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IEEE RFID 2026

The completed June 16-18, 2026 twentieth IEEE International Conference on RFID in Santa Fe. Official conference sources document two custom-printed twentieth-anniversary conference artifacts: a Minew ambient-light-harvesting BLE tag and a passive RAIN RFID/UHF tag with QR access to its conference identifier. The technical-programme chairs confirm the completed conference, but no recipient ledger, handoff report, final artwork licence, or individual device-state record is published.

Hilton Santa Fe Historic Plaza, Santa Fe, New Mexico · United States · 2026

IEEE RFID 2026 Active BLE Badge

IEEE RFID 2026's official conference page advertised a complimentary twentieth-anniversary Bluetooth Low Energy badge, with 100 badges available. Its dedicated badge page identifies the active artifact as a custom-printed Minew MTB11 ambient-light-harvesting BLE tag. The source says that, when sufficiently charged from ambient light, it transmits a unique 48-bit identifier, battery voltage, and temperature in Bluetooth Low Energy advertisement packets. The technical-programme chairs' welcome confirms the June 16-18 Santa Fe conference occurred, but the sources do not establish individual receipt or final device state.

IEEE RFID 2026 Passive RAIN RFID Badge

IEEE RFID 2026's dedicated badge page identifies a second conference artifact: a custom-printed passive RAIN RFID/UHF tag that can also be optically associated with its conference identifier through a QR code. The page says each tag uses a unique 96-bit, sequential conference/demo identifier rather than a GS1-compliant retail EPC, and that the identifier contains no personal attendee information. The technical-programme chairs' welcome confirms the June 16-18 Santa Fe event, while the published sources do not establish recipient assignment, completed handoff, physical tag construction, or detailed QR behavior.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

IEEE RFID 2026 Active BLE Badge official badge documentation

official active conference tag

Minew MTB11 ambient-light-harvesting BLE tag

The official badge page identifies the active conference artifact as a Minew MTB11 ambient-light-harvesting BLE tag, custom printed for IEEE RFID's twentieth anniversary.

Compatibility: IEEE RFID 2026 active badge as documented; final revision, enclosure, energy-harvesting performance, availability, and individual receipt are not established.

IEEE RFID 2026 Passive RAIN RFID Badge official badge documentation

official described identifier model

Custom 96-bit sequential conference/demo identifier

The official page says each passive tag used a unique 96-bit custom conference/demo identifier, sequential rather than GS1 retail EPC, and not containing personal attendee information.

Compatibility: Source-described identifier model only; no source establishes identifier assignment, scan collection, backend records, owner linkage, QR destination behavior, access rights, or retention practices.

IEEE RFID 2026 Active BLE Badge official badge documentation

official described tag behavior

Stated BLE identifier, voltage, and temperature advertising

The official page says the tag broadcasts a unique 48-bit identifier, battery voltage, and temperature in BLE advertisement packets when sufficiently charged from ambient light.

Compatibility: Source-described tag behavior only; no source establishes radio configuration, range, exact sensor behavior, participant use, data collection, logging, privacy controls, or an event-wide operating result.

IEEE RFID 2026 Passive RAIN RFID Badge official badge documentation

official passive conference tag

Passive RAIN RFID/UHF and QR tag

The official badge page identifies a custom-printed passive RAIN RFID/UHF tag associated with a QR code as the second conference artifact.

Compatibility: IEEE RFID 2026 passive badge as documented; the page does not identify the inlay, antenna, QR payload, physical dimensions, unit count, final artwork, or individual receipt.

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

IEEE RFID 2026 Active BLE Badge note

BLE telemetry, privacy, and software boundary · official badge documentation · high-level advertised fields documented; implementation and data practices unpublished

The official page identifies the active tag and says it advertises a unique 48-bit identifier, battery voltage, and temperature when light charged, but does not publish tag firmware, a protocol specification, radio configuration, range, cryptography, identifier assignment, account linkage, scan/log policy, participant consent, data retention, data sharing, server configuration, security review, source release, or software license.

The entry preserves the stated radio and sensing surface without implying an attendee-tracking deployment, a privacy guarantee, secure implementation, a particular collection practice, or a supported software workflow.

IEEE RFID 2026 Passive RAIN RFID Badge note

RAIN, QR, identifier, and data-use boundary · official badge documentation · high-level identifier framing documented; implementation and data practices unpublished

The source names a passive RAIN RFID/UHF tag, QR association, unique sequential 96-bit conference/demo identifier, and a no-personal-information claim. It does not publish the RFID inlay or memory map, air-interface configuration, reader behavior, QR payload or destination, identifier-generation procedure, scan logging, account linkage, consent path, data retention/sharing, backend, security review, source code, or license.

The entry retains the source's non-personal identifier wording without presenting it as a complete privacy assessment, a tracking/non-tracking guarantee, a reader protocol, a data-use policy, or a deployed-service specification.

IEEE RFID 2026 Active BLE Badge note

allocation, handoff, and final device-state boundary · official conference and post-event programme sources · 100-badge availability statement; individual receipt unverified

The organizer's conference page says 100 complimentary BLE badges were available, and the programme chairs confirm the conference occurred. The official sources do not provide a recipient list, final quantity produced or accepted, inventory accounting, handoff report, serial allocation, activation result, replacement policy, device-health record, or post-event owner report.

The dossier records a documented conference artifact without translating an availability statement into universal receipt, final distribution, continuous operation, or a complete fulfillment account.

IEEE RFID 2026 Passive RAIN RFID Badge note

allocation, physical form, and credential boundary · official badge and post-event programme sources · passive artifact documented; handoff and format unresolved

The official badge page says attendees could choose whether to accept and carry conference RFID badges, while the programme chairs confirm the conference occurred. Neither source provides passive-tag quantity, recipient list, serial allocation, physical-tag dimensions or medium, final artwork, handoff record, replacement policy, photo evidence, or a statement that the tag granted admission or access.

The record remains a documented passive conference artifact rather than an unsupported claim about every attendee, a specific physical format, identity credential, venue access, or completed fulfillment.

IEEE RFID 2026 Active BLE Badge note

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No IEEE RFID 2026 Active BLE Badge image is published because the current public source trail has not been paired with a reusable original badge or artifact photo or official upstream raster render with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The United States record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.

IEEE RFID 2026 Passive RAIN RFID Badge note

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No IEEE RFID 2026 Passive RAIN RFID Badge image is published because the current public source trail has not been paired with a reusable original badge or artifact photo or official upstream raster render with source URL, license or permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The United States record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying source-page media, documentation screenshots, event photos, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.

Resources

IEEE RFID 2026 RFID Badges official badge documentation · Primary source identifying the active Minew MTB11 ambient-light-harvesting BLE tag, its stated advertised fields, optional-carry framing, custom-printing, and reelyActive/Minew sponsorship. IEEE RFID 2026 RFID Badges official badge documentation · Primary source identifying the passive RAIN RFID/UHF conference tag, QR association, custom sequential 96-bit identifier framing, non-personal identifier statement, and Uniform Direct UK sponsorship. IEEE RFID 2026 official conference page · Primary conference source for the June 16-18 Santa Fe event, twentieth-anniversary context, 100-BLE-badge availability statement, and the official RFID Badges page link. IEEE RFID 2026 official conference page · Primary conference source for the June 16-18 Santa Fe event and twentieth-anniversary context, including a link to its dedicated RFID Badges documentation. IEEE RFID 2026 Technical Program Chairs' welcome official post-event programme welcome · Official technical-programme chairs' page confirming that the twentieth IEEE RFID conference hosted participants in Santa Fe on June 16-18, 2026. IEEE RFID 2026 Technical Program Chairs' welcome official post-event programme welcome · Official technical-programme chairs' page confirming that the twentieth IEEE RFID conference hosted participants in Santa Fe on June 16-18, 2026.

Sources

IEEE RFID 2026: IEEE RFID 2026 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary organizer source for the conference date, Santa Fe setting, twentieth-anniversary context, and 100-BLE-badge availability statement. It does not establish individual delivery, final count, tag configuration, or image-reuse rights. IEEE RFID 2026: IEEE RFID 2026 Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary organizer source for the completed June 16-18 Santa Fe twentieth-anniversary conference context. It does not establish passive-tag allocation, final construction, QR behavior, access role, or image-reuse rights. IEEE RFID 2026: RFID Badges Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary official source for the Minew MTB11 name, ambient-light-harvesting BLE tag classification, 48-bit identifier, battery-voltage and temperature advertisement statement, optional-carry language, custom print, and named co-sponsors. IEEE RFID 2026: RFID Badges Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Primary official source for the passive RAIN RFID/UHF tag, QR association, custom 96-bit conference/demo identifier, sequential and non-personal identifier framing, and Uniform Direct UK sponsorship. IEEE RFID 2026 Technical Program Chairs: Welcome from the Technical Program Chairs Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official post-event programme source confirming that IEEE RFID 2026 hosted participants in Santa Fe on June 16-18. It does not report badge handoff, activation, receipt, or use. IEEE RFID 2026 Technical Program Chairs: Welcome from the Technical Program Chairs Retrieved 2026-05-15 · Official post-event programme source confirming that IEEE RFID 2026 hosted participants in Santa Fe on June 16-18. It does not report passive-tag handoff, acceptance, or use.