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EP Shanghai 2026 Guide: Dates, App, Badge Scanning and Follow-Up

EP Shanghai 2026 takes place December 3 to 5, 2026, at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Shanghai. Plan meetings around the N1 to N5 and W4 to W5 halls, and record each contact's application, technical questions and agreed next step.

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EP Shanghai event guide, December 3 to 5, 2026

EP Shanghai dates, hours and venue

EP Shanghai key factsChecked Nov 11, 2026
Dates
December 3 to 5, 2026Exhibition access dates.
Exhibition hours
09:00 to 16:30; Dec 5, 09:00 to 15:00Asia/Shanghai timezone.
Venue
SNIEC, ShanghaiHalls N1 to N5 and W4 to W5.
Entry
Free trade visitor registrationTrade only; under 18 and students not admitted.
Official website
epchinashow.comConfirm details before you travel

Use the EP Shanghai dates above to plan your days, and check the EP Shanghai SNIEC floor plan before you arrive.

Who exhibits and who attends EP Shanghai?

Utility and power company teams may focus on network equipment and operational interfaces; electrical engineers often need technical details, while industrial energy procurement teams compare scope, service needs and commercial fit. Prepare concise product specifications and ask about voltage and load ranges, existing system interfaces, installation constraints, evaluation process and decision timing. Record the application, required capacity, stakeholders, open technical questions and an agreed next step.

Who exhibits

  • Power equipment manufacturers for utility and industrial applications
  • Electrical technology suppliers for power systems
  • Grid automation suppliers for monitoring and control
  • Engineering firms supporting electrical system integration

Who attends

  • Utility teams evaluating network equipment and operating needs
  • Electrical engineers reviewing specifications and system interfaces
  • Industrial procurement teams comparing power equipment scope
  • Power automation teams assessing monitoring and control needs

The exhibition is at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, with halls N1 to N5 and W4 to W5 listed for the event. Group meetings by hall when planning your visit, and confirm each exhibitor's location before setting a route.

How to prepare for EP Shanghai: tips for exhibitors and visitors

Most of the work happens before you reach Shanghai. Set up Habsy once and every conversation at the show ends with a saved contact, the context you need and a next step.

These EP Shanghai exhibitor tips cover how to prepare for EP Shanghai 2026, whether or not you also use the official EP Shanghai app.

If you are visiting

Before you fly

  1. 1

    Create your Professional digital card

    Share your details by QR code, NFC or link instead of paper cards.

  2. 2

    Add your Business digital card

    Your company profile and brochures, for partners and suppliers you meet.

  3. 3

    Create a category for EP Shanghai

    Plus the visitor intent signals below, to sort vendors by fit later.

  4. 4

    Turn on Send my digital card back

    Everyone you scan gets your card automatically.

If you are exhibiting

Before you fly, for every rep

  1. 1

    Install Habsy on every rep's phone

    Give each rep a digital card, plus one Business digital card for the company.

  2. 2

    Set up intent signals and templates

    Every rep qualifies and follows up the same way, by email or WhatsApp.

  3. 3

    Add an enquiry form to your card

    Print its QR code on the booth so visitors leave details when you are busy.

  4. 4

    Create a campaign for EP Shanghai

    Bringing several reps? Every scan lands in one live list.

How to set up a lead capture app before EP Shanghai

Five steps, in the order the app walks you through them. Visitors need steps 1 to 3. Exhibitors should do all five.

Habsy works as your EP Shanghai lead capture app and EP Shanghai mobile app in one, and step 1 gives you a EP Shanghai digital business card.

1. Create your digital business cards

Every Habsy account includes two free digital cards under MyQR: a Professional digital card for you and a Business digital card for your company, with your services and brochures. Habsy's AI builds them from your LinkedIn profile and website, or from a photo of your own business card. Share them by QR code, NFC or link. The person you share with opens your card in their browser, with no app needed, and saves your contact in one tap. Add an enquiry form so visitors who scan your card leave their details and are saved as a new contact.

Create your digital business cards
  1. Professional digital card in the Habsy app

    1Your Professional digital card

  2. Business digital card in Habsy with the company profile

    2Your Business digital card

  3. Sharing a Habsy digital card by QR code, NFC or link

    3Share by QR code, NFC or link

2. Add intent signals

Intent signals are a built-in lead qualification form: tap-to-answer questions such as product interest, budget and timeline, answered in a few taps for every contact, so every rep records the same details. In Settings, open Manage Intent Signals, then tap Create with AI to get suggestions from your website, or Create Manually to add the set below.

Set up intent signals
  1. Manage Intent Signals screen in Habsy

    1Open Manage Intent Signals

  2. Reviewing intent signals suggested by Habsy AI

    2Review the signals Habsy suggests

  3. Tapping intent signal answers after scanning a contact

    3Tap the answers after each scan

Intent signals for EP Shanghai
Organization typeSingle choice
  • Utility
  • Power company
  • Industrial energy user
  • Equipment manufacturer
  • Engineering firm
RoleSingle choice
  • Utility procurement manager
  • Electrical engineer
  • Energy procurement manager
  • Grid automation engineer
Interested inMultiple choice
  • Electric power equipment
  • Grid technologies
  • Electrical technologies
  • Power automation
  • Energy management
Buying timelineSingle choice
  • Within 3 months
  • 3 to 6 months
  • 6 to 12 months
  • Researching
Next stepSingle choice
  • Book a demo
  • Send a proposal
  • Share a case study
  • Introduce a colleague

Add them in Settings, Manage Intent Signals, with Create Manually, or start with Create with AI and adjust the options to match what you sell or what you are looking for.

3. Create a category for EP Shanghai

Create a category called EP Shanghai and set it as your default for the days of the event, so every contact you scan at the show is filed under it automatically. After the show, use it as a filter to export only your EP Shanghai contacts to Excel, CSV or VCF in one step. Exhibitors on Habsy Platform can also use the EP Shanghai category to track how the event performed: contacts captured, companies reached, intent signals and each rep's results.

Create and add a category
  1. Creating an event category in Habsy

    1Create the category

  2. Choosing the event category when saving a contact

    2Pick it when you save a contact

  3. Event category shown on a saved contact

    3Find it on every contact

4. Set up your email and WhatsApp templates

Connect your email account or WhatsApp Business account in Settings before the show. Then, with Send email or WhatsApp template turned on in your Card Preferences, your follow-up goes out from your own account the moment you save a scanned contact. The visitor often has your message, and your digital card, before they leave your booth. It shows you are organized and quick to respond, and it puts you ahead of every exhibitor who follows up next week. To write the template, open Email Templates or WhatsApp Templates in Settings, describe the message, and Habsy's AI writes it. Add variables such as the contact's name and company so every message is personal. Here is a template you can copy for EP Shanghai:

EP Shanghai follow-up template
NamePower equipment follow-up
SubjectEP Shanghai 2026: power equipment and interface questions

Hi {{recipient.name}},

It was good speaking with you at EP Shanghai 2026 about power equipment for your application. I can send a short overview of the relevant equipment and interface details for your review.

Which load range and existing system interface should I focus on?

Best,
{{user.name}}
{{user.company}}

Words in braces are variables. Habsy fills them in from each contact and from your profile when you send.

Set up your templates
  1. Habsy AI writing a follow-up template

    1Let AI write the template

  2. Saved WhatsApp follow-up templates in Habsy

    2Save your WhatsApp templates

  3. Saved email follow-up templates in Habsy

    3Save your email templates

5. Set your Card Preferences

Choose what Habsy does each time you save a contact, once in Settings or per save. It runs in the background while you move on to the next conversation.

Set onceDefaults in Settings, or change them per save
Runs in the backgroundNo waiting between conversations
Works for every saveSingle scans, batches and manual entries
Card PreferencesAfter every save
Company and profile details (AI)Look up the company and the person automatically
Send email or WhatsApp templateYour follow-up template goes out right after save
Send my digital card backThey get your card while you are still talking
Sync to CRMPushed to Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho CRM, Dynamics 365, Odoo, Zapier or any of the 10+ CRM integrations

Lin Wei saved at EP Shanghai · 4 steps running in the background

Email, WhatsApp and CRM steps need the matching integration.

How to scan EP Shanghai badges and business cards with your phone

Use one lead capture app on your phone for every contact you make at EP Shanghai, wherever you make it: at the booth, in a session, at a reception or over dinner. Every rep and every visitor captures contacts on their own phone, free and with no scan limit, and every contact lands in one list with your category, intent signals and notes.

The same app is your EP Shanghai badge scanner, EP Shanghai lead scanner and EP Shanghai business card scanner, so EP Shanghai badge scanning and card scanning end up in one list.

Capture every contact
  1. Scanning a business card at EP Shanghai with the Habsy mobile app

    1Scan a business card

  2. Scanning an event badge QR code at EP Shanghai with the Habsy badge scanner

    2Scan a badge QR code

  3. Adding a contact with manual entry in Habsy

    3Type it in with manual entry

  • Badges: point the Habsy scanner at a badge and Habsy reads the attendee's details from its QR code. If a badge holds only a registration number, scan the person's business card or type them in.
  • Business cards: scan each card in seconds, or switch to Batch and scan up to 150 cards in about 5 minutes without leaving the camera. Habsy reads cards in 200+ languages.
  • QR codes: scan digital business cards from any provider, LinkedIn QR codes and contact QR codes.
  • NFC: turn on NFC on the scan screen, then hold an NFC business card or an NFC event badge to the back of your phone. Habsy reads the contact and saves it, with no camera needed.
  • Manual entry: no card and no QR code? Choose Manual and type the details in.
  • Offline: capture continues when the hall Wi-Fi is busy, and contacts process once you reconnect.

Many shows also sell official lead retrieval through the organizer. Habsy works on its own or next to it. For more, read lead capture vs lead retrieval.

Whichever you choose, compare EP Shanghai lead retrieval with scanning on your own phones before you book.

How to qualify EP Shanghai leads while you talk

A contact without context is hard to follow up. Before the next conversation starts, add what you discussed and what you promised.

  • Intent signals: tap the answers on the review screen after each scan.
  • Voice notes: tap Add Voice Note and say what they need. Habsy turns it into a searchable transcript.
  • Text notes: type a quick note, such as "Plant upgrade; check load and interfaces".
  • Reminders: in 1 hour, in 4 hours, tomorrow at 9 AM or any date and time, with a repeat and an alarm. All of them appear in My reminders.

Here is what a contact from EP Shanghai looks like with context added:

LW

Lin Wei

Energy Procurement Manager, Harborline Components

EP Shanghai

Intent signals

  • Industrial energy user
  • Energy procurement manager
  • Electric power equipment
  • Energy management
  • 3 to 6 months
  • Book a demo

Notes

Needs equipment options for a plant power upgrade; confirm load range and interface requirements.

0:42 · "I am comparing power equipment and need to check its interfaces with our existing system."

Reminder

Monday, 9:00 AM · Send interface questions by email

Fictional contact illustrating a conversation at EP Shanghai 2026 on Thursday, December 3, 2026, SNIEC, Shanghai

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How to follow up after EP Shanghai

The show ends on Saturday, December 5. What you do in the next 48 hours decides how many of those conversations turn into meetings, partners or deals.

If you visited: pick up the conversations you started

  • See who looked at your card: open QR analytics to see how many people viewed and saved your digital card, how they engaged and where.
  • Save and call back: save vendors to your phone contacts, and set a reminder to call back the ones you want to hear more from.
  • Drop a message: Habsy writes a short email or WhatsApp message for any contact, mentioning where you met.
  • Export and share: export your EP Shanghai category to Excel, CSV or VCF, by date range, with a copy sent to your email, and share the shortlist with your team.
QR analyticsYour card at EP Shanghai
186Card views
64Contacts saved
21Enquiries
47Link clicks

Top locations

Shanghai142
Suzhou18
Hangzhou11

Example numbers.

Pick up after the show
  1. Exporting contacts from Habsy to Excel, CSV or VCF

    1Export to Excel, CSV or VCF

  2. Setting a call-back reminder for a contact

    2Set a reminder to call back

  3. Sending a quick follow-up message from Habsy

    3Send a quick message

If you exhibited: follow up within 48 hours

  • Saturday evening: batch scan any cards left in your pockets and check that every contact has a note.
  • Monday: filter by intent signals, such as "Book a demo" and "Within 3 months", and send your EP Shanghai template to the hottest contacts first.
  • Send at scale: select several contacts on the home screen, choose email or WhatsApp and a template, and send to all of them.
  • Next week: work through the rest by reminder, sync qualified contacts to your CRM, and export the list to Excel, CSV or VCF.
Follow up within 48 hours
  1. Writing a personal follow-up with Habsy AI

    1Write the follow-up with AI

  2. Picking an email or WhatsApp template for each contact

    2Pick a template for each contact

  3. Selecting several contacts to send one follow-up

    3Select several contacts and send

For more EP Shanghai follow-up email ideas, see our follow-up email templates.

EP Shanghai lead capture for exhibitor teams

When several reps work the booth, the hard part is not capturing leads. It is knowing, during the show and after it, who met whom, who is hot and who follows up. Habsy Platform is the web dashboard for that, at app.habsy.ai. Reps keep scanning in the app, and the manager sees everything in one place.

app.habsy.ai

Habsy Platform campaign dashboard with total cards, companies, enrichment, engagement score and intent signals
A Habsy Platform campaign dashboard: totals, enrichment, engagement and intent signals for one event.
  • One campaign for EP Shanghai: every rep's contacts land in one live list, by rep and by day.
  • Clear ownership: assign contacts, set reminders, and get alerts when two reps meet the same person.
  • Follow-up from one place: sync to your CRM and run email and WhatsApp follow-up for the whole team.

The EP Shanghai post-event report

When the show ends, Habsy turns your EP Shanghai contacts into a post-event report: what your team captured, who you met, what they told you through your intent signals, and a dossier on every company with how well it fits your business. Use it to decide who to call first and whether the next edition is worth the booth. Here is what it could look like for EP Shanghai, with example data:

Post-event report · EP Shanghai

EP Shanghai 2026 post-event report overviewEvent details, totals, capture quality and key observations for an example report.POST-EVENT REPORTEP Shanghai 2026Export all dataVENUESNIECDATESDecember 3 to 5, 2026TYPETrade fairREPS8 reps scanning186COMPANIES212CARDS205/212CONTACT ON CARD57BOOK A DEMOCAPTURE QUALITYEmail on card201/212Phone on card188/212Named person209/212Intent signals filled164/212Voice notes72/212KEY OBSERVATIONS64 of 186 companies are power utilities.Electric power equipment is the top interest.41 contacts plan to buy within 3 months.38 contacts hold C-level titles.Thursday, December 3 was the busiest day at the booth.

Overview: what your team captured at EP Shanghai, how complete it is, and what stands out.

Habsy Platform has one team price, with no per-event or per-lead fees. See Habsy for teams or explore the platform.

Bottom line

Power equipment and grid technology exhibitors should use EP Shanghai to clarify each contact's application, interface needs and next technical step. Visitors: create your digital card and scan every card and badge you collect. Exhibitors: set up intent signals and templates before you fly, capture every contact in one app, and follow up within 48 hours. See event lead capture with Habsy.

Bringing a team to EP Shanghai and other events this year? See how Habsy works for sales teams, or book a demo of Habsy Platform.

Habsy is not affiliated with Electric Power Industry Office and Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd.. Event details come from the official EP Shanghai website and can change.

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