00:06Hello and thank you for being with us today on Seagre TV with our new guest and this is Koji
00:11Kawakita.
00:12Hello.
00:13Hello.
00:13Thanks for being with us.
00:15Nice to meet you.
00:15As you have been the Chair of 3D Committee B3, Substantion and Electrical Installation for six years,
00:21I would like to know, could you please tell us how did your term go?
00:25Yeah, when I was nominated six years ago, it seems a long, long journey.
00:32But however, after six years, it will be nice and challenging in every day's activities.
00:39So, if time passes very quickly, it's time goes in the wind.
00:45Okay, thanks.
00:46And could you explain us what is the work of Studio Committee B3 on a daily basis and what is
00:53its same goals?
00:54B3 goals?
00:56As B3 goals, we aim to provide a place to the substation engineers to share experience, knowledge and knowledge sharing.
01:06That's kind of our work.
01:08And what were your most memorable moments as Chair of 3D Committee B3, if you have many moments that you
01:15want to explain to us?
01:17And will you still be involved also in SIGRE as an active member after us being a Chair?
01:23There are so many good memories in these six years, but one unforgettable memories is the 2021 Centennial Session, because
01:36it's a time under COVID-19 situation.
01:40But the SIGRE Central Office and the Chair and the limited experts gathered here in Paris, and they provide and
01:49celebrate 100th anniversary of the SIGRE session, entirely remotely session.
01:55And in that time, we are recognized, we are recognized in like a unified of the SIGRE, of just the
02:05event.
02:06So, it's reminded us importance of the SIGRE again.
02:10Okay.
02:11Yeah.
02:11And you are also the General Manager of Engineering of Transmission Department.
02:16How was the impact of your career on your position as a Chair at the SIGRE?
02:22Yes.
02:23Through the SIGRE activities, I learned a lot of things behind a substation.
02:29So, that's kind of what I learned in the SIGRE.
02:32It brings back to my company business.
02:34So, there are many good opportunities to learn a lot of things.
02:39Thank you very much for the interview.
02:41And now, I want to finish this interview by saying something about the new Chair who will take your place
02:48soon.
02:49Oh, yes.
02:50I am passing my button to my dear friend and my colleague, Mark McVeigh.
02:55He is a new static committee B3 Chair, soon after this Paris session.
03:01And he is a very expertise person and a very high ethical standard person.
03:08So, I convinced he will advance the future in the business in the static committee B3.
03:14Thank you very much, Koji.
