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Fei-Yue Wang Professor IEEE CRFID Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences General Information Proposed Date: July 15, 2021 – August 15, 2021 (Distributed Hybrid Conference, Physical Opening Ceremony on July 15) Location: Beijing, China Expected: 500 attendees (online), 50 attendees (offline) Support: Sponsor: IEEE Council on RFID Co-Sponsors: Chinese Association of Automation, Qingdao Academy of Intelligent Industries, Intelligent Vehicles Proving Center of China Conference Agenda: 1-Day Physical Conference, 4 Keynote (Invited Speakers), on July 15 4 Online Sessions, 6 Oral Presentations for each session, 1 for each week 1 Poster Sessions, 100 online posters, lasting for 1 month After the conference, the presentation and poster videos will be saved

The IEEE Council on RFID (CRFID) Nominations Committee requests nominations for qualified individuals to fill the CRFID VP for Finances position for the 2021-2022 term (renewable once). Self-nominations are allowed.  For more information on eligibility and duties, please refer to Article III, Section 8, and Article VI of the CRFID Bylaws. To submit your nomination (of self-nomination) please fill the following form

Conference Awards and Finalists: Best Paper Award: “Particle Filter-Based SAR Approach and Trajectory Optimization for Real-Time 3D UHF-RFID Tag Localization”, M. Gareis and P. Fenske (Friedrich-Alexander University, Germany), C. Carlowitz (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany), M. Vossiek (LHFT, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany). Best Paper Award Finalists: “5 mm Range 61 GHz System on Chip EPC Gen2 RFID Tag in 22nm FD-SOI Technology”, A. Harutyunyan, M. Landwehr, R. Fiedler, A. Heinig, R. Hildebrandt, H. Holland (Fraunhofer Institute IPMS, Germany). “Particle Filter-Based SAR Approach and Trajectory Optimization for Real-Time 3D UHF-RFID Tag Localization”, M. Gareis and P. Fenske (Friedrich-Alexander University, Germany), C. Carlowitz (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany), M. Vossiek (LHFT, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany). “Backscatter

2020 |AIM, the trusted worldwide industry association for the automatic identification industry, providing unbiased information, educational resources and standards for nearly half a century, has announced the group of recipients for the 2020 AIM Awards, which honor excellence and outstanding achievement in the automatic identification and data capture industry. Raymond Delnick of GS1 US was selected as recipient of the Richard Dilling Award. Mark Wheeler of Zebra Technologies was selected as recipient of the Allan Gilligan Award.  The award is given to a member of the industry who has made outstanding contributions to the development of automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) applications in materials handling and logistics in the supply

Message from IEEE on Coronavirus COVID-19 The World Health Organization officially declared the novel coronavirus COVID-19 a pandemic. This global health crisis is a unique challenge that has impacted many members of the IEEE family. We would like to express our concern and support for all the members of the IEEE community, our staff, our families and all others affected by this outbreak. We request that all members avoid conducting in-person activities in areas impacted by the coronavirus threat and instead maximize the use of our online and virtual alternatives. IEEE provides many tools to support our membership with virtual engagement, including our online collaboration space IEEE Collabratec (https://ieee-collabratec.ieee.org/). Following

Conference Awards and Finalists: Best Paper Award: “Breaking the Range Limit of RFID Localization: Phase-based Positioning with Tunneling Tags” by C. Qi, F. Amato, M. Alhassoun, G. Durgin – Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and Tor Vergata University (Italy) Best Poster Award (popular vote): “Dynamic Monitoring with RFID Tag Sensor to Use in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)” by Flávia C Costa; Renato Kanno; Ricardo T. Yoshioka; Emerson Canuto; José Martins; Jean Baracat Best Poster Award (judges vote): “Beam Scanning UHF RFID Reader Antenna with High Gain and Wide Axial Ratio Beamwidth” by Rui Chen; Shuai Yang; Michael Crisp; Richard V. Penty; Ian H. White IEEE RFID Mega Challenge Smart Cities Winners: “Pathway