RFID JOURNAL LIVE! 2023

MAY 9 – 11, 2023
ORLANDO, FLORIDA

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Wednesday, May 10, 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

  • Room: W314B
The RFID market has come full circle from where it all began 20+ years ago.  The promises of supply chain visibility, Intelligent Loss Prevention and frictionless customer experiences are now being fulfilled with a sophisticated and complete set of tools that have been developed over the last two decades. The... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Randy Dunn
Director, Customer Success
Zebra

Randy recently joined Zebra Technologies in the role of Director, Customer Success for the ALT business unit. Prior to joining Zebra, Randy spent 23 years at Sensormatic Solutions, 18 of which as RFID Sales Director for North America. Since 2007, Randy has served on the Auburn RFID Lab...


Wednesday, May 10, 8:45 AM - 9:25 AM

  • Room: W314B
This project is a finalist in the 2023 RFID Journal Award in the category of Best Retail or IoT Implementation. With more than 600 stores, Lojas Renner S.A. maintains a presence throughout Brazil in the fashion, home and decoration segments, with its Renner, Camicado and Youcom brands. The firm also... ...read more...
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Alexandre Ribeiro
Risk Director
Lojas Renner

Alexandre Ribeiro, CRO – Chief Risk Officer at Lojas Renner S/A, is an executive with over 20 years of experience in the areas of audit, loss prevention, compliance and asset security. He also worked on several of the firm's strategic projects, including the development and implementation of the RFID project....


Wednesday, May 10, 9:35 AM - 10:15 AM

  • Room: W314B
Retail adoption of RFID is expanding beyond traditional categories. Hear what is driving adoption in new categories and why now is the time....
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Kris Barton
Senior Market Development Manager
Avery Dennison

With more than 20 years of experience in the RFID field, Kris Barton has worked with brands and retailers to identify the key benefits of implementing RFID technology and unlocking the strategic business impact of inventory accuracy for the retail sector. Prior to joining Avery Dennison, Kris held sales, consultative...

Kristen Munroe
RFID Market Development Manager
Avery Dennison

Kristen’s deep understanding of retail processes and change management is informed by her 20 years of retail experience, including 8 years of Retail Operations and Innovation roles with Ralph Lauren, Walmart Canada, and Town Shoes. Kristen spent several years consulting tier 1 retailers on their RFID initiatives. As...


Wednesday, May 10, 10:25 AM - 11:10 AM

  • Room: W314B
In 2021, Walmart announced plans to expand its use of passive UHF RFID tags on apparel to home goods, some hardware and automotive as well as some entertainment products and toys. In this session, you will hear why the retailer has expanded its RFID program and get an update of... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Matt Alexander
Senior Director II Operations Acceleration & Support
Walmart

Matt’s Walmart career began in 2001 and held several roles; Store Operations, Supply Chain, and Central Operations-where in 2018 was recognized as a top 50 inventor for Walmart with 6 US Patents and several pending approvals. Recently Matt lead Product work that drove item location and simplification of modulars....


Wednesday, May 10, 11:20 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Room: W314B
RFID technology can help retailers boost sales and margins by enabling them to have the product on the shelves when customers want to buy them, thus enabling them to sell more goods at or near full price. This session will explain the ROI that can be achieved and help retailers... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Mark Roberti
Principal
RFID Strategies

Mark Roberti is a journalist with 25 years of experience covering business and technology. He launched RFID Journal from a spare bedroom in his home in March 2002. Today, it is the leading source of news and analysis about radio frequency identification and its many business applications. More than 200,000...


Wednesday, May 10, 12:10 PM - 12:50 PM

  • Room: W314B
Headquartered in Sweden, Stadium is the Nordic region's largest sports chain with 180 stores. The firm sells retail sportswear and training clothes, as well as sports-related merchandise. Stadium recently won Logistics Solution of the Year at the Retail Awards hosted by Svensk Handel, a trade association for companies with operations... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Johan Stenstrom
Supply Chain Developer
Stadium

Johan joined Scandinavia’s leading sports retailer Stadium in 1995 and has worked the last 15 years as a supply chain developer. He likes to combine his interest in technology and innovation with his passion for optimizing lean supply chains. Johan was the Project leader for Stadium’s RFID investment, and is...


Thursday, May 11, 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM

  • Room: W314B
Research shows that retailers which have not invested in radio frequency identification have been unable to execute ship-from-store or curbside or in-store pickup consistently. Retailers employing RFID tend to have an in-store inventory accuracy of approximately 95 percent, compared to about 65 percent for retailers that do not use. In... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Bob Hoheisal
Senior Manager, Merchandise Transformation
Walmart

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Senthilkumar CP PH.D.
Director of Research and Technology, RFID Lab,
Auburn University

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Thursday, May 11, 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM

  • Room: W314B
This project is a finalist in the 2023 RFID Journal Award in the category of Best Retail or IoT Implementation. C&A Europe is one of the largest fashion retailers in Europe with head offices in Germany and Belgium. The company operates more than 1,300 stores in 17 European countries. Over... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Hans Peter Scheidt
Delivery Lead TECH - Merchandise Visibility / RFID / EPCIS
C&A Services

Hans Peter is working in the Retail / RFID area for about 20 years in several senior positions. As a member of the C&A TECH Management Team he is responsible for the RFID / EPCIS end-2-end concept @C&A as well as for delivering the implementation of RFID technology and processes along...


Thursday, May 11, 10:40 AM - 11:20 AM

  • Room: W314B
As more retailers have proven that Item-Level RFID technology brings a significant improvement on their return on investment across the business, daily operations and enhanced customer experience, our panel will share how these results can be achieved with a simple innovative approach. In this session Johan Stenstrom, Supply Chain Developer... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Dean Frew
Group CTO/ SVP & Division President
SML Group

Dean Frew, Chief Technology Officer and Sr. VP for RFID Solutions, SML Group, and Founder of SML Intelligent Inventory Solutions (formerly Xterprise, purchased by SML in 2013). Mr. Frew is responsible for driving SML’s RFID Tags and Solutions strategy. He runs the RFID solutions division, based on his 20+ years...

Debbie Hughes
Senior Editorial Director, Events
RFID Journal

Debbie Hughes is the Senior Editorial Director, Events at RFID Journal, the world's leading source of RFID news and information. RFID Journal was launched on March 1, 2002, as the world's first independent media company devoted solely to radio frequency identification and its many business applications. Today, RFID Journal is,...

Johan Stenstrom
Supply Chain Developer
Stadium

Johan joined Scandinavia’s leading sports retailer Stadium in 1995 and has worked the last 15 years as a supply chain developer. He likes to combine his interest in technology and innovation with his passion for optimizing lean supply chains. Johan was the Project leader for Stadium’s RFID investment, and is...

Juan Simán
Project Engineer
Siman Group

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Thursday, May 11, 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

  • Room: W314B
Awarded to the RFID technology hardware, software or service provider chosen by a team of judges at RFID Journal LIVE! as the best new product or service at the event. To qualify, the product or service must have been introduced after the last RFID Journal LIVE! concluded. Finalists in the... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Jinoh Kim
Executive Vice President
BLUEBIRD

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Ken Burroughs
CEO
HerdX

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Russell Mohn
Co-Founder / Director RF Design
InPlay Technologies

Russell Mohn graduated with a BE in EE in 2001 from Cooper Union and started his career at Sarnoff Corporation working on microelectronics related topics including analog/mixed-signal circuit design. In 2016, he co-founded InPlay with colleagues where he's the Director of RF/AMS Design....