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CE RFID: Enhancing European RFID Industry competitiveness

CE RFID is a European Commission-funded coordination action aimed at fostering RFID technology in Europe. By improving market conditions, strengthening technology development, and promoting regulatory guidelines, CE RFID seeks to elevate the European RFID industry's global competitiveness.

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CE RFID: Enhancing European RFID Industry competitiveness

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  1. CE RFIDCoordinating European Efforts for Promoting the European RFID Value ChainDr. Birgit Gampl 7th CERP Meeting 08 October 2008Sophia-Antipolis

  2. What is CE RFID? • Coordination Action funded within the 6th Framework Programme by the European Commission • Duration: April 2006 – September 2008 • Objectives: • Improve the market conditions for RFID technology • Strengthen the technology development in Europe • Inform stakeholders and policy makers about requirementsfor a favourable regulatory environment for RFID • Initiate a broad discussion on RFID topics in Europe

  3. Who is behind CE RFID? • End user companies • Technology suppliers • Service providers • Consulting companies

  4. What are the topics? Workflow Time Month 1 RFID Technology and Product Roadmap (Siemens) R&D Policy in Europe (NXP) Standardisation and RFID (FEIG Electronic) Management (METRO Group) Dissemination (VDI/VDE-IT) RFID Guidelines (METRO Group) Regulatory framework (DPWN) Networking/Sustainability (METRO Group) Month 30

  5. How did we organise our work? Collection and analysis of existing information (e.g. standards) Reports to sum up results Feedback process on reports Public discussion of reports (public website) Workshops & discussions Contributions to CE RFID

  6. Who contributed to CE RFID? 204 Contributors:  Discussion and results have been put on a broad societal basis

  7. Framework models RFID Reference Model RFID Stakeholder Model

  8. What are our key recommendations? • Active sponsorship and funding for RFID-specific cooperative R&D: from applied research to close to market innovation • Generic, interoperable and easily applicable standards • Close cooperation between the existing international standardisation organisations • Companies need application-specific guidelines to implement RFID • Upholding the principle of technology neutrality in the regulatory approach • Need of continuous dialogue between all stakeholders  All these topics have to be discussed with international focus to support the competitiveness of the European (RFID) industry in the world

  9. Next steps for European Stakeholders • Research & Development / RFID Technology Suppliers • Better alignment of publicly and privately funded R&D along the RFID value chain to shorten time to market • RFID End User Companies and Business Associations • Participate actively in discussions and cooperate closely with other stakeholder groups • Standardisation Organisations • Close cooperation between the different Standard Development Organisations (SDOs), e.g. between ISO and EPCglobal (ISO 18000-6C & EPC Class1 Gen2) • SDOs shall allow easy and affordable access for SMEs on national and international level

  10. Next steps for European Stakeholders • Governmental Institutions • Facilitate dialogue among different stakeholders • Follow up the development of technology to ensure an appropriate regulatory framework • Support the providing of public information addressing the needs of the different stakeholder groups • Non-Governmental Organisations • Cooperate closely with other stakeholder groups (especially politics and industry) • Ensure that urgent topics are discussed and agreed on

  11. Where can you find these CE RFID Results? www.rfid-in-action.eu • CE RFID brochures • Other publications and links to publications • Knowledge platform: List of newsletters, RFID relevant organisations, etc. • Final Reports • Short versions of Final Reports • Summary of results: The RFID Roadmap: The next steps for Europe. Springer 2008

  12. CE RFID continues… • Foundation of a “European RFID network” as a follow-up organisation • Phase I • Disseminate the results from CE RFID to the community • Phase II • Be a forum for European RFID users, manufacturers and solution providers to discuss and agree on current RFID topics • Identify opportunities to improve the European approach towards RFID • Propose and foster related activities • Kick-off in November 2008

  13. Thank you.

  14. For Further Information: Dr. Birgit Gampl MGI METRO Group Information Technology GmbH Metro-Strasse 12 40235 Duesseldorf Germany Phone: +49 211 969-9166 Fax: +49 211 969-490-9166 E-mail: birgit.gampl@mgi.de

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