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

2. 7th CERP Meeting Sophia-Antipolis 08 October 2008 2 What is CE RFID? Coordination Action funded within the 6 th 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 requirements for a favourable regulatory environment for RFID –Initiate a broad discussion on RFID topics in Europe

3. 7th CERP Meeting Sophia-Antipolis 08 October 2008 3 Who is behind CE RFID? End user companies Technology suppliers Service providers Consulting companies

4. 7th CERP Meeting Sophia-Antipolis 08 October 2008 4 What are the topics? RFID Technology and Product Roadmap (Siemens) RFID Guidelines (METRO Group) R&D Policy in Europe (NXP) Management (METRO Group) Dissemination (VDI/VDE-IT) Workflow Time Month 1 Month 30 Standardisation and RFID (FEIG Electronic) Regulatory framework (DPWN) Networking/Sustainability (METRO Group)

5. 7th CERP Meeting Sophia-Antipolis 08 October 2008 5 Collection and analysis of existing information (e.g. standards) Workshops & discussions Reports to sum up results Feedback process on reports Public discussion of reports (public website) How did we organise our work? Contributions to CE RFID

6. 7th CERP Meeting Sophia-Antipolis 08 October 2008 6 Who contributed to CE RFID? 204 Contributors: Discussion and results have been put on a broad societal basis

7. 7th CERP Meeting Sophia-Antipolis 08 October 2008 7 Framework models RFID Reference Model RFID Stakeholder Model

8. 7th CERP Meeting Sophia-Antipolis 08 October 2008 8 What are our key recommendations? 1.Active sponsorship and funding for RFID-specific cooperative R&D: from applied research to close to market innovation 2.Generic, interoperable and easily applicable standards 3.Close cooperation between the existing international standardisation organisations 4.Companies need application-specific guidelines to implement RFID 5.Upholding the principle of technology neutrality in the regulatory approach 6.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. 7th CERP Meeting Sophia-Antipolis 08 October 2008 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. 7th CERP Meeting Sophia-Antipolis 08 October 2008 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. 7th CERP Meeting Sophia-Antipolis 08 October 2008 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. 7th CERP Meeting Sophia-Antipolis 08 October 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. 7th CERP Meeting Sophia-Antipolis 08 October 2008 13 Thank you.

14. 7th CERP Meeting Sophia-Antipolis 08 October 2008 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