Wal-Mart CIO Linda Dillman to Offer Keynote Address at RFID World 2005; Day One to Kick-off with an End-User Panel Featuring Leading RFID Early Adopters.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. -- Linda Dillman, executive vice president and chief information officer (CIO) of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., one of the RFID market's most outspoken executives on the benefits of RFID in the retail supply chain, will be presenting the opening keynote address at RFID World 2005, on March 2nd, at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Dallas, Texas (www.rfid-world.com/rfid05).

An additional highlight of the first day of RFID World 2005 is an end-user panel, featuring a cross-section of industry players leading the way in early RFID implementations. Moderated by D'Anne Hotchkiss, editor of RFID News & Solutions, the panel includes Miley Ainsworth, director, Innovation and Scanning Technology, FedEx Corporate Services; Stephen M. Moody, chief warrant officer and RFID program coordinator, U.S. Army; Robert E. Kashmer, Jr., vice president, Information Technology, H. D. Smith Wholesale Drug Company; and Howard Stockdale, chief information officer, Beaver Street Fisheries. These end users will discuss lessons learned in early implementations and share ideas for expanding these trials into broader-scale deployments.

Attendees will also hear from the RFID manufacturer's perspective in the Day One keynote series with a presentation by Julie England, vice president of Texas Instruments and general manager of Texas Instruments RFid Systems. England will highlight developments in technology and standards that are helping to advance RFID and EPC deployments, particularly the recently ratified EPCglobal Inc(TM) UHF Generation 2 standard.

"Wal-Mart has certainly been a key driver in bringing RFID to the forefront of supply chain technology solutions, and we're eager to hear from such a notable executive as the company's CIO, Linda Dillman," said Timothy Downs, president of Shorecliff Communications, producers of RFID World 2005. "The Day One keynote series offers attendees a complete picture of RFID in the retail supply chain, with insights from a major retailer, end users, and a market leading RFID manufacturer."

The RFID World 2005 (www.rfid-world.com/rfid05) conference program covers the broadest range of RFID technologies and markets, and is designed to provide companies with practical, in-depth strategies for deploying RFID and EPC solutions. Attendees will also be able to visit with more than 100 exhibitors, while learning more about the technology and lessons learned through case studies in eight breakout tracks and more than 30 educational sessions.

For more information about RFID World and to register to attend, call 1-800-608-9641 or visit http://www.rfid-world.com/rfid05/.

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