May 17-19, 2022

Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

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Tuesday, May 17, 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

  • Room: Islander I
AIM Global, an industry standards organization in barcodes and RFID standards, is hosting an expert member panel to discuss the technology, standards, and real-world implementation of food traceability.  Gain an understanding of the traceability initiatives being led by GS1 US, and industry associations, such as PTI for produce and GDST... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Amy Awe
Market Development Manager, RFID-Food
Avery Dennison Smartrac

Amy Awe is the Food RFID Market Development Manager at Avery Dennison Smartrac. Amy has 20 years of experience of digital transformation in the food sector. During this time, she has worked with restaurants, grocers and convenience store chains to activate supply chain traceability, improve labor efficiencies, inventory visibility,...

Don Durm
Vice President, Customer Solutions
PLM

Industry expert, author and speaker on handoff applications, regulatory compliance, and supply chain technology. Recognized industry expert by FDA, provided guidance to USDA on Executive Order 14017, Reimagine Food Supply Chains. Testified in Washington DC at House/Senate Agriculture Committee on technology application to build a more resilient food...

Jonathan Gregory
Global Standards Director
GS1 US

As Global Standards Director at GS1 US, Jonathan Gregory facilitates collaboration among trade partners to optimize the use of GS1 Standards in various industries. With a focus on leveraging the RFID technology, Mr. Gregory draws on his 13 years of RFID implementation experience in aerospace and retail industries to help...

Thomas Burke
FSQA Traceability Manager
Chipotle

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Tuesday, May 17, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

  • Room: Islander I
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) have been used with increasing frequency in the agriculture sector as technology continues to improve, allowing for reduction of labor costs and increases in efficiency, accuracy, and traceability within farm operations. A new area of interest in this field is the use of drones... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Sabrina Olson
Graduate Researcher
CAL POLY, PolyGAIT

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Tuesday, May 17, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

  • Room: Islander I
Returnable containers are a key method of meeting both profitability objectives and sustainability metrics. Though critical to the supply chain, returnables have a history of waste and inefficiency. Returnable assets often aren’t returned by customers and supply chain partners. They are often overlooked, forgotten, or stolen in warehouses and distribution... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Colynn Black
RFID Business Development Director
Metalcraft

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Jeanne Duckett
Senior Manager of Food Traceability and Transparency
Avery Dennison Identification Solutions

Jeanne leads the AIM North America Board of Directors, is a member of the AIM Inc. board, and chairs the AIM North America Food Policy Committee and previous chairman of the IOT and Blockchain Council, RFID Experts Group. She is a contributing member of AIM Global and GS1 inter-industry...

Steve Statler
Author of Beacon Technologies (Apress) and Senior VP of Marketing
Wiliot

Steve Statler is the author of Beacon Technologies, the presenter of the Mister Beacon podcast and Chief Marketing Officer at Wiliot, a company he joined shortly after it was founded. Wiliot is a Sensing as a Service, cloud and semiconductor company, providing “Intelligence for Every Thing” using its IoT Pixel...

Tim Debus
President & CEO
Reusable Packaging Association

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Tuesday, May 17, 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

  • Room: Islander I
Perdue Farms is deploying UHF RFID tags on its birds, with readers at chicken house pop-holes to track their movements in pastures and identify what conditions promote free-range activity. One of the largest producers of chickens for eating in the United States, Perdue generates 12 million broiler birds each week... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Bruce Stewart-Brown
Senior VP of Technical Services and Innovation
Perdue Farms

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Tuesday, May 17, 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

  • Room: Islander I
In this session, AIM Global’s expert member panel will discuss the technology, standards and real-world implementation of food traceability. Technology enabled food traceability, backed by standards, can enable many business benefits. Key takeaways: Safety -Allergens - Temperature Tracking - Freshness Dating- Calculated use-by dates - Grab n Go - Recalls Profit - Inventory RFID - Freshmarx Task Tracking - Food Service... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Felix Amiri
Food Safety and Quality Systems Specialist
AFISS

Felix Amiri, Technical Director at AFISS, has many years of experience in food safety and quality assurance. He is the food sector chair of a Global Coalition for Food & Health Protection (GCSE-FHP). Felix provides food safety, quality assurance, and operations improvement assistance to clients. He also teaches International Food...

John DiPalo
Chief Strategy Officer
ACSIS

Named a “Pro to Know” in 2014 and 2018 by Supply Chain Executive Magazine for helping the supply chain community meet today’s business challenges, John leads key strategic initiatives at ACSIS, designing, developing, and implementing solutions to meet our customers’ business goals. In this capacity, John routinely engages business and...

John Wirthlin
Principal Owner
Tip of the Spear Consulting

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Sharmeen Khan
Founder/Chief Marketing Officer
OpsSmart Global

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Tuesday, May 17, 6:30 PM - 8:15 PM

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom
Join your colleagues for an informal gathering with drinks and hors d'oeuvres in the RFID Journal LIVE! exhibit hall. You will have the chance to learn about exciting technology solutions for your organization from leading vendors and industry experts....
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  • Keynotes
  • RFID /IoT in Warehouse and Inventory Management