Event description:

Electrifying insights into how a global leader in power technologies and energy infrastructure communicates.

Hitachi Energy Headquarters, Zurich, 14 September 2026, 17:00 – 20:15 CEST

Brown-Boveri Strasse 5
8050 Zurich
Switzerland

Who is connecting the wind turbine to your home? Who is making the energy transition happen? Who is powering our cities, companies, and countries? Hitachi Energy is – with its transformers, high-voltage equipment and expertise in power grids.

Headquartered in Zurich, the company was created in 2020/21 when Hitachi acquired a majority stake in ABB’s Power Grids business, merged it with its own power business and formed Hitachi Energy. It was a major merger, creating a company with 56,000 employees in 60 countries and revenues of around $20 billion.

How do you build one company from two?

It was not only a merger of companies, but also of cultures. Bringing different organisations and people together on this scale is a major transformation. And communications played a key role: addressing the worries and fears of employees and clients, creating continuity while building a new community and identity.

The EACD Swiss Chapter, together with Katharina Auer, Head of Internal, HSE, Suppliers & Partners Communications, is delighted to invite communication professionals to the Hitachi Energy headquarters in Zurich for behind-the-scenes insights into:

  • How internal communications became a major force in building the new company
  • How the comms team has ensured continuity while building a new identity
  • How Hitachi Energy is strengthening employee advocacy through internal brand activation
  • How AI is transforming Hitachi Energy

The event will include a networking reception.

Gain rare insights into how Hitachi Energy navigated a major corporate transformation – and how it is helping build the critical infrastructure that powers the electricity era today and in the future.

Agenda

14 September 2026, 17:00-20:15

17:00-17:20   Arrival & registration

17:20-17:30    Katharina Auer, Head of Internal, HSE, Suppliers & Partners Communications

17:30-19:15   Senior Hitachi Energy speakers, round-table discussions

19:15-20:15   Cocktail Reception – Networking

The meeting will be moderated by Axel Schafmeister, EACD Swiss Chapter Lead

Other speakers will be announced in due course.