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Dr Karl Ernst Ambrosch
Technisches Büro für Telematik Nachrichtentechnik und Technische Physik (AT)

Karl Ernst Ambrosch works as an independent consultant in the fields of telematics, technology, materials science, and physics. He founded his consultancy company of industrial experience.

In addition to this occupation he worked as R&D director at Kapsch TrafficCom in Vienna, September 2001 to November 2004. In this function at one of the leading companies collection he was responsible for several large projects, one of them being the nationwide Tolling System, which started successful operation on January 1, 2004.

He works in the standardisation of ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) and is involved interoperability of toll systems in Europe.

In addition he also acts as a lecturer at two Austrian universities in the field of telematics, and management systems, as well as toll systems.

He has special experience in the field of communication and sensor technology.

Joan Antokol
VP, Head, Global Privacy Office, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (US)

Ms. Antokol is the Vice President, Global Head of Privacy for all companies in the Novartis Group. Her office is located at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in East Hanover, NJ.

In addition to her role at Novartis, Ms. Antokol provides compliance and privacy training to New Jersey physicians, through NJ Pure medical malpractice insurance company.

In the past, Ms. Antokol held a global management role in the Novartis Clinical Safety & Epidemiology group, where she assisted in managing health authority drug safety inspections in the US, Europe and Asia, and assisted in ensuring compliance with drug safety reporting requirements worldwide.

Prior to joining Novartis, Ms. Antokol managed the product liability litigation at another pharmaceutical company, and was also responsible for certain regulatory, compliance, and drug safety matters on a global level.

Before taking on an in-house role in the pharmaceutical industry, Ms. Antokol was an outside counsel at a major NJ law firm, Drinker, Biddle & Shanley, where she represented physicians in medical malpractic defense matters, as well as pharmaceutical companies. She was also an acting municipal prosecutor in New Jersey.

Ms. Antokol can be reached at Joan.Antokol@Novartis.com

Dr Frank Arendt
ISL - Institute for Shipping Economics and Logistics (DE)

After having achieved his Diploma in mathematics in 1985, Frank Arendt started working as a scientist at the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) in Bremen, Germany. In 2002, he took over the leadership of the department “Information Logistics” becoming a member of the Board of Directors of ISL from that date. Moreover, he received a doctorate in Business Economics in 2001.

Frank Arendt is an expert in information and communication systems for the transport industry. He has gained more than 20 years of experience in R&D projects, consultancy projects and studies funded by the European Commission, local/national governments or the private industry. Frank Arendt has been working in national and international teams as
project coordinator and research engineer. Topics of these projects are IT solutions (process integration, in-house application systems and electronic communication via EDI, Internet, etc.) for the transport industry, e.g. for ports, container terminals, VTS centres, truck and train operators as well as shipping companies.

In parallel to his position at ISL, Frank Arendt is acting as vice-president of the NEPTUNE organisation, a network of Maritime Research Institutes and Universities in Europe.

Henrik Bruun
Danmarks Apotekerforening (DK)

1999 - The Danish Pharmaceutical Association
Currently as head of IT-development. Since 2003 responsible for an outsourcing project involving development of a new It-system for the Danish Pharmacies. In 2005 I participated in a workgroup investigating the possible uses of RFID in the whole supply chain in the pharmaceutical sector from producer to pharmacy.
1993-1999 Independant consultant (systemdevelopment, electronic books and search systems)
1991-93 System programmer at CD-Denmark (electronic books and search systems)
1990 MSc. in Engineering from The Tecnical University of Denmark

Andrew Gill
Aegate Limited (UK)

Andrew Gill is a UK pharmacist with experience of all facets of the profession. Starting in hospital pharmacy he also worked in community practice before joining Glaxo. Here he managed aspects of manufacturing, packaging and quality assurance operations before joining PA Consulting. With PA Andrew has had the privilege of working with teams to develop and introduce new drug delivery devices and to lead their drug delivery group. Andrew is a founder member of Aegate Ltd, a company 100% owned by PA set up to develop and commercialise a novel authentication process which utilises a range of mass serialisation technologies including RFID.

Tobias Götz
Manager SCM Solution Management, SAP A.G. (DE)

Frank Graeber
Project Manager, Phillips Semi-Conductors (DE)

I started at Philips Semiconductors in Hamburg in July 1998 as system engineer:
My responsibilities were:
•Development of crypto algorithms for smart card chips
•Development of means to improve security of smart card chips
•Design-in support for smart card chips
•Support for product concept definitions of smart card chips
•Consultancy for application concept definitions in the area of Near Field
Communication (NFC).
•Consultancy for NFC field trial projects in the area of payment and ticketing.

Since February 2006 I am assigned as Product Manager NFC.
My responsibilities are:
•Definition product strategy, product concept and product features
•Maintaining NFC roadmap
•Ensuring that the right NFC products are available at the right time

Prof Dr Daniel Grandt
Chefarzt Innere Medizin I, Klinikum Saarbrücken (DE)

CV:
- physician (internal medicine)
- professsional training:
    - UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
    - Universtity of Essen, Germany
Responsibilities:
- Head of Department of Internal Medicine I, Klinikum Saarbrücken, Germany
- CEO Institute for Medication Safety, Universtity of Essen & Klinikum Saarbrücken
- Member of the Drug Commission of the German Medical Association
- Speaker of the working-group "ehealth card" of the Drug Commission of the German Medical Association
- Member of the Expert Panel Pharmacovigilance, German Ministry of Health
- CEO Patient Safety Coalition, Germany

John Greaves
Vice President RFID Global Solutions, NCR corporation (US)

John Greaves is vice president, Global RFID Solutions, NCR Corporation. Touching industries around the world, the NCR TransitionWorks™ portfolio of global RFID solutions encompasses thoughtware, hardware, tags, services and software, including Teradata data warehouse solutions, to help customers solve real business problems.

In addition to leading the NCR Global RFID Group, Greaves also provides strategic leadership to RFID initiatives across all company divisions – bringing to bear a full range of products and services designed to maximize the company’s RFID investment.

Prior to joining NCR, Greaves led the Global RFID Technology Integration consulting practice at Deloitte Touche, where he designed and developed numerous cross-spectrum RFID solutions for companies worldwide. He was the founding chairman of USA RFID Standards, and served as director-general of the European UHF RFID Spectrum Allocation Initiative to modify the allocation and use of UHF for short-range devices in Europe.

Jens Heitmann
Airbus Deutschland GmbH (DE)

Jens Heitmann is Head of Systems/Equipment Standardization for Airbus Policy Equipment Processes and Methods. He graduated from Fachhochschule Hamburg, Mechanical and production Engineering. He also had Officer Training in the German Air Force. He started his career at Alfa Laval as Production Manager. In between 1979 and 1986 he was Production Steering Manager and managed team of 20 people for production planning. Between 1986 and 1992 he was Head of Software Verification for the Cabin Intercommunication at Data System for Airbus Single Aisle Programme. He developed the common Airbus System/Equipment Change process. As of 1992 he is Head of System/Equipment Standardization. He has developed a common Airbus System development process, published in the Airbus Directives ABD 100 and ABD 200. He is chairman of the System Standardization Steering Board and responsible for the creation and implementation of new processes and methods. He also is Project Manager for the new identification technology. Mr Heitmann is at the same time member of several standardization bodies:

• Chairman of DKE K 684 “Process Management for Avionics”, national mirror

• Committee of IEC TC 107

• Chairman of DIN ANP Sector group Electric, taking into account the user requirements on Standards

• Member of the EUROCAE Council Board

• Member of the IEC TC 107 Process management for Avionics

• Member of ISO TC20 WG 13 Identification on Parts

• Member of ATA Spec 2000 Task Force

Dirk Heyman
EPC leader for Western Europe, Procter & Gamble (CH)

Dirk Heyman
EPC leader for Western Europe
Associate Director, Procter & Gamble International Operations SA

Dirk joined Procter & Gamble by the acquisition of The Gillette Company (October 2005).
He is responsible for Procter & Gamble's EPC strategy & implementation in Western Europe. At Gillette he had similar responsibilities.

Dirk joined Gillette in November 2003 from Sun Microsystems where he was worldwide responsible for RFID and Consumer Goods Industry business development. He was responsible for Sun joining the Auto-ID Centre in 2000.

Dirk was Chairman of the Technology Board of the Auto-ID Centre at M.I.T. from 2000 to 2003.

He held international positions in sales & marketing, sales operations, IT
projects and operations.

He holds an MBA and his Civil Engineering Degree from the Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

Dr Andrea Huber
Managing Director, Informationsforum RFID (DE)

Born in 1965, Dr. Andrea Huber has been Managing Director of the Informationsforum RFID e.V. since July 2005. Prior to this, she was in charge of the Government Affairs division at Microsoft Deutschland as well as the International Government Affairs division at Deutsche Telekom AG in Bonn. Before joining Deutsche Telekom in 1997 she worked for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Dr. Huber studied law in Freiburg, Hamburg and Washington D.C., and earned her doctorate at the Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg.

Rolf Larberg
MQM - Meeting Quality Management (SE)

My business
Strategy and implementation supply chain systems
AUTO –ID strategy and implementation
Strategy and implementation of IT Integration Projects
Automated surveys

Partner in :
AUTO –ID Consultants Inc
MQM Inc

Sandra Lindon
Packaging Support Executive, GlaxoSmithKline Europe (UK)

Sandra Lindon M.Inst.Pkg. Dip – Packaging Support Executive, Pack Security Unit, Global Quality Assurance, GlaxoSmithKine.

Sandra has 30 years experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Her background is Packaging Technology, with experience in New Product Introduction of solid dose and dry powder inhalers and production technical support.

Latterly as part of the Pack Security Unit she has provided an examination, investigation and reporting service for suspect counterfeit packs found in any world markets. The role also involves pro-active development of new anti-counterfeit features, advising on company policy interpretation and strategy to manufacturing and commercial business units.

A member of GSK’s Packaging Legislation Steering Team, she has also participated in the EFPIA Distribution Group’s Bar Coding sub group, which has developed an industry position on unique product identification and coding.

Julie Mayer
Lawyer, Federal Trade Commission - USA (US)

Julie Mayer is a consumer protection attorney with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, where she works in the FTC’s Northwest Regional Office in Seattle, Washington, on consumer privacy, credit, and civil fraud matters. She has handled enforcement actions involving financial privacy and information security practices and has worked on consumer and industry outreach efforts involving these and related consumer protection issues. Julie also coordinates the FTC’s radio frequency identification (RFID) program, following an agency workshop she organized on RFID in June 2004.

Prior to joining the FTC, Julie was an associate with the Washington, D.C.-based litigation firm, Howrey Simon Arnold & White. She is a graduate of Cornell University and George Washington University Law School, from which she received a J.D. with honors in 1997.

Dr Kurt Monse
Geschäftsführender Vorstand, FTK - Forschungsinstitut für Telekommunikation (DE)

Post-graduate in Business Economics at the University of Cologne, Kurt Monse received a doctor’s degree (Dr. rer. oec.) at the University of Wuppertal.

Since 1993, he has been Managing Director of FTK – Forschungsinstitut für Telekommunikation (“Research Institute for Telecommunications”) in Dortmund, Hagen, and Wuppertal. Technological and economic subjects with regard to the development of information and communications technologies are in the centre of the institute’s activities.

In 1998, he was appointed Honorary Professor of Business Economics at the University of Wuppertal.

Prof. Dr. Monse is the editor of ECIN – Electronic Commerce Info Net (www.ecin.de). His personal focus lies on electronic business, the Internet economy, RFID and the development of the Ubiquitous Network Society.

Prof António Murta
Chief Executive Officer, ENABLER Informática, SA (PT)

- Founder and CEO of Enabler, a leading IS and business process consultant organization for retailers and wholesalers ; Enabler is now 30 M€ sales and has business in 3 continents (Americas, Europe, Asia)
- Founder and non-exec Director of Mobicomp - the leading expert company in Mobile Computing in Portugal
- Founder and non-exec Director of ItPeers - a company specializing in IT Optimization and Grid Computing deployment
- Founder / investor of a number of other companies.

- Systems Engineer (Eng.) by Minho University (Portugal)
- MBA from ISEE / Porto University (Portugal)
- AMP (Advanced Management Programme) from INSEAD
- Academic Experience: has taught in several universities ( Computer Science, Systems Theory, Operations Research) in Porto, Lisbon and Braga (Portugal)
- CIO of Sonae Retailing for 6 years (the largest retailer in Portugal)
- Non-Executive Director of several other IT Companies (in which he is investor)
- CEO and Managing Director of Enabler, a retail focussed European Consultancy

Fabio Nasarre de Letosa
Principal Administrator of the International
Relations Unit, European Commission (BE)

Robert Poggemann
Deutsche Post AG (DE)

I work as Project Manager RFID in the corporate Technology & Innovation Management of Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN).

I started my work for DPWN 5 years ago at the Venture Capital subsidiary of DPWN and changed in 2004 to the corporate development department.

Before joining DPWN I worked several years at two start ups and two private entrepreneurship initiatives in Berlin and Munich.

My professional career started 1995 at the governmental department of finance of the state of Berlin. Before that I studied Economics and History in Münster and Berlin.

Antonio Puliafito
Universita di Messina (IT)

Antonio Puliafito is a full professor of computer engineering at the University of Messina, Italy. His interests include parallel and distributed systems, networking, wireless and GRID computing. During 1994-1995 he spent 12 months as visiting professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering of Duke University, North Carolina - USA, where he was involved in research on advanced analytical modelling techniques. He is the coordinator of the Ph.D. course in Advanced Technologies for Information Engineering currently available at the University of Messina and the responsible for the course of study in computers and telecommunication engineering. He was a referee for the European Community for the projects of the fourth, fifth and sixth Framework Program. He has contributed to the development of the software tools WebSPN, MAP and ArgoPerformance, which are being used both at national and international level. Dr. Puliafito is co-author (with R. Sahner and Kishor S. Trivedi) of the text entitled "Performance and Reliability Analysis of Computer Systems: An Example-Based Approach Using the SHARPE Software Package", edited by Kluwer Academic Publishers.

He is currently the responsible for all the ICT and e-learning activities for the University of Messina and the director of the RFIDLab, a joint research lab with Oracle and Intel on RFID and wireless.

Bart Schermer
Advisor, ECP.NL (NL)

Bart W. Schermer is a legal consultant with ECP.NL, the Platform for eNetherlands. He holds two degrees in law (criminal law and ICT law) from the University of Leiden. His activities focus on privacy, surveillance, intellectual property, and self regulation. Bart is the secretary of ECP.NL’s Legal Expert Group and vice-chair of the United Nations CEFACT Legal Group. He has published several books and articles on the legal aspects of RFID technology.

As of January 2005 Bart is responsible for the Dutch RFID Platform, a foundation dedicated to stimulating the uptake of RFID technology in the Netherlands.

Apart from his work at ECP.NL and the Dutch RFID Platform, Bart is a researcher at the University of Leiden where he is doing Ph. D. research in the field of intelligent software agents and privacy.

Dr Georg Schröder
AESGP (BE)

Dr. Georg Schröder
- Bayer HealthCare
- Bayer Consumer Care AG, Switzerland
- Head of Regional Management Support Europe

Representing AESGP (Association of the European Self-Medication Industry)
Professional experience: Diploma in Organic Chemistry, Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 1986, Head of a
Research Laboratory in Bayer AG, Management Consulting in Bayer AG, various Finance and Business
Management Functions in the Consumer Care Division of Bayer HealthCare since 1996
Member of the AESGP Economic Affairs Committee since 2000

Dr Michael ten Hompel
Informationsforum RFID (DE)

Prof. Dr. Michael ten Hompel was born on 19th November 1958. He studied Electrical Engineering focusing on technical informatics at the RWTH in Aachen and in 1991 he graduated from the University of Witten/Herdecke.

He started his professional career as scientist at the chair of Transportation and Warehousing of the University of Dortmund and at the Fraunhofer-Institute for Transport Technology and Goods Distribution. From 1989 to 1991 he was director of the Dortmund branch of IGS GmbH & Co. KG in Aachen, a company developing computer systems and networks. In 1998 Prof. ten Hompel founded the company GamBit GmbH which mainly develops software for production and logistics and became on of Germany’s most successful logistic companies.

In 2000 he resigned from the board to become director of the Fraunhofer-Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (since January 2005: Managing Director) where he is also head of the department “Material Flow Systems”.

David Theriault
Ubisense (UK)

David Theriault has been active in the Location / Geographic Information industry for almost quarter of a century. He began his career pioneering CAD systems in Holland in the 80’s, active in system support, business development, and project implementation. In 1987, relocating to Cambridge, David was part of the team that created Smallworld Systems, a company that grew from 8 to 800 employees and was the leading GIS system for Utilities and Telco’s when it was acquired by GE in 2000. David now leads Marketing for Ubisense. His interests include music, astronomy, politics and fast cars.

Christian Thorun
Policy Officer Commercial Law, Trade and Competition, Federation of German Consumer Organisations (DE)

Christian Thorun is Policy Officer Commercial Law, Trade and Competition at the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (vzbv). The vzbv is a non-governmental organisation acting as an umbrella for 39 German consumer associations. It represents the interests of consumers in public and vis-à-vis legislators, the private sector and civil society. Christian Thorun is a DPhil candidate in International Relations at the University of Oxford.

Niek Van Dierdonck
Chief Executive Officer, Ubiwave (BE)

– 1995 MScEE from University of Ghent Belgium and ETH Zurich, Switserland (cum laude)
– 2000 MBA from Vlerick school (2nd of class)
– 1995-2000 IMEC, Belgium, a micro-electronics research institute as a group leader
– 2000-2001 The Boston Consulting Group as a senior strategic business consultant
– 2001-2003 Working as freelance business consultant in technology sector
– 2003-today Co-founder, MD, CEO Ubiwave

Duarte Vieira
Metro do Porto (PT)

Gerhard Weller
Med S & T, Siemens Medical Solutions (DE)

Gerhard Weller
Siemens AG Medical Solutions (DE)
Technology and Standardization Management (S&T)

Gerhard Weller is Project Manager for Technology & Innovation group projects. He is also member of a VDE/DKE standardization group for a new standard for clinical IT networking.

He took over positions in marketing and sales, marketing services, production and product Management at Siemens Med and Siemens A&D. He joined Siemens Med in 1978 where he started his business career at the Patient Monitoring R&D dept.

Gerhard studied Electronics and Medical Technology at the Fachhochschule Nürnberg.

Dr Gerd Wolfram
Managing Director, MGI Metro Group Information Technology GmbH (DE)

Dr. Gerd Wolfram is currently Managing Director of MGI METRO Group Information Technology GmbH. Since mid-2002, Dr. Gerd Wolfram, who holds a doctorate degree in business administration, has been managing the Future Store Initiative, one of the innovative projects of the METRO Group. He is also responsible for the RFID/EPC activities in the METRO Group.

Dr. Wolfram is member of national and international committees which promote the standardization of logistics and merchandise management processes as well as basic technologies in retail. He represents the METRO Group in several project groups of standardization organizations such as EPCglobal and GS1 Germany. Dr. Wolfram also heads the Information and Communication Technologies Committee (ICT) at EuroCommerce, the organization of the European retail, wholesale and international trade sectors.