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Z-Wave Alliance Hosts Inaugural International Event (1/6/2005)

The Z-Wave Alliance, the consortium of leading home technology manufacturers who agreed to build wireless home control products based on Zensys' Z-Wave open standard, announced today that it will be holding its first international member meeting and Open House. The inaugural event will take place on June 14, 2005 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Open House is a public event where OEMs, system integrators, software developers, consulting firms, analysts and the press can learn more about the leading-edge Z-Wave technology behind the Alliance. It consists of two parallel tracks with a series of market presentations and a free technical seminar.

Open House attendees will be able to see first-hand demonstrations of a large variety of Z-Wave products in an exhibition from Alliance members. Among the key presentations are:

-- Intel presenting their vision and telling how home control applications play a vital role in the future digital home.

-- Danfoss - one of the market leaders in heating - revealing their vision for wireless home control.

-- Icom, an organization that has been selling millions of wireless home control products in the European market for more than five years, talking about consumer preferences and building a successful networked product range.

Additional presentations from market leading manufacturers such as Intermatic, Leviton, UEI, Wayne Dalton, ConvergeX and Vimar will detail the experience and perspectives for choosing Z-Wave and joining the Z-Wave Alliance.

Bruno Lund Pedersen, Danfoss Senior Director, commented "With the success and rapid growth of the Z-Wave Alliance, interoperable and affordable home control solutions are now available from leading vendors today. We see this as the route to real 'smart home solutions.' Our company is exhibiting at the Z-Wave Alliance Open House because we believe this is the best opportunity to establish contacts with prospective partners having the same objectives as we do concerning the future of the home control market."

The technical track provides in-depth presentations on topics such as setting up and maintaining Z-Wave networks, how Z-Wave technology achieves true interoperability and Z-Wave product solutions. There will also be a discussion on Rapid Product Development with Z-Wave and a comparison of experiences based on Z-Wave and ZigBee technology by Danfoss.

This is the first Z-Wave Alliance meeting conducted in Europe and it is a reflection of its rapidly growing member base there. Previously, highly successful member meetings were held in November, 2004 in Long Beach, California and February, 2005 in Orlando, Florida. The Open House is the Z-Wave Alliance's first public event and is expected to further illustrate the focus of making wireless home control practical and affordable for today's homeowners.

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