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To: Dealer who wrote (29885)	8/21/2000 9:03:13 AM
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ELON--Industry Leaders Back Echelon's LonWorld2000 Conference and Exhibition SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2000--Today Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:ELON - news) announced the final list of Platinum sponsors for the company's LonwWorld2000(TM) Conference and Exhibition, the world's largest event focusing on the networking of everyday devices. The Platinum sponsor list consists of industry leaders Control by Light, Cypress Semiconductor, NTT DATA, Sun Microsystems, and Toshiba Corporation. In addition, AT&T and The Kaifa Group are Gold sponsors and Invensys is a Silver sponsor. LonWorld2000, scheduled to take place October 18-19 in Orlando, Florida is expected to draw over 1,500 attendees and 100 exhibitors and will showcase the vast potential of extending the Internet to devices that people interact with on a daily basis. The conference provides the leading forum for end users, integrators, and manufacturers to get together, share ideas and view firsthand the diverse applications and enormous opportunities that Echelon's LonWorks® platform provides to their businesses. ``Our sponsors play an important role in ensuring the success of LonWorld2000,'' said M. Kenneth Oshman, Echelon's chairman, president and CEO. ``We are very pleased to be joined in our efforts by partners and customers of this caliber, and we look forward to an informative, interesting show that will be of great value to all who participate.'' Scheduled to take place at Orlando's Orange County Convention Center, LonWorld2000 is designed to help end-users, integrators, service providers, and manufacturers understand and leverage the ``new economy'' created by adding many millions of new hosts to the Internet. Key features attracting conference attendees include the Digital Home® Experience, executive forums discussing the huge business opportunity of Internet-connected device networks, and a utility-focused forum about intelligent power. The conference features classes and presentations along with an exhibition of products and services covering the home/utility, building, industrial, and transportation markets. Sponsorship, registration and exhibition information about LonWorld2000 can be found at lonworld2000.com. About Echelon Corporation Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:ELON - news) is the world leader in networking everyday devices. The company offers a comprehensive line of hardware and software products for automating building, home, industrial, transportation, and utility applications using LonWorks networks, an international, cross-industry, open standard for interoperable device networks. Echelon is Bringing the Internet to Life(TM) by linking the millions of everyday devices connected with LonWorks networks to the Internet. Echelon is based in Sunnyvale, California with international offices in China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Further information can be found at echelon.com. Echelon, Digital Home, LonWorks, LonMark, the LonMark logo, and the Echelon logo are trademarks of Echelon Corporation registered in the United States and other countries. LonWorld2000 and Bringing the Internet to Life are trademarks of Echelon Corporation. Other marks belong to their respective holders.