Dates: August 13 - 14, 2008
Venue: The Fashion Institute of Technology
Location: New York, New York
URL:http://www.rfidjournalevents.com/fashion/
Contact: RFID Journal Events Contact, click here

Description: Learn how you can use RFID technologies to achieve real business benefits today

Savvy retailers in the United States, Europe & Asia are using radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies every day to cut costs and boost sales. Advances in RFID are reducing deployment costs and making it easier to track in-store inventory.

Dates: September 8 - 10, 2008
Venue: MGM Grand Casino & Resort
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
URL:http://www.shorecliffcommunications.com/rfid08/
Contact: CMP Technology, click here

Description: RFID World - Global RFID Solutions and Beyond
The Industry's First RFID Event invites you to our biggest, broadest conference and exhibition yet!

The first RFID event to bring you Walmart's Linda Dillman and Best Buy's Robert Willett will present a line up of the industry's most innovative thought leaders to discuss the issues facing today's RFID industry and offer insight into its future.

More information about RFID World's Exhibition, Conference Program, Industry Award Ceremony, and Pre-show Events will updated in the near future.

We look forward to sharing the World of RFID and Beyond with you in Las Vegas!

Dates: September 9 - 11, 2008
Venue: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
Location: Chicago, IL
URL: www.labelexpo-americas.com/
Contact: Labelexpo Americas 2008 Contacts, Contact Page

Description: Labelexpo Europe is the world's largest event for the label, product decoration, web printing and converting industry and will take place 9-11 September at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center.

Facts from the 2006 event:

• Number of visitors: 13,256
• Number of exhibitors: 434
• Number of countries represented: 88

Dates: September 18-19, 2008
Venue: Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University
Location: Waco, Texas
URL:www.baylor.edu/business
Contact: Dr. Pedro Reyes, 254-710-7804, Pedro_Reyes@baylor.edu

Description: The theme of the symposium is the use of RFID in supply chains, and sessions will address the massive interest in this old technology, which is changing the landscape of integrated supply chains. The use of RFID ranges from asset tracking to cashless payment to homeland security and more. Speakers at the event will discuss RFID strategies and implementation used to accomplish this. Speakers will address a broad range of themes including:

·Health Care

·Transportation

·Inventory control models

·Order fulfillment

·Managing technology in the value chain

·Integration of planning and procurement

Dates: September 30 - October 1, 2008
Location: Cambridge, UK
URL:http://www.rfidjournalevents.com/fashion/
Contact: Corinne Jennings, Event Manager, click here

Description: Europe's largest RFID show - RFID Europe 2008 is the industry event to attend with attendees and speakers from the major RFID sectors and applications. This year, it is co-located with the Active RFID, RTLS, and Sensor Networks summit. Produced by leading independent analysts Dr Peter Harrop and Raghu Das, RFID Europe will give full technology analysis and unrivalled market insight from leading adopters in a two day conference and exhibition, plus optional masterclasses, RFID Investment Summit, unique tours to companies in the locale and numerous networking events.

Dates: October 22-24, 2008
Venue: Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
Location: Washington, DC
URL: Smart Card Alliance 2008 Annual Conference
Contact: info@smartcardalliance.org

Description: The 2008 Smart Cards in Government Conference has grown extensively in recent years, reflecting the rapid expansion of Government identity and security initiatives. These initiatives have lead to the current and growing interest in the strategies and technologies that help speed the adoption of homeland security identification and access programs like HSPD 12, US VISIT, REAL ID and other key government initiatives. The Smart Card Alliance has accommodated increased participation while maintaining the quality of focus that has been a hallmark the event. In 2008, the event moves from the Spring to October and will take place in the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, an ideal facility downtown Washington, DC, with convenient train and subway access and room to accommodate over 800 attendees and 55 exhibitors who will participate. A complete conference agenda with over 75 speakers will be published in July, along with information about focused pre-conference workshop. The conference features leaders from the federal government and industry in an interactive, instructive forum on the business issues, implementation milestones, and technology advancements happening in the government smart card market–including the government’s HSPD 12 directive underway for federal and contract employee Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards, electronic passports, WHTI Passport Cards, the TWIC port security program involving the U.S. Coast Guard, registered traveler cards coming to dozens of airports, and the first responder authentication credential trials that involve federal, state, and local emergency response agencies throughout the country. It’s the industry’s most comprehensive presentation of state of the art technologies and services for the government sector.

Dates: November 4-6, 2008
Venue: Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre
Location: Paris, France
URL:http://www.cartes.com
Contact: Helene Tsoungui, helene.tsoungui@exposium.fr

Description: Take part to the world leading event in digital security, smart card and identification technologies: 480 exhibitors – 20,000 visitors – 1,700 congress attendees from more than 130 countries.