The programme and speaker line-up for the 9th annual IEC 61850 Week 2022, hosted by Smart Grid Forums, has been released, and indicates that ‘virtualisation’ will be at the heart of discussions this year, providing the digital substation community with a proven and practical roadmap for migrating IEC 61850-enabled digital substations to low-cost high-functionality virtualised architectures.
The week begins with a hands-on workshop on System Specification delivered by Christoph Brunner, President of it4power and Convenor of TC57 WG10. The main 3-day conference provides case-study insights into how virtualisation is being leveraged by utilities worldwide to drive more cost-efficient system design, implementation, operation and maintenance. The event concludes with a deep-dive into the potential of Digital Twin technology and standardisation to extend IEC 61850 simulation and support the cybersecure testing and maintenance of next generation digital substations.
This end-user driven forum provides IEC 61850 professionals worldwide with the opportunity to gather the latest implementation insights, network with the most active utility IEC 61850 leaders, and technology scout through the most focused and relevant display of IEC 61850 products and services.
MONDAY 17TH OCTOBER – SYSTEM SPECIFICATION WORKSHOP The week begins with this hands-on practical workshop providing utilities and suppliers with a thorough understanding of the IEC 61850 specification process, to help improve collaboration, streamline the end-to-end specification process, reduce duplication of effort, and ensure absolute clarity of utility objectives whilst leveraging supplier expertise.
TUESDAY 18TH to THURSDAY 20TH OCTOBER – IMPLEMENTATION CASE-STUDY CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION Going beyond pilot projects, this year’s 3-day implementation focused conference provides an intensive programme of utility case-studies from around the world. Focused on advanced IEC 61850 architectures based on the process bus, we explore how you can leverage virtualisation to optimise the design, specification, installation, engineering, testing, operation and maintenance processes, and migrate substation cybersecurity to business as usual. Technical and operational issues will be discussed in the context of organisational goals, workforce development strategies, and the drive to reduce TOTEX in the years ahead.
FRIDAY 21ST OCTOBER – DIGITAL TWIN BRIEFING The week wraps up with a deep-dive into the potential of Digital Twin as an extension of IEC 61850 simulation testing. This briefing provides a thorough explanation of the Digital Twin concept and standardisation, explores results from the application of the technology in the power grid environment, and provides an opportunity to gain hands-on experience with Digital Twin tools.
TESTIMONIALS FROM PAST EDITIONS OF IEC 61850 WEEK:
“Extremely valuable to bring together relevant utilities and technology providers regarding IEC 61850 and to learn the current status quo with regards to top-down engineering and related activities.” – Bas Mulder, Technologist OT – TenneT
“As usual high-quality presentations and relevant topics.” – Anders Johnsson, Power system specialist – Vattenfall Eldistribution AB
“In my opinion this is the best industrial conference about smart grid and IEC 61850.” – Andrea Bonetti, Senior Specialist – Megger Sweden AB
“Powerful smart forum to get fresh news from the market and exchange on IEC 61850 and related topics.” – Christophe Camelis, Project Leader and IEC 61850 Expert – Hitachi Energy
“Great conference where you can learn from distinguished experts in IEC 61850 and how power utilities are leveraging and implementing the standard for in pilot projects and future substations.” – Jun Verzosa, Senior Principal Consultant - Doble Engineering
For more information please contact:
Mandana White, CEO, Smart Grid Forums
Smart Grid Forums Ltd PO Box 63594, London, N19 9FT, United Kingdom T: +44 (0)20 8057 1700 | registration@smartgrid-forums.com
Smart Grid Forums is an independent conference production company serving the smart grid technical community. We monitor the market, conduct in-depth interviews with technical decision makers and translate this information into techno-commercial conferences that empower participants to accelerate their implementation plans and deliver exceptional results to their organisations. Our events are peer-to-peer exchanges. They are immersive, exhaustive and action oriented. We place the utility voice centre-stage and uncover the implementation insights that will enable you to benchmark your own digitisation strategy, fine-tune your own implementation plan, and deliver exceptional results to your own organisation.
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