1 RFID, IoT & French Government Initiatives Presentation at ETSI – 3rd December 2007 Olivier Rouxel, Project Manager, Service for Information Society and Technologies

2 Increasing Communication & Interest European Consultation on RFID (EC, summer 2006) –Communication de la CE – Creation of the RFID Expert Group Professional Shows (RFID, M2M, Traceability) Forum (EC, mars 2007) German and Portuguese Conferences (June, November 2007) Medias Awareness of –Suppliers (pilots, productivity gains) –Sectors (development of usage standards and best practises) –Competitive Clusters (better, inter-cluster cooperation) –Institutions (discovery of the technology, its stakes and market figures) –Citizens (assimilation to « big brother »)

3 Security & Privacy A segmented approach to Privacy: World of Industry –Industrial processes, traceability of objects –A priori no use of personal data –Reduce (or eliminate) potential legal uncertainty World of Citizen –Customer/citizen becomes more and more involved (shop) –Question of personal data to be raised, depending on the application Increased demand for Security –Shift towards the Internet of Things –Less control of Humans (M2M) –Embedded Security –Need for standardization

4 Internet of Things Concept still to be defined –Will involve objects, machines –Using a great variety of technologies (not only RFID) –To enable interactions between them / with their environment Role of the EPC ONS? –Often first to be mentioned –Architecture designed for supply chain in retail –Concerns raised by many, mainly regarding its centralized architecture and governance –Led to promotion by EPC & GS1 of Regional ONSs (from spring 2007) –Announcement in Lisbon by GS1 France of signing a contract with Orange Business Services to build a French ONS root –Initiative welcomed by French Ministry of Economy as reducing risks

5 Internet of Things Many questions remain –Respective positions of the IoT and the Internet of the Future? –What place for the ONS in the IoT? –Should the ONS be transposed to other sectors? –Should a broader / more ambitious solution be proposed? –Will NGNs be compatible with the IoT? –What standardization actions to be led? Many bodies on the bridge –We encourage seeking coherence between stakeholders on this subject: OECD, ETSI, ITU, ISO, EC RFID Expert Group, etc. –We welcome the ETSI initiative for setting up this Workshop

6 French MinEFE approach Opening of UHF Bandwidth in September 2006 –To help development of UHF RFID applications (70% of operating RFID is using HF) Big potential market Many opportunities for RFID solutions suppliers Many opportunities also for users Accompaniment through the competitiveness clusters (pôles de compétitivité) –Main lever for the Ministry in help for R&D (already 7M at date) –Projects MISTRALS (Drug & Bio Samples) and PAC-ID GD (Retail) –Start of inter-cluster dynamic: technology brought by suppliers, needs and markets brought by users –10 clusters signed a letter of intent to collaborated on RFID (27 th september 2007)

7 Secretary of State Novellis announcement Visit in PACA Region on 27 th, September 2007 Creation of a National RFID Centre –Help the development of the technology –Provide a better view on French RFID landscape Call for projects dedicated to RFID –Improve internal process of enterprises –Collaborative, suppliers/users –Target SMEs National Collective Action in Traceability –Call for projects in open-loop, by sectors –RFID, but also other traceability technologies –Need for professional associations to prepare it from now on Help for R&D RFID projects also possible through competitiveness clusters

8 Contact & Information Directorate-General for Enterprise +33 (1) –DGE study on RFID (in French) –Announcements of calls for projects