Low Power Radio Association

Radio Solutions 2008 - Conference

Radio Solutions 2008

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.

 

 

Thursday May 29th

09.00Exhibition open + Registration
09.30Opening of Conference
Saad Mezzour, LPRA

Welcome from ETSI
Michael Sharpe, ETSI
 Regulations and Routes to Compliance
09.45Keynote speech
Mark Bogers, DG Enterprise EU,  Commission
10.15R&TTE compliance: how do I get my product to market?
Steve Hayes, TRAC-Global
11.00Coffee
 
11.15A guide to selecting European Standards for SRDs
Michael Sharpe, ETSI
11.45Compliance and enforcement
Clive Corrie, OFCOM
12.15Q & A
 
12.30End session
 
13.00Lunch
 
14.15Structure of the legal decision-making process for SRDs
Jim Connolly, Commission for Comms Reg, Ireland
15.00The future of licence-exempt spectrum
Erik Moll, European Commission
15.30Tea
 
15.45Road map to global harmonization
Yves Ollivier, ANFR
16.15The actual and future view of the FCC on licence exempt SRD
Julius Knapp, FCC
16.45Q & A
 
17.00End session
 

 

Friday May 30th

09.00Exhibition open + Registration
 
 Session 1: Sector UpdateSession 2: Sector Update
09.30Commissioning RFID on Airport Conveyors
Richard Rees, Scanology
Telemetry & Automatic Meter Reading
Brian Back, Radio-Tech
10.00Implementing RFID in Retail
Jens Kungl, Metro
10.15Wireless Medical Applications
Peter Chadwick, Zarlink Semiconductors
10.30Near Field is Nearly Here: RFID at 13.56 MHz
David Birch, Consult Hyperion
11.00Coffee
 
11.15Intelligent Transport Systems: an Overview
Bob Williams, CSI
Home Automation
Jean-Michel Orsat, Somfy
11.45Propagation of radio waves in buildings
Walter Vollenweider, Siemens
12.00Role of 63-66 GHz radio technologies in ITS
Alan Dearlove, Copsey Telecomms
12.15Cordless audio & radio microphones
Brian Copsey, Copsey Communications
Consultants
12.30Q & A
 
12.45End session
 
13.00Lunch
 
 Session 3: Developments in Technology
14.15Trends in RF Design
Nigel Gaylard, Trimerix
14.45Trends in Ultra-low-power RF IC Design
Bas Dorren, AnSem NV
15.15Automotive short-range radar (24 + 79 GHz)
Josef Schuermann/Gerhard Rollmann, SARA Group
15.45Tea
 
16.00Antenna Design
Tomas Rutfors, ProAnt AB
16.30Processor Extensions for Software-defined radio
Francisco Barat, NXP Semiconductors
17.00Closing Address
Saad Mezzour, LPRA