The emergence of radio frequency
identification (RFID) technology has important implications
for businesses, consumers, and policymakers. Companies
are turning to RFID to manage warehouse inventory and
to stock retail shelves. Consumers are using RFID tags
when they travel on highways, purchase gas and groceries,
and protect their pets. RFID also has significant potential
as a public safety and anti-counterfeiting tool. And
as the cost of RFID chips declines, new applications
will undoubtedly be developed.
The FTC’s workshop will explore
both current and anticipated uses of RFID as well as
the associated consumer privacy and security concerns.
The workshop will take place from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30
p.m. on Monday, June 21st, at the FTC Conference Center,
601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC. The event
is open to the public, and there is no pre-registration
and no attendance fee. For admittance to the building,
all attendees will be required to display a valid form
of identification, such as a driver's license.
The Conference Center is accessible
for persons with disabilities. If you will need a disability-related
accommodation for the conference, please contact Melissa
Farmer at (202) 326-3340.
Workshop Information
- Transcript [PDF]
- Agenda [PDF]
- Panelist Bios [PDF]
- Presentations
Panel 1: The ABCs of RFID |
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Julie Brof,
Moderator
Staff Attorney, Northwest Region,
Federal Trade Commission
Manuel Albers [PDF]
Director, Business Development
for Identification Products, Philips Semiconductors
Dr. Daniel Engels [PDF]
Director, Auto-ID Labs, MIT
University
Sue Hutchinson
Product Manager, EPCglobal
US |
Panel 2: Current and Anticipated
Uses for RF Technology |
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Lyle Ginsburg, Moderator
Managing Partner, Technology
Innovation, Accenture
Charles Harwood, Moderator
Director, Northwest Region,
Federal Trade Commission
William Allen [PDF]
Marketing Communications Manager,
Texas Instruments RFID Systems
Ken Fishkin [PDF]
Researcher, Intel Corporation
Simon Langford [PDF]
Manager of RFID Strategy, Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc.
Paul Rudolf [PDF]
Senior Advisor for Medical
and Health Policy, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Peter E. Sand
Director of Privacy Technology,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Lee Tien [PDF
1] [PDF
2]
Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic
Frontier Foundation
Britt Wood [PDF]
Senior Vice President of Industry
Relations, Retail Industry Leaders Association |
Panel 3: Implications
of RFID Use for Consumers |
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Ellen Finn, Moderator
Staff Attorney, Division of Financial
Practices, Federal Trade Commission
Frederick C. (Ted) Livingston,
Moderator Privacy Consultant
Mallory Duncan [PDF]
Senior Vice President and General
Counsel, National Retail Federation
Beth Givens [PDF]
Director, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Sandra (Sandy) Hughes [PDF]
Global Privacy Executive, Procter
& Gamble William MacLeod
Senior Partner, Collier Shannon
Scott and Counsel, Grocery Manufacturers of
America Deirdre Mulligan
[PDF]
Director, Samuelson Law, Technology
and Public Policy Clinic, Boalt Hall School
of Law John Parkinson
[PDF]
Vice President and Chief Technologist,
Capgemini Dan White
Technical Evangelist - RFID,
New Technologies Retail Solutions Division,
NCR |
Panel 4: Looking Ahead:
Competing Visions of the Future of RFID |
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Julie Brof, Moderator
Staff Attorney, Northwest Region,
Federal Trade Commission Katherine
Albrecht [PDF]
Founder and Director, CASPIAN
(Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion
and Numbering) Christopher
Boone [PDF]
Program Manager, IDC
Jim Waldo [PDF]
Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems |
Panel 5: Meeting the Challenge:
Best Practices and Principles |
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Elliot Maxwell, Moderator
Fellow, Center for the Study
of American Government, Johns Hopkins; Distinguished
Research Fellow, eBusiness Research Center,
Pennsylvania State University Tracy
Thorleifson, Moderator Staff
Attorney, Northwest Region, Federal Trade Commission
Dr. Robert Atkinson [PDF]
Vice President and Director,
Technology & New Economy Project, Progressive
Policy Institute Elizabeth
Board [PDF]
Executive Director, EPCglobal
Public Policy Steering Committee
Paula Bruening Staff
Counsel, Center for Democracy & Technology
Dr. Ari Juels [PDF]
Principal Research Scientist,
RSA Labs Cedric Laurant
Policy Counsel, Electronic Privacy
Information Center James
Stafford [PDF]
[Video
68M] Head
of RFID, Marks & Spencer |
- Press
Release
Announcing Workshop (April 12, 2004)
- Press
Release
Extending the Deadline for Comments (May 20, 2004)
- Federal
Register Notice
- Local Restaurants
and Hotels
- Directions
between HQ and the Conference Center
- Map
of Conference Center Location
Public Comments
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