15 Near Field Communication Leaders and Luminaries to Judge Global Award Competition
WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – Feb. 1, 2018 – The NFC Forum unveiled today a slate of 15 judges for its 2018 NFC Innovation Awards representing a prestigious list of Near Field Communication technology (NFC) experts, business leaders, journalists and analysts. The awards recognize innovative NFC products, services and experiences worldwide. Nearly 100 entries were submitted to the annual award competition last year. The selected judges represent a wide array of market disciplines and technical expertise from Asia, Europe and North America. The NFC Forum is the world’s leading standards and advocacy association for NFC technology. Thinfilm is the 2018 NFC Innovation Awards Platinum Level Sponsor.
“We are fortunate to have such a prestigious and enthusiastic list of judges for the 2018 NFC Innovation Awards. They represent some of the technology industry’s leading lights and brightest minds involved in NFC,” said Paula Hunter, executive director, NFC Forum. “NFC Innovation Awards will be presented in three categories: Best In-Market Implementation; Best Emerging Concept and NFC for Good. The awards ceremony is scheduled to be held during the NFC Members Meeting at the Barbican Centre, London, UK on June 26, 2018.”
NFC Forum 2018 NFC Innovation Award Judges
Namrta Bangia, Associate Director, Global Mass Transit, India
Laurie Beaver, Research Analyst, Business Insider Intelligence, USA
Bratindra Narayan Chakravorty, CEO, Rapid Transpay Pvt. Ltd., India
Hsuan-hua Chang, CEO, Coach Seattle Inc., USA
Lisa Seacat DeLuca, IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM, USA
Dean Anthony Gratton, Futurist and Columnist, Gratton Associates, United Kingdom
Will Hernandez, Editor, Mobile Payments Today, USA
Richard G. Hopf, CTO, Speech Code GmbH, Austria
Ryan Martin, Principal Analyst, ABI Research, USA
Prashant Mehta, Group Vice President, Sapient Razorfish, India
Pierre Métivier¸ Founder, NET-7 Innovation, France
Phil Sealy, Principal Analyst, ABI Research, United Kingdom
Claire Swedberg, Senior Editor, RFID Journal, USA
Vinnett Taylor, Head of IoT Sales, Telefónica O2 UK, United Kingdom
Junko Yoshida, Chief International Correspondent, EE Times, Global
Originally published in NFC Forum.
