On 17 September 2020, Dr Florian Ermacora, DG ENER Head of Wholesale Markets, Electricity & Gas Unit, Directorate for Internal Energy Market, European Commission delivered a keynote presentation, “Electricity Market Design for Europe” to close to 300 participants at the Joint Annual Conference of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering (CSEE) Automation of Electric Power Systems Professional Committee and Power Market Professional Committee & Power Market Summit of National Power Trading Institution Alliance (NPTIA). The Conference was livestreamed and Dr Ermacora’s presentation was viewed by over 5,800 people online.

The list of speakers reads like a “Who is Who” from the China Power sector. Speakers include C-suite representatives from State Grid, National Dispatching Centre, Regional Power Trading Centres, academicians and professors from leading Chinese universities.

ECECP is proud to have played a part in this important exchange between the EU and China’s Power Market Industry. ECECP project team interfaced with the conference technical team in Hangzhou and integrated simultaneous Chinese interpretation services from Beijing. Dr Ermacora’s live presentation was casted into the conference room seamlessly from Brussels while the casting session was operated from Hong Kong. A truly globally connected event.