SITAEL hosted the second Academic Meeting of the Sino-Italian Joint Laboratory for Electric Propulsion

The second Academic Meeting of the Sino-Italian Joint Laboratory for Electric Propulsion at SITAEL Headquarters
On January 11 and 12, 2016 SITAEL headquarters hosted the second Academic Meeting of the Sino-Italian Joint Laboratory for Electric Propulsion.
The Joint Laboratory is a cooperation agreement within SITAEL, the Lanzhou Institute of Physics (LIP, a division of the Chinese Academy of Space Technology) and China HEAD Aerospace Technology Co. (a company with headquarters in Beijing), effective since 2013. Main goals of the agreement are the joint development of electric propulsion systems and the mutual exchange of products and services.
Attending the conference were Mr. Xuekang Chen (Director of the Electric Propulsion Division of LIP), Mr. Weiguo Wang and Mr. Tianping Zhang (Senior scientists of the Electric Propulsion Division), Mr. Zuo Gu and Mr. Shaoning Wang (Senior scientists of the Power Conditioning Division) for LIP, Mr.Hugo Chan for China HEAD, Mr. Nicola Zaccheo (C.E.O. of SITAEL), Mr. Mariano Andrenucci, Mr. Lorenzo Fontani, Mr. Giovanni Cesaretti and Mr. Luca Ghislanzoni for SITAEL.
During the important and successful meeting, the parties had a deep discussion on electric propulsion systems and reached the common perspectives on academy exchange, electric propulsion, PPU technology, potential cooperation point and future cooperation plans.