The H2020 project EPICEA (Electromagnetic Platform for lightweight Integration/Installation of electrical systems in Composite Electrical Aircraft) held its kick off meeting on 1-3 February 2016 in Montreal, Canada. Coordinated by ONERA and Polytechnique Montreal, the EPICEA project brings together an international consortium of 9 organisations (including ARTTIC) from Europe and Canada, composed of research centres, academics, SMEs and industrials. The project will run for 36 months.