RFIDNews | RFID Conference in Canada: A Look Back

Monday, December 10, 2007

RFID Journal and EPCglobal Canada’s big-deal conference (the second annual RFID Journal LIVE! Canada 2007) in Ontario brought 400 attendees.

Read this excerpt from a press release that offers a look back:

“This year’s event brought together some of the leading early adopters, leading technology providers and those eager to learn how Electronic Product Code™/Radio Frequency Identification (EPC/RFID) technology can improve the way they do business,” said Joe Zenobio, president, EPCglobal Canada. “It was the largest EPC/RFID event ever in Canada, and the case studies that were presented show that adoption is moving forward here.”

Attendees included early adopters like Agence métropolitaine de transport, The Boeing Company, CAMI Automotive Inc., CVRD Inco, Dollar Chest, Hewlett-Packard, Loblaw Companies Limited, STAPLES Inc., Wal-Mart Canada Corp. and others.

Yubico looks back at successful 2011, ahead to 2012

Identity protection provider Yubico reported a successful 2011, with increased customer growth and revenue across geographical regions.

Yubico increased its customer base by 90% to 18,000 and won new clients, including government contractors, e-governments and cloud service providers. By the end of 2011, it had more than one million users in 100 countries. Additionally, customer and revenue growth increased across Yubico’s geographical segments, with 50% of its revenue now coming from the U.S.

CARTES in North America to focus on mobile payments

CARTES in North America, a new annual card manufacturing, payment, identification and digital security expo and conference, has placed mobile payments at the center of its agenda of this year’s inaugural event.

Canada parking catches a ride on the Visa payWave

Visa and Imperial Parking Canada Corp. (Impark) are teaming up to offer Visa payWave contactless payments to 72 of its attended parking facilities across Canada.

Canada readies ePassport launch

Passport Canada CEO Christine Desloges has announced that Canada will start issuing e-passports by the end of next year, according to Citytv.com.

Speaking at a conference at the Montreal HQ of the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization, Desloges declared, “Canada is on track for the full-scale delivery of its e-passport. Next year we will roll out the full issuance.”

Concerns mount over new Canadian biometric programs

Privacy advocates in Canada have been raising concerns over the risk involved in two new biometric programs from the government that result in the sharing of private biometric data with other countries’ governments and possibly private corporations, according to an Embassy Magazine article.

Murata collabs with Beta LAYOUT on RFID starter kit

Murata and Beta LAYOUT announced a joint venture to launch an RFID starter kit aimed at printed circuit board (PCB) engineers and developers aspiring to incorporate RFID into their electronics design.

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RFID Conference in Canada: A Look Back