The First Anniversary Memorial Symposium
of i-Energy Working Group
i-Energy WG has achieved significant progress since its inauguration in May last year; the number of registered members has increased
three-fold in the past year, international collaborations have been established, and Kansai Science City was selected
as one of four “Next-Generation Energy and Social Systems Demonstration Areas” by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
through the joint proposal of i-Energy WG and Kyoto Prefecture in April this year. In order to make these achievements open to public
and to promote our research, development, and social activities, we plan to hold the first anniversary memorial symposium, as follows.■date：Sep. 24(Fri.), 2010
■Time
Lecture: 13:00 - 15:00
Demonstration / Tour: 15:00 - 18:00
Social Gathering: 18:30 - 20:30■Venue：Hotel Nikko Princess Kyoto
program
■Lecture and Demonstration / Tour
(Admission fee will be charged if you are not a member of i-Energy WG or Matsuyama Lab.)13:00 - 14:00
“Road to i-Energy – Past five years and one year”
Takashi MATSUYAMA Professor of Kyoto University (Director of i-Energy WG)14:00 - 14:30
“An Overview of the Accomplishment of NICT- Research and Development Project on Integration of Information-
Communication and Energy Networks”
Yasuo OKABE Professor of Kyoto University14:30 - 15:00
“Master Plan of the Next-Generation Energy and Social System Development in KEIHANNA”
Kiyoshi NINOMIYA Board and Project Leader of Foundation of Kansai Research Institute15:00 - 18:00
[Demonstration of accomplishment of research development]
At Hotel Nikko Princess Kyoto
Smart Tap and its application[Tour of Smart Condominium Unit]
Smart taps are installed on all home appliances in a condominium unit
(Genius Muromachi, located south of Shijo Karasuma, 33. 2 m2).
Demonstrations will be given of aspects such as visualization of energy consumption, learning of human activity patterns,
application of security monitoring of residents and home appliances, and automatic recognition of home appliances,
in a real-life situation.
The tour will be conducted with groups of ten people. No more than one hundred and twenty people can take this tour,
due to the limited time available.
Please note that we may have to select applicants if the number of registrations exceeds the quota,
so that as many people as possible from different institutions can attend the tour.■Social Gathering (An admission fee will be charged)
18:30 - 20:30
Hotel Nikko Princess Kyoto