennsylvania State University. He
joined Booz Allen after completing his M.S. in Electrical Engineering.
11:15 - 2:15 RFID For Supply Chain and Asset Management
Expeditionary asset visibility has been demonstrated in movement of
military assets by truck, rail and ship, providing real time asset tracking
at the pallet level including the ability to 're-task' the assignment of
destination and priority. This Master-Class reviews the expeditionary
asset visibility case study, and the role RFID and advanced information
solutions play in the advanced logistics infrastructure.
Master-Class Leader:
Ronald Wagner is President & CEO of CoBaLt Technology, LLC,
a U.S. company specializing in Condition Based Logistics Solutions.
Having created the condition based logistics discipline using the
first-to-market integrated sensors and radio frequency identification
device and the patent pending Low Power Sensor Network while a
faculty member at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Mr. Wagner
is a former Maintenance Repair and Overhaul operations manager,
a former Program Manager for Logistics for the T-45 Jet Aircraft
Trainer, and was the Chief Engineer for development of the U.S
Navy's Consolidated Automated Support System.
2:30 - 5:30 RFID in Expeditionary Logistics
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MASTERCLASSSERIES
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Give more time to the issues
Sign up for the master-class series (8:00-5:30) and dedicate more time for dialogue and
networking in a classroom environment. Here is what to expect during the master-class series:
• Smaller, classroom-style sessions
• Detailed materials/ live applications
• In-depth discussions with the master-class leaders and fellow attendees
MONDAY, January 30, 2006

4. - Choosing between active and passive RFID systems
- Comparing RFID systems via read rates and other RFID metrics
- What is the performance now being observed after initial
implementations in DoD?
- Accommodating specific logistical challenges
Robert Hampe, President, LOGMATION Inc.
4:30 Conclusion of Day One
7:15 Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:00 Logistics Information Fusion
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Total asset visibility for joint warfighters
•
Joint TAV requirements
•
Benefits of RFID
Colonel Terry Beynon, USA, Chief, Logistics Information Fusion
Division, JSJ4
8:45 Unique Identification (UID)
LeAntha Sumpter, Program Manager, UID, Special Assistant to the Acting
Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)
9:30 RFID for Combat Identification
Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd Crosman, USA, Product Manager, PM TIMS
10:15 Morning Refreshment Break
10:30 RFID for Mobile Health Care
•
New systems
•
Effective communication
Tommy J. Morris, Program Manager, BMIST, CITO, US Army Medical
Research & Materiel Command, Telemedicine and Advanced
Technology Research Center
11:15 Implementing UID in Transition
•
UID data needs to be useful today?
•
Make the right decisions up front
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Interoperability with the legacy information systems
Chris Sautter, Principal Research Scientist, Rotorcraft Systems
Engineering and Simulation Center, University of Alabama
12:00 Luncheon for Speakers and Attendees
1:00 C-17 UID Implementation
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C-17: A model program
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Serialized item management enhanced by UID
Colonel Walt Eady, USAF, Program Manager, C-17
1:45 RFID for Medical Materiel Support
Steve McManus, Deputy Director, Defense Supply Center
Philadelphia Directorate of Medical Materiel
2:30 Case Study: Transfer of Aviation Pack-Up Kits (PUKS)
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Experimentation with RFID, UID, SNT, SAP integration
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Benefits of project: Automatic inventory counts, labor savings, more timely
tracking of assets
Commander Donnie Gamboa, USN, Officer-in-Charge, Aviation
Support Detachment, Naval Station Norfolk
3:15 NEMSCOM RFID/AIT Program
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Utilizing RFID and AIT technology within eight 500 bed hospitals and
numerous expeditionary clinics worldwide, as well as a 150,000 square
foot medical distribution warehouse and extensive vehicle fleet
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Passive and active RFID
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NEMSCOM’s use of micro dots, info dots, real time location systems,
iridium modules and contact memory buttons
LCDR Corey Cook, USN, Director of Operations, Navy Expeditionary
Medical Support Command
3:15 Conclusion of Conference
MAIN CONFERENCE
DAY ONETUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2006
7:45 Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:30 RFID in OIF
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Lessons learned
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What hindered complete supply chain visibility
Lieutenant General Claude V. Christianson, Director for Logistics, J-4,
The Joint Staff
9:15 Next Generation RFID w/Wireless Communications
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Radio Frequency Identification – What do we use it for?
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Wireless communications
•
Integration
Jeffrey D. Fee, Logistics Management Specialist, Logistics
Transformation Agency
10:00 Morning Refreshment Break
10:30 How RFID Impacts Current Policy
Melissa Miller, USN, Predictive Technical Branch Manager, ATOS
Program Manager, US Navy
11:15 E3 and Spectrum Management Concerns for
Wireless Technologies
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Wireless Technologies
•
E3 and Spectrum Challenges
- Spectrum
- Radiation Hazards to Ordnance Safety Impact
- Emission Control (EMCON)
- EM Interference
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What Needs Improvement
•
Test Techniques
•
Acquisition Impact
•
Ongoing/Future Projects
•
Summary
D. Mark Johnson, Wireless Technologies EM Effects/Spectrum POC,
NAVSEA, NOSSA, and NSWCDD
12:00 Luncheon for Speakers and Attendees
1:00 RFID and Embedded Health Monitoring of Munitions
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Comparison of old and newly proposed monitoring methods
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A roadmap to embedded health monitoring
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Road blocks
Jennifer Fortner, Project Manager, Predictive Technologies Branch,
NAVSEA, Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWCIHD)
1:45 WAWF: Program Office Update
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WAWF upcoming events
•
RFID support in WAWF
•
Changes in the WAWF program
Tony Davis, Deputy Program Manager, Wide Area Workflow, Defense
Information Systems Agency
2:30 Afternoon Refreshment Break
3:00 RFID/MEMS Testing
Colonel Thomas Brown, USA, Commander, US Army Medical Materiel
Center, Europe
Dr. Tom Navo, US Army Medical Materiel Center, Europe
3:45 Making the Business Case for RFID Applications
in Military Logistics
•
Making a business case should be the first step for any military office
considering starting an RFID system
•
RFID deployment must be addressed in the context of what makes the
best business sense
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Other issues:
- Business process reengineering and RFID technology insertion
- What the mandates really require vs. what you need to improve your
logistics system
MAIN CONFERENCE
DAY TWOWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2006
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MainConference:January31-February1,2006
Master-ClassSeries:January30,2006
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SeriesonJanuary30!
AtThisEvent,YouWillLearnAboutandDiscuss
•Theavailabilityofandpermissionsprocess
formilitaryuseofauthorizedspectrum
frequenciesinforeigncountries
•RFIDandelectromagneticeffects
•WhatisarealistictimelineforpassiveRFID
beingfullyimplementedintosupplychain
operations?
•Businesscaseanalyses
•UIDimplementation
LIEUTENANTGENERAL
C.V.Christianson
DirectorforLogistics
J-4,TheJointStaff
LeAnthaSumpter
ProgramManager,UID
SpecialAssistanttothe
ActingUnderSecretaryof
Defense(Acquisition,
TechnologyandLogistics)
COLONEL
WaltEady,USAF
ProgramManager,C-17
COLONEL
ThomasBrown,
USA
Commander
USArmyMedicalMateriel
Center,Europe
COLONEL
TerryBeynon,
USA
Chief
LogisticsInformation
FusionDivision,JSJ4
LIEUTENANTCOLONEL
LloydCrosman,
USA
ProductManager,PMTIMS
D.Mark
Johnson,USN
WirelessTechnologiesEM
Effects/SpectrumPOC
NAVSEA,NOSSA,and
NSWCDD
MelissaMiller,
USN
PredictiveTechnicalBranch
Manager
ATOSProgramManager
USNavy
Jennifer
Fortner,USN
ProjectManager,Predictive
TechnologiesBranch
NAVSEA,NavalSurface
WarfareCenterIndian
HeadDivision(NSWCIHD)
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