Conference Programme

Please find below the programme for our RFID Conference. This is a working document and CILIP have the right to make changes to the programme content.

9.00 - Conference registration plus refreshments sponsored by Intrepid Security Systems and RFID demonstrations

9.30 - Introduction by Conference Chair

Bob McKee, Chief Executive, CILIP

Session 1- Why consider RFID?

What is RFID and what are the benefits of considering it for your library?  What does the technology have to offer and is it cost-effective?  Following a Keynote Presentation to set the scene and the launch of RFID Implementation - a Checklist, which will be provided to all delegates at the end of the conference, a major supplier and an innovative customer deliver their verdicts.

9.45 - RFID Implementation - a Checklist for Libraries

Martin Palmer, Chair of the BIC/CILIP RFID in Libraries Group

10.10 - What does RFID have to offer?

Andrew Garland, 3M Library Systems, 3M United Kingdom

10.35 - Reaping the benefits of RFID in Libraries

Cathy McDonough, Assistant Head of Libraries, LB of Sutton

11.00 - Open Forum discussion

Panellists: Martin Palmer, Andrew Garland and Cathy McDonough

11.15 - Refreshment break sponsored by Intrepid Security Systems and RFID demonstrations

Session 2 - RFID in action

What is the experience of those who have installed RFID in public and academic libraries?  Delegates can compare the experiences of those involved in the ground-breaking installation at the Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library with the recent application at Middlesex University.  Then a selected panel of experts will debate two directly contrasting implementation strategies - a key issue for any library considering RFID.

11.45 - Early public library experience - what were the lessons learnt?

Jan Holden, Area Librarian Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library

12.10 - The academic experience - moving ahead with RFID

William Marsterson, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Head of Learning Resources and University Librarian, Middlesex University

12.35 - Panel Discussion - "All in One Go" v Incremental implementation?

Alan Hopkinson will talk about the incremental approach used at Middlesex University and Mike Berrington will talk about the 'all in one go' approach adopted at nottingham Trent University. A panel of experts devate how best to get RFID into action and delivering results, and discuss their differing views with delegates via an open forum.

13.00 - Pre-lunch drinks and RFID Demonstrations

13.30 - LUNCH - sponsored by 3M United Kingdom

Session 3 - Operational and strategic issues

How do current standards impact on interoperability?  What implications do RFID installations have for health and safety privacy?  The session ends with a panel session on the different approaches to RFID technology with the supplier and the library perspectives represented.

14.30 - RFID standards

Tony Furness, Technical Director, AIM UK/National Centre for RFID

14.50 - Economics of RFID - Funding and Costing

Diana Edmonds, Head of Libraries, Haringey

15.10 - The Big Debate - Which way forward for RFID? Bibliographic tags v Licence-plate approach

Two suppliers, Darren Ratcliffe of Intellident and Gregor Hotz of D-Tech will outline their approaches to structuring information on RFID tags followed by comments from two knowledgeable users from the library community, Mike Berrington of Nottingham Trent University and Alan Hopkinson of Middlesex University. The discussion will be opened up to consider issues of standards and interoperability.

15.35 - Refreshment break sponsored by Intrepid Security Systems and RFID demonstrations

What Future for RFID?

What does the future hold for RFID in the UK?  What are the key benefits it can provide to library users?  What are the trends in pace-setting Scandinavian libraries, widely acknowledged to be at the forefront of RFID development?

16.05 - Person-centred services - RFID and future library development

Fiona O'Brien, Development Manager, London Library Dev. Agency (LLDA)

16.30 - What can be learned from the Scandinavian expericence?

Peter Birk, Head, Silkeborg Public Library, Denmark

16.55 - The Leader's Debate - What Future for RFID?

A moderated Leaders' Debate will enable a panel of experts to air their views about where RFID is really going and draw together the key themes identifed during the day's discussions.  Participants will include:

Fiona O'Brien, Peter Birk, Diana Edmonds.

17.30 - Conference closes and Reception