
Hanoi (VNA) - Ameeting introducing the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE) - Power and Energy Society (PES) Generation Transmission andDistribution (GTD) Asia 2019 was held in Hanoi on January 24.
The IEEE-PES GTD Asia2019 will be held at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre inBangkok, Thailand from March 19-23.
The IEEE-PES GTD Asia2019 is a descendant of the IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exhibition, thelargest conference and exposition on power and energy arranged biannually inNorth America for almost 40 years, said Warisara Pongpattapan from the event’sorganising board.
This will be thefirst time the conference is being held outside the US.
With the theme "Big shiftin Power and Energy", the exhibition is expected to attract a variety of newtechnological advances and products in the field of power and energy.
The exhibition isexpected to welcome more than 400 businesses from many countries around theworld and more than 10,000 visitors.
Pongpattapan believedVietnamese companies would have opportunities to present and promote theirinnovations and services to other participants and influential power industriesat the exhibition.
Speaking at theevent, Le Van Luc, deputy director of the Electricity and Renewable Energy Authorityunder the Ministry of Industry and Trade, lauded the exhibition, stressing thatpromoting the development of renewable energy power will not only reducegreenhouse gas emissions, but also ensure energy security serving the country’sdevelopment.-VNA