Outline of the 22nd Forum

The 22nd Forum of the ECHONET Consortium was held on 25th June 2009 at the Plaza Industry Ota. About 60 persons of 13 Member Companies as well as the MIC and related organizations participated, and made active discussions and information exchanges. Professor Isshiki of Keio University, who has assigned to an Advisory Fellow of ECHONET this year, and Mr. Yamamoto, Chairman of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC25, made invited speeches. Other speeches and exhibitions were presented on the FY2009 operation plan, the overseas investigation report, the Asia Home Network Council report, the 6LoWPAN activity status and technologies introductions of Member Companies.

The following contents were lectured and explained.

1. The FY2009 operation plan (Mr. Matsumoto, Chairman of Steering Committee) 13:05-13:20
2. Invited Speeches: Present and outlook of web technologies -expectation of cooperation between ECHONET and W3C -
3. Invited Speeches: Current tend of international standardization -Emphasis on ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC25-
4. Overseas investigation : - A current trend of “Smart Grid, Smart Energy” -
5. Report on Asia Home Network Council
6. A new evolution of ECHONET -IPv6 compliant ECHONET and an energy efficient radio transmission 6LowPAN (IPv6/IEEE802.15.4)-
7. 6LoWPAN and Technologies for Wireless Sensor Networks
8. To achieve the higher quality...Introducing "the tactical test standpoint" and "the strategic test stand point"
9. The latest situation of Toshiba Home IT system “FEMINITY”
10. Products and technologies introductions by Member Companies