Summary of the 15th ECHONET Forum On February 9 (Thu), 2006, the 15th ECHONET Forum was held at KOGAKUIN University in Shinjuku-ku district, Tokyo. About 87 individuals from 48 member companies and government officials participated and had active exchange of opinions and information. In this Forum, main items were Overseas investigation report in Europe, Report on Asia Home Network Council, International Standardization Activities of ECHONETTM, CEATEC JAPAN 2005 Report, ECHONET-UPnP Gateway, and Invited Speech and exhibition of ECHONET / home network products by Member Companies.

The following items were presented:

1. Overseas investigation report in Europe 2. Report on Asia Home Network Council 3. International Standardization Activities of ECHONETTM 4. CEATEC JAPAN 2005 Report 5. Invited Speech: Current situations and activities for dissemination of information appliances 6. ECHONET-UPnP Gateway 7. Technical speeches by member companies

* in addition to the above mentioned items, the exhibition and demonstration of ECHONET products and home network systems were performed by member companies in the Lobby of the lecture place.