RFID Tribe Montreal Chapter Meeting
Montréal, QC
September 5, 2007

Well, the 1st Montreal RFID Tribe meeting was a success!

Here’s a summary of the evening…

The event was hosted by Academia RFID in an RFID enabled warehouse that is currently used for Liaison Can/US’ customers for “slap & ship” and “print & apply” RFID tagging, RFID warehousing and transportation.

Jean-Francois Thériault, Principal Director of Logistics and Transportation at the SAQ, presented the results from a multi-year study and Proof of Concept that was performed on the impact of RFID on its operational processes. He also shared his vision of the technology and where RFID benefits could eventually be found. What I thought was really interesting and of particular value, were the insightful and specific examples he provided on how certain decisions could impact the project in a big way.

There was also a networking session. This was a great opportunity to meet other people working with or evaluating RFID technology. There were so many interesting people to meet that the last participants left at 9PM! Academia RFID also sponsored some great door prizes which added a touch of “fun” to the event.

We had participants from the following companies:
Air Canada, Johnson & Johnson, Rogers Communications, Bell Canada, Academia RFID, Novva-iD, Taglogic RFID, Liaison Can/US, Mcdonald DesChênes, Kruger, Motorola Division Enterprise Mobility, Hewlett-Packard Canada, iFact inc., SAQ, BlueStar Canada, E'Mind Tek Solutions Inc., McGill University, ePoly, Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Université de Sherbrooke, Deloitte Consulting, Overheer Systems, Atmel Corporation, Deuteron, Bell Business Solutions, Orange Silicomp, Hello, Architekt !, Ship2save.

This is your RFID community so thank you so much for participating at the 1st meeting!

- Harold Boeck
RFID Tribe Montreal Chapter Leader

PS : The next meeting is planned for March 2008. You can register here to join the community and be kept in the loop : http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/rfidtribe-montreal/. Membership is for RFID Tribe members only – so make sure you register as a Tribe member first (it’s free) and can be done from here http://www.rfidtribe.com/home/

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