Sigma Orionis and the BeyWatch project, are very pleased to announce that Martine Gouriet, CEO of EDELIA will keynote the workshop on energy management and energy efficient white goods they are organising on Nov. 17 the framework of the ict for sustainable homes research and industry forum (Nice, France - Nov. 16-17).

Edelia, a branch of the EDF Group, is a remote services operator specialised in tracking and measuring energy consumption. Edelia designs, develops and implements tracking, measuring and remote steering instruments for energy consumption (electricity, water, gas, renewable energies), for the residential market. Relying on its know-how in terms of remote energy management in households and using mainly Internet technologies, Edelia supplies its corporate customers who offer remote services on the residential market with the technical solutions suited to their needs: consumer panels, remote management and remote tracking for households, supervision solution for equipment bases. Edelia lends all of its expertise and know-how to its mission: making the home life of people easier every day while optimising resources.

Aiming at discussing the status and perspectives for home energy management and energy efficient white goods, the workshop also aims at spreading the project concepts and results towards the whole field in Europe and beyond. After an opening session featuring keynote speakers, the main project innovations will be presented and debated, including:

- Energy-aware white goods
- Low-cost home networking
- Energy consumption monitoring
- Combined PV and solar home system
- Load/energy management

The workshop will also intend through a roundtable discussion featuring industry groups, standard organisations, and research projects, to agree on a consensus for a roadmap on further research and assess potential areas of cooperation and synergies with key players in the field.

All players involved in the field of ICT for energy efficiency (from white good manufacturers to utilities and telcos) are cordially invited to participate in this workshop in particular and in the ICT for sustainable homes event in general, which agenda will be unveiled by the end of July 2009.

More information about the event (preliminary agenda, registration process, etc) can be found on following website.