This pair of conferences will look at the issues of the “middleware” of RFID solutions and are aimed at SMEs interested in improving their competitiveness by adopting RFID.

When looking to implement a solution for a business, after defining the problem that is being solved the focus of attention turns to the selection of tags and readers. The issues of how to take the data from the readers and integrate it with the existing back office solutions can easily be overlooked.

This leads to problems during the implementation and operation of a solution that can lead to reduced benefits. Also issues such as data protection and privacy are becoming more important for maintaining trust in RFID adoption and public acceptance of solutions, and the European Commission has taken interest in these issues and is holding a public online consultation to develop Europe-wide recommendations on RFID privacy and security.

These conferences will look at both the current position as well as the emerging solutions that address these issues. It brings together different standardisation initiatives, big industry and SMEs, and privacy oriented solutions with an aim at “gluing it all together” and advance the RFID movement.