Echelon Announces First Worldwide Developers Conference for Control Networking(San Jose, CA - December 8, 2005) - Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON), the leading technology supplier for the widely-used LonWorks® control networking standard today announced the first Echelon Worldwide Developers Conference geared towards expanding the pervasiveness of its market leading technology in control products and applications. The event will be held in San Jose, California on May 16–19, 2006, and will provide new and experienced LonWorks developers with in-depth technical information about Echelon’s latest technology advancements, including the recently announced Pyxos™ embedded control networking platform. "We're very excited about the opportunity to share our control networking expertise with the LonWorks developer community," said Anders Axelsson, Echelon’s senior vice president of sales and marketing. "We hear repeatedly that our technology is simply the best available for open, interoperable control applications. This first developers conference is a chance to learn from the individuals who created the LonWorks platform – helping speed development efforts and bring better products to market by expanding the knowledge and skills of our developer base." The new developers conference is part of Echelon's strategy of expanding the market for control networking through continual reductions in the cost and complexity of LonWorks technology while increasing the power and utility of the technology through new product development. Highlights of the four-day developers conference include:
More detailed information about the developers conference can be found at http://www.echelon.com/wwdc/. About Echelon Corporation Echelon is based in San Jose, California, with international offices in China, France, Germany, Italy, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Further information regarding Echelon can be found at http://www.echelon.com. ### Echelon, LonWorks, i.LON, and the Echelon logo are registered trademarks of Echelon Corporation registered in the United States and other countries. Pyxos is a trademark of Echelon Corporation in the United States and other countries. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. This press release may contain statements relating to future plans, events or performance. Such statements may involve risks and uncertainties, including risks associated with uncertainties pertaining to the timing and level of customer orders and demand for Echelon products and services, including the products based on the Pyxos platform, i.LON Internet Servers and transceivers, the growth of the LonWorks industry; and other risks identified in Echelon’s SEC filings. Actual results, events and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Echelon undertakes no obligation to release publicly the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Contact Information
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