The NFC Forum has announced a webcast entitled “NFC Goes Vertical: Introducing NFC Forum Special Interest Groups,” which will take place on Jan. 24th at both 11 a.m. EST and 9:00 p.m. EST, with a third offering on Jan. 25 at 11 a.m. JST.

The webcast seeks to address the growing NFC market, and with 100 million NFC-enabled devices in the market at present — and many more on the way — NFC is gaining significant momentum in some key vertical markets.

To encourage and facilitate the growth process, the NFC Forum is launching Special Interest Groups (SIGs) that will unite leaders from the Consumer Electronics, Health care, Payment, Retail and Transport sectors to collaborate on NFC implementation, interoperability, best practices and future requirements solutions.

The webcast will explain in detail the NFC Forum’s new SIGs, their role in each prospective industry and the implications that their introduction will have on the NFC landscape.

Featured presenters:

• Koichi Tagawa, NFC Forum Chairman, Sony

• James Anderson, NFC Forum Vice Chairman, MasterCard

• Debbie Arnold, NFC Forum Director

• Chuck Parker, Continua Health Alliance

• Cameron Green, GS1

Access to the webcast is limited and registration is required for each of the three offerings.

Registration for the January 24th 11 a.m. EST offering.

Registration
for the 9 p.m. EST/ 11 a.m. JST offering.