Summary of the 16th ECHONET Forum On July 27 (Thu), 2006, the 16th ECHONET Forum was held at KOGAKUIN University in Shinjuku-ku district, Tokyo. About 81 individuals from 44 member companies and government officials participated and had active exchange of opinions and information. In this Forum, main items were FY2006 Action Plan, Overseas Investigation Report in America, Report on Asia Home Network Council, International Standardization Activity and trends of related issues, ECHONET-UPnP Gateway, and Invited Speeches and exhibition of ECHONET / home network products by Member Companies.

The following items were presented:

1. Overseas Investigation Report in America 2. Report on Asia Home Network Council 3. International Standardization Activity and trends of related issues 4. Invited Speech: UBRoom: A Testbed for the Future IT House at Akihabara AIST Site 5. Invited Speech: OSGi raises the possibility of Home Network Services 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.