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IF I A Magazine - Mar ch 2020 |

With 81,236 visitors, Bitgaram International Exposition of Electric Power Technology 2018 sets a record for
having the largest number of visitors among all the events ever hosted in KDJ Convention Center. More
importantly, 600 experts in the field of electric power from 61 different countries paid a visit to this year’s
event.
BIXPO 2019 convened over 4,000 business leaders and scholars from 51 different countries giving them the
opportunity to share and learn the latest energy technologies and look for new business opportunities. Also
Seoul National University Prof. Cha Sang-gyun, a world renowned authority on keynote speech at the opening
ceremony to present outlook for the future of energy AI.
At the opening ceremony, KEPCO CEO Kim Jong has welcome speech and told “I hope you can imagine the
dramatic and enormous changes that the future look and power of a hyper-connected society that has been
closely connected digitally such the Internet Of Things, Big Data and artificial intelligence will bring to society
as a whole,” he said, adding, “I hope the BIXPO 2019 event will be a treasure map that will open up new
horizons for the power industry.

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