RFID-RNET etableres i juni

RFID Nettverksforum i eforum blir aktiv partner i nytt nasjonalt RFID nettverk

04-06-2007 RFID Nettverksforum i eforum + Standard Norge + NorStella, har i samarbeid med SINTEF IKT,  etablert et konsortium med 22 andre partnere som har søkt Norges Forskningråd om middler fra VERDIKT programmet
for å starte dette nye nettverket  : RFID-RNET ( RFID- ResourceNetWork)
Måstningen for RFID-RNET er å skape en nasjonal arena hvor man samler RFID forskning og utviklings-aktiviteter og prosjekter hvor RFID teknologien spiller en vesentlig rolle.
Deltakere i nettverket er bedrifter og organisasjoner som representerer: Forskning, industri, handel, service, akademia og offentlig sektor. Nettverket skal spille en viktig rolle som kunnskapsentrum for norsk RFID anvendelse. Nettverket skal også skape grunnlag for nye forskning- og utviklings saktiviteter basert på norske behov . Nettverket skal ha spesielt fokus på SMB og deres behov. RFID-RNET vil samrbeide med med tilsvaredende internasjonale FoU og anvender miljøer og hente inn Beste Praksis og vice versa.
RFID Nettverksforum i eforum vil delta meget aktivit i nettverket.

Formålet med dette nasjoanle RFID-nettverket er slik beskrevet i søknaden :
Proposal abstract
RFID-RNET is a proposed National Resource Network with the strategic objective to generate projects based on RFID technology and with a strong business involvement. Furthermore, the Resource Network should aim at defining the RFID technology and development research challenges at the national level in the view of global development. RFID-RNET will bring together the fragmented community that exists in Norway today in the field of RFID technology, thus underpinning the basic multidisciplinary science. The rationale for RFID-RNET is to address the large potential for RFID-based capabilities in Norway.
Smart RFID systems, or more specifically RFID transponders with built-in sensors and actuators for monitoring and influencing their surroundings, are also expected to be strategically important in Norway particularly in the following main areas:
• Retail (Dynamic pricing/product information - NFC), reduce out of stock and shrinkage, improve logistics, warranty management, manage returns and repairs,
• Logistics/asset management, fleet management/warehousing/shipping information etc)
• Reduce Supply Chain in-efficiencies
• Healthcare
• E-Ticketing /toll roads
• Food safety (Track and trace)
• Oil & gas
• ePayment/event management/arena management
• Forestry, paper
• Waste management, recycling
• Security and privacy
• HR/Personnel safety in harsh environments.
Other industrial sectors, for example chemical and process industry, will eventually benefit from the results generated in RFID-RNET.
The RFID-RNET will address the strategic research and innovation from a three-axis perspective:
• First axis will consider the main three elements RFID technology, RFID Applications and RFID Services, RFID integration with back-end systems.
• The second axis will consider the specific industrial sectors
• The third axis considers the priorities for university, research and industry sectors.
The Joint Programme of Activities (JPA) will focus on three key areas:
• Integrating existing research and development programmes. Scientific research excellence and innovation
• Developing roadmaps for the critical application areas
• Dissemination of knowledge/information related to RFID projects, activities, research and development
• Networking activities – i.e. degree of integration and commitment to RFID-RNET resource network vision
The outcome of the JPA will be:
• Focused and shared research,
• Structured knowledge,
• Extended education and training,
• Networking of partners,
• Innovation and exploitation in selected areas
• Project proposals together with Norwegian business, research and industry partners
The RFID-RNET consists of a total of 22 organisations, with a balanced mix of universities, research institutes, industry and public sector. The organisations are represented in different regions of Norway. The RFID-RNET will closely cooperate with: RFID Nettverksforum/eForum, the Nordic RFID Network, EU RFID Forum, RFID Networking Forum (London), EPCglobal and other national and international organisations focusing on RFID technology. There will be close cooperation and representation with national, European and global standardisation bodies.
Deltakere i konsortiet er:
1 SINTEF ICT
2 RFID INNOVASJONSSENTER AS
3 UNIVERSITY of OSLO
4 GJØVIK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
5 NOCA AS
6 Q-Free AS
7 THE NORWEGIAN FOREST AND LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE (NFLI)
8 GRESVIG ASA
9 ST OLAVS HOSPITAL,TRONDHEIM AS NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY
10 THE NORWEGIAN OIL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION(OLF)
11 TELENOR AS
12 TOMRA SYSTEMS ASA
13 daVinci CONSULTING
14 eForum STANDARD NORGE, NorStella
15 REMA 1000
16 NTNU
17 MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
18 NORTURA
19 NORSK TRETEKNISK INSTITUTT
20 SKOGDATA AS
21 SCANPOLE AS
22 AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Mer informasjon om nettverket og hvordan man kan delta får du hos:
RFID Nettverksforum i eforum v/ August Nilssen /Tlf 90140566 /epost: ani@standard.no
eller hos SINTEF IKT v/Ovidiu Vermesan/Tlf 93059322/epost: Ovidiu.Vermesan@sintef.no