Summary of the 19th ECHONET Forum

On February 18 (Mon), 2008, the 18th ECHONET Forum was held at KOGAKUIN University in Shinjuku-ku district, Tokyo. About 70 individuals from 29 member companies and government officials participated and had active exchange of opinions and information. In this Forum, invited speeches by METI and standardization organizations of China and Korea, and technical presentations by Members were made as well as reports on CEATEC JAPAN 2007 and Overseas Investigation (Europe) by ECHONET Consortium.

The following items were presented:

1. Invited Speech1: Outlook for the NET-KADEN
2. Invited Speech1: Home Network Strategies in China
3. Invited Speech1: u-Home Interoperability Framework
4. CEATEC JAPAN2007 Report
5. Invited Speech2: Standardization Activities for Home Network in Korea2007
6. Invited Speech2: Opportunity and Challenge of China Digital Home Network Industry
7. Overseas Investigation Report (Europe)
8. Technology Introductions by Member Companies