[Live] Exploring the Transformation of the Global Battery Market, The Current Status and Trends of the Low-Altitude Economy Industry, Investment Opportunities in Thailand

On April 16, the 2025 (10th) New Energy Industry Expo, hosted by SMM Information & Technology Co., Ltd., was grandly held at Halls F3-G3 of the Suzhou International Expo Center in Jiangsu, April 16-18. The conference officially opened on April 16, with multiple academicians, top-tier entrepreneurs, and industry professionals engaging in lively discussions on topics such as a decade of review and outlook on the new energy industry, Europe's perspectives and challenges on sustainable, circular, and safe batteries, how to build a globally collaborative battery value chain, China's new energy mineral demand and outlook, mineral resource reserve management and risk prevention, the distribution patterns, metallogenic characteristics, and exploration directions of nickel ore resources in western China, interpretation of the new mineral resources law, and global cobalt market dynamics. On April 18, three forums—the Overseas Market Forum, the Low-Altitude Economy Forum, and the Suzhou Virtual Power Plant Ecosystem Forum (3rd)—will be held simultaneously. This article provides a live text broadcast of these three forums. SMM will provide full coverage of the conference through text, images, and video live broadcasts. Please refresh to view! Click to view the live photo broadcast. Click to view the special report on this summit. Overseas Market Forum. Topic: EU Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling. Guest Speaker: Andrea Mirandola, Global Business Director, Duesenfeld GmbH. 09:00-09:30. Topic: Scaling Up Solid-State Battery Manufacturing: Challenges and Innovations. Guest Speaker: Richard Bouveret, CEO, Blue Solutions. 09:30-10:00. Topic: Catalonia: A Dynamic, Industrialized, Open, and Innovative Economy. Guest Speaker: Shumin Zhang, Senior Trade and Investment Officer, Catalonia Trade & Investment Shanghai Office. 10:00-10:30. Topic: Investment Opportunities in Thailand. Guest Speaker: Baofen Zhong, Director and Consul, Thailand Board of Investment Shanghai Office. 10:30-10:55. Topic: Assisting Chinese Enterprises in Overseas Factory Construction. Guest Speaker: Fei Ye, Vice President, Open Hungary. 10:55-11:20. Topic: How to Enter Europe: Opportunities and Strategic Policy Guidance for Chinese Battery Enterprises. Guest Speaker: Dennis Roman Gallus, Principal Consultant, Roland Berger. 11:20-11:40. Roundtable Discussion: Exploring the Transformation of the Global Battery Market. Moderator: Rui Ma, Head of New Energy Research, SMM. Guest Speakers: Dr. Olayinka Fayomi, Chairman, FIN Overseas Investment Alliance; Mattias Debroyer, Economic and Commercial Consul, Brussels Capital Region Representative, Belgium Investment Promotion Agency; Fergal Harrington, Business Development Director, Beatty E-magy; Tom Fairlie, Senior Sustainability Manager, International Cobalt Association. 11:40-12:30. Low-Altitude Economy Forum. Topic: Current Status and Trends in the Low-Altitude Economy Industry. Guest Speaker: Ying Zhou, Deputy Secretary General, Shanghai General Aviation Association. 09:00-09:30. Topic: New Battery Scenarios: The Green Heart Driving eVTOL to Soar. Guest Speaker: Dr. Weiran Jiang, R&D Vice President and Dean of the R&D Institute, Farasis Energy (Ganzhou) Co., Ltd. 09:30-10:00. Topic: "Low-Altitude + N" Illuminates the Future: A Trillion-Dollar Track Leading Industrial Leap. Guest Speaker: Yuehua Meng, Vice President, United Aircraft Group. 10:00-10:30. Topic: Investment Opportunities in the Low-Altitude Economy and Analysis of Rotor/Propeller Technology Challenges. Guest Speaker: Changwei Yang, Chief Expert, Minth Group. 10:30-11:00. Topic: Solutions for Urban Low-Altitude Economic Development. Guest Speaker: Congxi Chen, Director of the Low-Altitude Economy Committee, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of China, Researcher. 11:00-11:30. Suzhou Virtual Power Plant Ecosystem Forum (3rd). Leadership Messages and Speeches. Suzhou Development and Reform Commission. State Grid (Suzhou) Urban Energy Research Institute. Yanting Yi, Vice President, SMM. 09:00-09:30. Topic: Global Outlook and Experience Analysis of Virtual Power Plants. Guest Speaker: Zhanghua Zheng, Senior Researcher, Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization. 09:30-09:40. Topic: Sharing Typical International Virtual Power Plant Market Mechanisms. Guest Speaker: Wenjuan Niu, Senior Engineer, State Grid Jiangsu Economic Research Institute. 09:40-10:00. Topic: Analysis of Domestic and Overseas Virtual Power Plant Practices and Suggestions for High-Quality Development. Guest Speaker: Yuchen Cao, Researcher, Energy Internet Research Institute, State Grid Energy Research Institute. 10:00-10:20. Topic: "Analysis of Key Issues in the High-Quality Development of Virtual Power Plants in China." Guest Speaker: Xiaodong Zhao, Senior Engineer, Energy Research Institute, China Macroeconomic Research Institute. 10:20-10:40. Topic: Thoughts on the Development Models and Technical Forms of Virtual Power Plants. Guest Speaker: Shuyang Wang, Virtual Power Plant Business Director, Energy Use Research Institute, China Electric Power Research Institute. 10:40-11:00. Topic: Sharing the Construction Ideas of Typical Domestic Virtual Power Plant Projects. Guest Speaker: Tao Zheng, Deputy Chief Engineer, R&D Center, NARI Technology Co., Ltd. 11:00-11:20. Topic: "What Kind of Power Market is Needed for Virtual Power Plants + Microgrids + V2G?" Guest Speaker: Yu Liao, Founder, German Chinese New Energy Association. 11:20-11:40. Establishment Ceremony of the Jiangsu Provincial Society of Electrical Engineering Power Market Committee. 11:40-12:00. Topic: Practice of Provincial Virtual Power Plant Dispatch and Control System Construction. Guest Speaker: Wenfei Yi, Director, Automation Office, Relay Protection Automation Center, State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Research Institute. 13:30-13:50. Topic: Synergistic Carbon Reduction Between Industrial Virtual Power Plants and New Power Systems. Guest Speaker: Siyang Liao, Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Automation Engineering, Wuhan University. 13:50-14:10. Topic: Suzhou's "15th Five-Year Plan" Virtual Power Plant Development Path Planning and Suggestions. Guest Speaker: Dr. Guang Chen, Deputy Director, Energy Strategy and Planning Research Institute, State Grid (Suzhou) Urban Energy Research Institute. 14:10-14:30. Topic: Empowering Energy Assets with Virtual Power Plants: Practical Experience. Guest Speaker: Yanan Qian, Deputy General Manager, GCL Sheneng Integrated Energy Service Co., Ltd. 14:30-14:50. Topic: Suzhou Virtual Power Plant Practice Cases and Future Outlook. Guest Speaker: Qiang Zhang, Deputy General Manager, Jiangsu Huagong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. 14:50-15:10. Topic: Evolving Energy: Virtual Power Plant Technology Paths and Outlook. Guest Speaker: Wenqi Dong, Virtual Power Plant Project Expert, GoodWe Technologies Co., Ltd. 15:10-15:30. Topic: Thoughts on Virtual Power Plant Applications Under New Policies for New Energy's Full Entry into the Power Market. Guest Speaker: Haiming Fu, Deputy General Manager and Head of Smart Energy Division, Shanghai Caishen Energy Technology Co., Ltd. 15:30-15:50. Topic: Practice of Large-Scale Vehicle-to-Grid Interactive Virtual Power Plants Based on Intelligent Decision-Making. Guest Speaker: Chen Xiang, Power Trading Director, Shanghai NIO Co., Ltd. 15:50-16:10. Click to view the special report on the 2025 (10th) New Energy Industry Expo.

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[Live] Exploring the Transformation of the Global Battery Market, The Current Status and Trends of the Low-Altitude Economy Industry, Investment Opportunities in Thailand

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