Under the sponsorship of CEATEC Japan Executive Board, CEATEC Japan 2017 was held from October 3 to 6 at Makuhari Messe. At the 2016 edition, CEATEC Japan declared the post-home appliances era and dared to shift to a general Cyber Physical System (CPS) and Internet of Things (IoT) exhibition by taking up, as its main theme, IoT as the driving force for changing society.