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ID Systems FSL Partners Project
NCSL Spring Forum - April 6-8, 2006
Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill -- Washington DC

Thursday, April 6

Columbia B
12:00 pm -   1:45 pm              Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Roundtable
Sponsored by the NCSL ID Systems Partners Project and the NCSL Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Committee
Over lunch, speakers will discuss radio frequency identification (RFID) developments and policy issues.   A business meeting of the ID Systems Project will follow.

Moderator:                              

• Delegate Joe T. May, Virginia, Vice Chair,  ID Systems Partners Project

Speakers:                                 

• Jack Grasso, Senior Director of Public Relations (invited)Uniform Code Council, Inc, New Jersey
• Alden Schacher, Director, Global Government Affairs, Western Region, U.S. State Government, EDS, Texas
• Lisa Wallmeyer, Executive Director, Joint Commission on Technology and Science, Virginia              

Handouts:

• EPC/RFID:  Proposed Industry Adoption Framework  Manufacturer Survey and Pilot Learnings to Date, April 2006, Prepared by IBM for the Grocery Manufacturers Association
• RFID: Promise or Peril? - State Legislatures Magazine, December 2005  
• The Basics of RFID and EPC (video) - EPCglobal

Friday, April 7

Columbia Foyer
11:15 - 12:00 noon                  REAL ID Update and Roundtable Discussion
Sponsored by the NCSL Transportation Committee
Draft rules to implement REAL-ID, which creates new federal driver's license standards, are expected by late spring or early summer 2006.  The committee will hear an update from NCSL's staff participant in rulemaking discussions and discuss state implementation issues.

Presiding:          

• Representative Sherman Packard, New Hampshire

Speaker:            

• Molly Ramsdell, NCSL