These folks may not have thought of it, but there is immense social scientific relevance in RFID Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 You're invited to visit & contribute to the new version of "Updating Cybertimes: It's Time to Bring Our Culture into Cyberspace" http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:55:33 -0500 From: "Reyes, Pedro M." <Pedro_Reyes@baylor.edu> Second annual RFID Seminar Series will convene at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, Waco, Texas, U.S.A. September 28-29, 2006 The theme of this seminar series is the use of RFID (radio frequency identification) in supply chains. 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. RFID technology is as an emerging technology with great potential to take significant costs out of the supply chain dynamics; speakers at the event will discuss RFID strategies and implementation used to accomplish this. Registration (on-line registration <https://www.baylor.edu/business/management/index.php?id=30487> ) The registration fees are as follows: o $180 by July 1 o $230 by September 27 o The on site registration fee is $280 o Contact the program chair for student rates. Registration includes continental breakfast, lunch, snacks during breaks, and admission to all sessions. Keynote Speakers: Donald Berg Sun Microsystems Dale Robertson Texas Workforce Commission Partial List of Speakers: Dr. Edmund Prater The University of Texas at Arlington Dr. Madhav Pappu Texas A&M Dr. Liam O'Neill University of North Texas Dr. Farhad Moeeni Arkansas State University Dr. David C. Wyld Southeastern Louisiana University Dr. Thomas Chen University of Houston Mr. Kurt Wall The National RFID Center Mr. Mark Johnson RFID Tribe Schedule of Events Program Chair Pedro M. Reyes, Ph.D. Baylor University Department of Management and Entrepreneurship Hankamer School of Business One Bear Place #98006 Waco, TX 76798-8006 254-710-7804 pedro_reyes@baylor.edu http://business.baylor.edu/Pedro_Reyes/