The international competition of power engineering specialists will be held in Vitebsk on September 14-20, BelTA learned from deputy general director of Vitebskenergo company Vladimir Diklov. According to him, competing in the event will be the teams of best professionals from Belarus, Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Belarus will be represented by the Glubokoe grids company, who won the national competitions. The participants will show their theoretical knowledge and practical skills. Some other events will take place in Vitebsk at the same time, Vladimir Diklov said. Thus, an international conference “Modern labour management during market transformations in the energy system of the CIS member states” opens on September 18. A rich cultural programme has been prepared for the guests. They will get familiar with the cultural heritage of Vitebsk, Polotsk and other towns of the Vitebsk region. An official ceremony to open the international competition will be held in the Vitebsk summer amphitheatre on September 17. Attending the ceremony will be representatives of the embassies of the participating countries, the Ministry of Energy of Belarus, technical directors and specialists of several grids companies.