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SUMMARY:RAIN Alliance Special Session at IEEE RFID 2025
DESCRIPTION:The RAIN Alliance will be involved in IEEE RFID 2025\, offering exclusive career development opportunities and valuable industry insights. Here’s what’s on the schedule: \nWednesday\, 23 April: Career Development for Students\nStudents will have the chance to participate in hands-on resume workshops and mock interviews with top professionals from companies including Texas Instruments\, Qualcomm\, and Sandia National Labs. This is a great opportunity to get practical advice\, improve your resume\, and sharpen your interview skills. If you’re a student interested in getting involved\, please contact operations@therainalliance.org. \nThursday\, 24 April: RAIN Alliance Session\n\nIn this session\, the RAIN Alliance will share market trends and ideate emerging use cases as RAIN technology becomes deployed in B2C environments. \n\n\nMorning Session Overview – 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM:\n\nExpected market trends and use cases in diverse markets\nSpeaker: Aileen Ryan\, President and CEO of the RAIN Alliance\n\nMoving towards RAIN systems being deployable “out of the box” and solution design considerations\n\nSolution design considerations and how RAIN technology can shape the landscape of what’s possible\nSpeakers: Bill McDonald (WIS International)\, Walt Harper (SML Group)\, Shreyans Bengani (eCartes Technology)\, Steven Keddie (GS1)\, Jason Gill (Powercast)\nAddressing the challenge of transparent\, openly available manufacturing quality and performance standards for the industry\nSpeakers: Bahar Aliakbarian (Axia Labs) and Jesse Tuominen (Voyantic)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInteractive session: What future use cases may emerge for RAIN readers in consumer devices (and what the implications are from a technology/technical standpoint. The output of this session will inform future RAIN Alliance activities and potentially feed into research agendas.\nSpeakers: Paul Muller\, (RAIN) and Juho Partanen (RAIN Alliance)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfternoon Session Overview – 12:00 PM – 13:30 PM\nThis panel is organized by Impinj\, a leading RAIN RFID provider\, and the RAIN Alliance\, a consortium of companies that drives awareness and fosters market adoption of RAIN technology. The session will feature leading voices in RFID\, sustainability\, and recycling. \n\n\nThis panel will discuss how RFID technology is unlocking circular solutions in sustainability. Experts from academia and across the industry will explore how RFID enables carbon footprint reduction in pharmaceuticals\, extends product life cycles in apparel and footwear\, and enhances smart textile sortation for resale\, repair\, and recycling. Industry leaders will also discuss the practical barriers they face\, the technological features they need\, and the critical criteria for successful circular solutions. Attendees will gain valuable insights into real-world applications of RFID for sustainability and explore how their research and work can help bridge existing gaps\, driving innovation in textile circularity and recycling. \nSpeakers: Bahar Aliakbarian (Axia Labs)\, Jennifer Lake (Goodwill of the Finger Lake)\, Wes Baker (SVP of Strategic Initiatives) \nReserve Your Spot \nSee the Speaker Bios \n 
URL:https://therainalliance.org/event/rain-alliance-special-session-at-ieee-rfid-2025/
LOCATION:Atlanta\, GA
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SUMMARY:Korea Mat 2025
DESCRIPTION:Register Here
URL:https://therainalliance.org/event/korea-mat-2025/
LOCATION:Korea
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