Thursday May 29th and Friday May 30th 2008
Sponsored by the Low Power Radio Association, the conference offers an excellent and timely opportunity to catch up on the latest developments in spectrum allocation for short range devices, routes to compliance with the current regulations (in particular the R & TTE Directive), and the way ahead for licence-exempt radio: could global harmonization be achieved? Expert speakers are being lined up who are in a unique position to explain these issues and offer the benefit of their advice to manufacturers, designers, and end users of low power radio technology. On the technical side, there will be an in-depth look at emerging technologies including ultra-wideband radio, innovations in antenna design, developments in RF chips, and short range radar. There will also be specific sessions covering some of the principal sectors in the SRD industry: telemetry and automatic meter reading, home automation, intelligent transport systems, medical applications, and SRDs in audio applications. | ![]() |
| 09.00 | Exhibition open + Registration |
| 09.30 | Opening of Conference Saad Mezzour, LPRA Welcome from ETSI Michael Sharpe, ETSI |
| Regulations and Routes to Compliance | |
| 09.45 | Keynote speech Mark Bogers, DG Enterprise EU, Commission |
| 10.15 | R&TTE compliance: how do I get my product to market? Steve Hayes, TRAC-Global |
| 11.00 | Coffee |
| 11.15 | A guide to selecting European Standards for SRDs Michael Sharpe, ETSI |
| 11.45 | Compliance and enforcement Clive Corrie, OFCOM |
| 12.15 | Q & A |
| 12.30 | End session |
| 13.00 | Lunch |
| 14.15 | Structure of the legal decision-making process for SRDs Jim Connolly, Commission for Comms Reg, Ireland |
| 15.00 | The future of licence-exempt spectrum Erik Moll, European Commission |
| 15.30 | Tea |
| 15.45 | Road map to global harmonization Yves Ollivier, ANFR |
| 16.15 | The actual and future view of the FCC on licence exempt SRD Julius Knapp, FCC |
| 16.45 | Q & A |
| 17.00 | End session |
| 09.00 | Exhibition open + Registration | |
| Session 1: Sector Update | Session 2: Sector Update | |
| 09.30 | Commissioning RFID on Airport Conveyors Richard Rees, Scanology | Telemetry & Automatic Meter Reading Brian Back, Radio-Tech |
| 10.00 | Implementing RFID in Retail Jens Kungl, Metro | |
| 10.15 | Wireless Medical Applications Peter Chadwick, Zarlink Semiconductors | |
| 10.30 | Near Field is Nearly Here: RFID at 13.56 MHz David Birch, Consult Hyperion | |
| 11.00 | Coffee | |
| 11.15 | Intelligent Transport Systems: an Overview Bob Williams, CSI | Home Automation Jean-Michel Orsat, Somfy |
| 11.45 | Propagation of radio waves in buildings Walter Vollenweider, Siemens | |
| 12.00 | Role of 63-66 GHz radio technologies in ITS Alan Dearlove, Copsey Telecomms | |
| 12.15 | Cordless audio & radio microphones Brian Copsey, Copsey Communications Consultants | |
| 12.30 | Q & A | |
| 12.45 | End session | |
| 13.00 | Lunch | |
| Session 3: Developments in Technology | ||
| 14.15 | Trends in RF Design Nigel Gaylard, Trimerix | |
| 14.45 | Trends in Ultra-low-power RF IC Design Bas Dorren, AnSem NV | |
| 15.15 | Automotive short-range radar (24 + 79 GHz) Josef Schuermann/Gerhard Rollmann, SARA Group | |
| 15.45 | Tea | |
| 16.00 | Antenna Design Tomas Rutfors, ProAnt AB | |
| 16.30 | Processor Extensions for Software-defined radio Francisco Barat, NXP Semiconductors | |
| 17.00 | Closing Address Saad Mezzour, LPRA | |