RFID and Blockchain, Companions or Chaos – 25 January

Fireside Chat

Title: RFID and Blockchain, Companions or Chaos

Host: John Greaves

Guest: Silona Bonewald

Time: 10:00 am to 11:00 am, EST on Tuesday, 25 January

Biography

John Greaves

IEEE Fellow

John Greaves has been actively involved in Technology Deployment for over 40 years. His pioneering work in the area of Global Logistics, Inventory Management, Transportation Facilities, Retail Outlets, Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing and more which has led to significant adoptions occurring in theses technologies and applications globally today.

John led the European Spectrum Initiative, was the leader of the GTAG program for EAN.UCC (GS1), and is member of the PMA Blockchain Task Force, Chair of the MH10 ANSI Committee in labelling, marking and data for packaging and unit loads.

Guest: Silona Bonewald

Executive Director of IEEE SA OPEN

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