The RAIN Alliance is proud to be an RFID Journal LIVE! 2025 Trailblazer Industry Partner, showcasing the power of RAIN technology at the industry’s leading event. As a Trailblazer, RAIN Alliance is running two executive training courses on Thursday, May 8. This is your chance to dive deeper into RAIN technology, gain valuable insights, and enhance your expertise—all while enjoying full access to the RFID Journal Live. See details below.
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Connecting RAIN to Corporate Sustainability Goals — Thursday, May 8
With pressure to meet corporate sustainability targets, evolving regulatory requirements, and shifting consumer preferences toward the circular economy, NOW is the time to understand how RAIN technology can help you achieve your goals!
With over 40 billion tags shipped last year, RAIN is already driving waste reduction, operational efficiencies, and optimizing supply chains — key pillars of corporate sustainability programs.
In this workshop, you’ll learn why you need RAIN technology and how to start addressing the European Digital Product Passport (DPP), a set of emerging sustainability and circularity regulations that will impact US exporters in the near term. If you export to Europe, you need this course!
Registration includes a full conference pass to the RFID Journal Live event.
Places are limited. Register now if you wish to attend.
Topics covered:
- Understand why RAIN is an ideal data carrier enabling corporate sustainability goals.
- RAIN power use cases and impact on sustainability.
- Understand the emerging DPP landscape in different US Export markets
- DPP Beginners Guide: How to get going with RAIN & DPP.
- How your sustainability team can leverage the data and operating efficiencies provided by RAIN, to achieve their goals.
- Overview of adjacent standards.
Speaker: Dr. Susanne Guth-Orlowski
Susanne is the DPP Technical Advisor of the RAIN Alliance, Co-Lead of the UN/CEFACT Recommendation No. 49 “Transparency at Scale”, External DPP Expert to the European Commission, and founder of the consulting agency 4TheRecord. Susanne is a recognised SSI expert, author, podcaster, speaker, and the creator of this DPP Workshop.
RAIN Project Manager Primer – Thursday, May 8
RAIN adoption is exploding! New markets and new use cases are opening up the huge potential for this technology. This workshop equips you with the essential knowledge to navigate the phases and activities that are critical for successful RAIN implementations, no matter their scale or complexity. Make sure your project is a success!
Learning objectives:
- Provides a common project language and expectations between end users and their supplier ecosystem.
- Identifies critical project success factors and how they should be dealt with.
- Develop project documentation guidelines.
- Learn about standards and regulation requirements.
Workshop Topics:
- The common tasks and structure of RAIN implementations.
- Establishing corporate goals and key preparatory use cases for successful deployment.
- Identify the stakeholder landscape and the need for partners.
- Important regulatory and standards requirements for RAIN projects.
- Encoding best practices.
- How TAG, Antenna, and Read-point selection can impact a project’s success.
- IT Integration, and post-release support.
Target Audience:
- Supplier project managers, sales managers, evangelists, product managers, and new hires.
- End-user project managers, business managers, IT leads, and project teams.
Prerequisites: Attendees should ideally have familiarity with the major components of the RAIN stack, including tags, antennas, readers, and middleware.
Registration includes a full conference pass to the RFID Journal Live event.
Places are limited. Register now if you wish to attend.
Speaker: Oleg Iagounov
Oleg is a Senior Developer at Lygsoe Systems, with over 22 years of experience with RAIN and related RFID technologies. He has led many RAIN Installation projects and is a recognised in expert in the field. Oleg, along with experienced other experienced Systems integrators and practitioners developed this workshop for the RAIN Alliance.
Other Educational and Networking Opportunities
The RAIN Alliance will be speaking in educational sessions and hosting a member-only breakfast. Learn more about RAIN Alliance at RFID Journal Live!