Invitation to HGI’s Tokyo Forum, Dec 11, 2012 Focus on the Japanese Smart Home Ecosystem

HGI invites members of the broadband and smart-home industries to attend an open forum on the latest smart-home developments in the afternoon of Tuesday, December 11, at the NIHONBASHI VISION CENTER in Tokyo, Japan from 13:30 – 18:00. Attendees will also be welcomed at a cocktail

reception from 18:00-20:00, where smart-home demonstrations will be given.

This forum will update the HGI community and guests with the latest developments in the Japanese smart-home ecosystem, including home interconnect technologies, service provider solutions, and system and integrated circuit solutions.

The forum will also inform the Japanese industry about the smart-home architecture being developed within the HGI, in cooperation with other SDOs and fora. The HGI’s member companies are developing the software platform requirements for a range of smart home services being deployed by the Broadband Service Providers and partners.

If you would like to attend this Forum on Dec 11, please send an email to contact@homegatewayinitiative.org with your name, position, company, and contact details. Space is very limited.

HGI members already attending the quarterly meeting in Tokyo Dec 11-14 need not register separately for the Forum. Companies wishing to become invited guests at the HGI quarterly meeting should contact HGI at the above email address.

HGI’s Tokyo Forum Program (v14)Data: 11th , DEC, 2012 ; Place: NIHONBASHI VISION CENTER, Room 401＜ Opening＞□ 　 13:30-13:35　　Welcome 　（ Takefumi　YAMAZAKI　HGI　Board,　NTT）

＜ Introduction　of　HGI＞　　 Session　chair:　Hans　Werner　Bitzer,　Deutsche　Telekom　AG□ 　 13:35-13:45 　 Welcome　and　HGI　Mission　(Duncan　Bees,　HGI　Chief　Technology　and　Business　Office) □ 　 13:45-13:55　　HGI　scope,　HGI　Test,　and　Smart　Home　Use　Cases　(Duncan　Bees,　HGI　Chief　Technology　and　Business　Officer)　

□ 　 13:55-14:10　　HGI　Smart　Home　Architecture:　(Andreas　Sayegh,　HGI　SH-TF　Chair,　Deutsche　Telekom　AG)

＜ Standardization　activities　in　Japan＞　 Session　chair:　Takefumi　YAMAZAKI　,　NTT□ 　 14:10-14:25 　 Smart　Grid-related　Projects　initiated　by　MIC,　Japan 　 (Hisanori　NISHINO,　Ministry　of　Internal　affairs　and　Communications ）

□ 　 14:25-14:40 　 Home　network　standardization　activities　in　Japan　（ Prof.　Yasuo　TAN,　Japan　Advanced　Institute　of　Science　and　Technology　)

□ 　 14:40-15:00 　 　 Activities　at　ECHONET　Consortium　　（ Shoji　MOCHIZUKI,　Mitsubishi　Electric　Corporation）□ 　 15:00-15:20　 　 Activities　at　Zigbee　Alliance　in　Japan　(Shigeru　FUKUNAGA,　OKI　Electric　Industry　Co.,Ltd)□ 　 15:20-15:40　 　 Activities　at　Wi-SUN　Alliance(Hiroshi　HARADA,　National　Institute　of　Infornation　and　Communications　Technology　)

□ 　 15:40-16:00　 　 Brief　introduction　about　demonstrations 　

□ 　 16:00-16:30 　 Coffee　Break　　&　Demo

＜ Use　cases　in　Japan＞　 Session　chair:　Lindsay　Frost,　NEC□ 　 16:30-16:45　 Current　activities　on　Home　ICT　at　NTT　East　（ Nobuyuki　AKAZAWA,　NTT　East）　□ 　 16:45-17:00 　 Smart　house　experiment　of　Mitsubishi　Electric　Corporation　(Tetsushi　MATSUDA,　Mitsubishi　Electric　Corporation)

□ 　 17:00-17:15　 SoC　solutions　for　Home　ICT　(Yuichi　TAKAHASHI,　Hitachi,　Ltd.)

＜ Case　studies　from　Europe　and　Wrap-up＞　 Session　chair:　Duncan　Bees,　HGI□ 　 17:15-17:30　 　 QIVICON　-　the　Home　Management　Platform　of　Deutsche　Telekom　and　Partners　(Hans　Werner　Bitzer,　HGI　Board,　DT)

□ 　 17:30-17:45　 　 Developing　the　Smart　Home　Ecosystem　in　France　to　enable　the　Smart　Home　market　(Philippe　Calvet,　HGI　Board,　FT)

□ 　 17:45-18:00　 　 Summary　　of　main　points　from　the　HGI　Tokyo　Forum　(Duncan　Bees,　HGI　CTO)

□ 　 18:00-20:00　 　 　 Networking　Event　&　Demo