Welcome to the RFID Global Forum
|
Final Conference Video Presentations
CLICK HERE to view the final confrence video presentations.
|
|
|
Final Conference Presentations
CLICK HERE to view the final confrence presentations.
|
|
MAPPING OUT THE ROUTE TO AN INTERNET OF THINGS : Europe should lead drive for international co-operation, says CASAGRAS report
A massive increase in international co-operation and significant investment in awareness-building and training are essential if the concept of an Internet of Things (IoT) is to be turned into a meaningful reality, says a European Union-funded project in its final report, “RFID and the Inclusive Model for the Internet of Things.”
Partners in the Framework 7 CASAGRAS project also urge that European Centres for the IoT and automatic identification and data capture should be established to help business grasp the opportunities they offer.
Delegates from 19 countries attended the project’s final conference in London where eight key recommendations were made. These, it was said, would help ensure an ordered development of the IoT on a global basis with maximum business and social benefits.
Ian G. Smith of AIM UK, co-ordinator of CASAGRAS, said : “Our project work has proved without doubt that there is the need and will for international co-operation. China, Japan, Korea and the USA are on board. Europe has taken the lead and now needs to drive the initiative as a truly global partnership.”
In addition, said Smith, it had also been shown that governments, industry and business lacked awareness of the IoT and of what it offered. “Awareness and education programmes are key requirements in creating a better understanding of the potential and benefits and these programmes should be especially directed at the SME community.”
CLICK HERE to read full story including the CASAGRAS recommendations.
|
|
|
GRIFS PROJECT LAUNCHES ON-LINE DATABASE OF
INTERNATIONAL RFID STANDARDS
GRIFS, the EU-funded project promoting closer co-operation between RFID standards organisations, has launched the first comprehensive on-line database of international RFID standards. It is expected to become the reference tool for anyone wanting upto date information on the progress of international RFID standards.
The GRIFS project team has also issued a Memorandum of Understanding to support the organisation of the Global Forum of Collaboration on RFID standardisation. The GRIFS Forum kick-off meeting will be in Washington DC on June 30 and July 1.
CLICK HERE to read the full story
|
|
|
FINAL DRAFTS OF THE 7 CASAGRAS WORKPACKAGE WHITE PAPERS
|
|
|
Following workshops in Shanghai and Hong Kong, partners in the EU Seventh Framework CASAGRAS project on global RFID standardisation issues have agreed a definition for the emerging Internet of Things. CLICK HERE to view workshop presentations and CLICK HERE to read Press statement
|
|
|
CASAGRAS introduces the concept of the World Object Web – WOW
The CASAGRAS project has seen the importance of considering the integration of the Internet of Things with the developing Internet. CLICK HERE to read an opening statement on the concept from technical co-ordinator Prof. Anthony Furness and then post your views in our RFID Global Forum.
|
|
|
European Commission backs International Collaboration Initiative on RFID standardisation for ‘The Internet of Things’
We are a key group of international partners representing Europe, the USA, China, Japan and Korea who have joined a strategic EU funded 7th Framework initiative that will look at global standards, regulatory and other issues concerning RFID and its role in realising an “Internet of Things.”
This is regarded as a global integrated intelligent infrastructure that will exploit developments in pervasive networking and interfacing with the physical world through existing and future developments in RFID and associated technologies. It is expected that the Internet of Things will engage with today’s internet and its future development providing an integrated item intelligent world that can serve the future information and management needs of industry and commerce and the wider needs of the information society.
CASAGRAS (Coordination and Support Action (CSA) for Global RFID-related Activities and Standardisation) will provide a framework of foundation studies to assist the European Commission and the global community in defining and accommodating international issues and developments concerning radio frequency identification (RFID) with particular reference to the emerging ‘Internet of Things’.
Team members from European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), Supply Chain innovation Centre (Hong Kong, China), YRP Ubiquitous Networking Laboratory (Japan), Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute (ETRI, Korea), Q.E.D. Systems (USA - a company specialising in international standards development); Feig Electronics, Germany, working with project leaders AIM UK and the newly formed European Centre for Automatic identification and Data Capture (AIDC) will undertake a review of Standards and Procedures for International Standardisation in relation to RFID; Regulatory issues in respect of RFID standards; Global numbering systems in relation to RFID standards; RFID in relation to Ubiquitous Computing, Networks and the Internet of Things; Functional Developments and Associated Standards; Areas of Application and Standards; Socio-economic Components of RFID Usage .
|
|
|
