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08:00 |
Registration and Refreshments |
| 08:20 |
Opening address from the Chair
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| 08:30 |
Standards Update: Reviewing the latest standardisation activity in TC57 and understanding how it is paving the way for more robust multi-vendor multi-edition IEC 61850 system deployments within TSO and DSO substation environments and beyond
• Identifying the IEC 61850 standardisation priorities and how these will enhance existing and planned substation implementations
• Evaluating the progress being made with new extensions for the substation, inter-substation, and to the control room
• Determining the latest standardisation to support the DER environment
• Updating on progress with verifying SCL files to improve quality
• Creating a roadmap for the deployment of future editions of the standard
 Christoph Brunner
President It4power
Convenor of TC57 WG10
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| 09:15 |
Organisational: Optimising the workforce to maximise operational efficiency and drive the large-scale deployment of IEC 61850 at greater speed
• Writing a standard IEC 61850 based approach to meet existing requirements in Germany and the Netherlands to streamline operations and gain time and cost advantages
• Driving a standard IEC 61850 solution to improve specification of equipment and vendor solutions
• Investing in training to build in-house knowledge to expert level to improve and develop IEC 61850 projects
• Assuring confidence in conceptual models by investing in test equipment, laboratory testing, and feasibility studies before implementing a new standard model in substations
• Benefiting from a flexible model that can improve commonality between projects and drive a dynamic, fast-paced, and cost-effective implementation of IEC 61850 across two nations
 Martin Greenwood
Technologist, Secondary Systems
TenneT
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| 10:00 |
Accelerating Substation Programmes: Driving down costs through the standardisation of IEC 61850 enabled substation design and deployment
• Clarifying the drivers for adopting a standardised approach to IEC 61850 enabled substation design and deployment
• Understanding the operations and maintenance benefits inherent in standardisation
• Overcoming the technical configuration challenges associated with adopting a standardised approach
• Driving workforce adoption through effective change management
• Developing a training programmes to support the take-up of standardised designed, deployment, operations and maintenance
 Fabrice Strevens Business Development Manager
Elvexys
 Andre Van Berkel Electrical Engineer
Strukton Systems
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| 10:45 | Morning Refreshments, Networking and Exhibition Panel |
| 11:15 |
System Interoperability Panel: Evaluating how system suppliers are adapting their IEC 61850 integration approaches to ease multi-vendor multi-edition system interoperability
During this session 3-4 system suppliers will discuss their current IEC 61850 integration strategies, report on the feedback they have received from their utility customers and discuss how they will incorporate these into the next edition of their products. They will elaborate on the work they are currently doing within the IEC working groups to ensure they raise the plug-and-playability of future products. The formal presentations will be followed by Q&A and panel discussion.  Stefan Maier Product Manager
Hitachi Energy
 Rui Dias Jorge Head of Product Management
Efacec
Speaker to be confirmed - Siemens |
| 12:00 | Lunch, Networking and Exhibition |
| 13:30 |
Virtualisation Standardisation: Reviewing the latest research findings on the standardisation of virtualisation for substations
• Simplifying substation processes onto a singular virtual platform to transform substations into intelligent hubs
• Researching protection, automation, and control functions with virtual systems by utilising IED data to assess their reliability in a virtual environment
- Such as PTP, Sampled Values, GOOSE, Redundancy Solutions
• Rigorously testing new concepts with widespread industry participation to encourage the standardisation of virtual applications
• Assessing how to build cybersecure architectures and mitigating the risks of a virtual environment
• Examining the change management that needs to be adopted by utilities and vendors to welcome virtualisation and manage expectations
• Driving virtualisation from concept into the field to transform substations, integrate legacy systems, enable remote maintenance, simplify lifecycle management and to ensure reliability while driving down timelines and cost
 Herb Falk
Managing Director
Outside the Box Consulting Services
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| 14:15 |
Virtualisation: Ensuring accuracy and reliability of IEC 61850 processes in the migration toward virtualised digital substations
• Demonstrating the benefits of a virtualised substation environment with a centralised protection box to enhance the speed of construction and operations as well as improving the safety of testing procedures
• Showcasing how transferring data in a digital virtualised environment enables flexible communications with Process Bus
• Examining how implementing different layers of redundancy and maintenance can aid software updates and prevent systems going down
• Determining if a virtualised system can meet performance and operational requirements by testing its reliability and ensuring the workforce is trained in the new technology
• Assessing the difficulties of time synchronisation and ensuring real time data for the guaranteed performance of protection relays
• Integrating OT and IT departments to meet cybersecurity requirements and enhance virtualised operations and maintenance
• Understanding how a virtual centralised control room will minimise the cost of construction and enhance the flexibility of operations and maintenance in a remote environment
 Farzad Khalilpour Lead of Fully Digital Substation Automation Systems
Southern California Edison
 Mehrdad Vahabi Substation Automation Project Manager
Southern California Edison
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| 15:00 | Afternoon Refreshments, Networking and Exhibition |
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Cloud: Leveraging configuration tools in a cloud-based environment to facilitate the effective build (substation/DER) configurations
• Demonstrating the advantages of configuration tools for general substation configuration in a centrally managed system
• Determining how best to utilise such tools with (virtual) merging units
• Assessing how configuration tools could work in a cloud based substation environment and determining how best to define and manage cloud functions
• Making IEC 61850 configurations compatible with open-source software to virtualise all protection function IEDs
• Enabling a user-friendly software that allows IEC 61850 to be a readable ‘plug-in’ architecture
• Overcoming workforce shortages by investing time in training and IEC 61850 community collaboration to fast-track change
• Creating a mature software that streamlines IEC 61850 configurations on a virtual cloud platform to integrate DER/substations assets and to meet energy transition goals
 Sander Jansen
Product Owner Virtual Substations
Alliander
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| 16:15 |
Centralisation: Striking the balance between functionality and cost-efficiency in the migration toward centralised architectures
• Clarifying the advantages of adopting centralised functions and investing in Process Bus to enhance functionality and reduce ongoing costs
• Overcoming the challenges posed by rapid replacement in the instalment and refurbishment of secondary devices by prioritising cost and time efficiency
• Examining how to manage increased data flow when integrating new network schemes and to ensure their reliability in emergency situations
• Overcoming the challenges associated with training the workforce to adopt and effectively manage new technology
• Determining how merging unit functionality can be simplified and improved by manufacturers to justify the cost of implementing Process Bus within medium and low Voltage substations
• Demonstrating the benefits of implementing a centralised protection scheme through maintenance efficiencies gained, remote accessibility, and centralised communication
 Bendic Ritt
Project Manager
Stromnetz Hamburg
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| 17:00 |
Roundtable Discussions: During this session the audience breaks out into several smaller working groups, each focused on a specific theme that arose during the day’s presentations. Each working group will comprise of representatives of the entire IEC 61850 community to ensure a well-rounded and holistic discussion.
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| 18:00 |
Roundtable Feedback: During this session each working group leader will provide a 5-min summary back to the wider group, highlighting the issues raised, the solutions discussed, and the recommendations made to take the matter to the next level.
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| 18:30 |
Networking Reception: Time to relax after an intensive day of presentations and discussions! All participants are invited to join this networking reception where you will have the opportunity to enjoy the company of colleagues from across the European IEC 61850 community, in a relaxed and informal setting.
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| 20:30 | Close of Conference Day One |
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08:00 |
Registration and Refreshments |
| 08:20 |
Opening address from the Chair
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| 08:30 |
Multi-Vendor: Leveraging new tools and workarounds to address multi-vendor interoperability gaps, and to ensure the seamless operation and maintenance of advanced IEC 61850 systems
• Demonstrating the flexibility of the multi-vendor approach and its effectiveness in speeding up large-scale implementation of IEC 61850 in brownfield and greenfield projects
• Creating clear design specification documentation to piece together multi-vendor equipment and facilitate the sustainable and practical roll out of IEC 61850
• Proactively managing different details of implementation to find solutions to delays and bugs caused by a multi-vendor approach
• Working with vendors to find concrete solutions in areas lacking maturity and functionality, such as metering revenue and power quality measuring devices
• Utilising the full benefits of IEC 61850 by keeping up with the pace of documentation change to fast-track operational team training and design finalisation
• Realising the potential of the multi-vendor approach in keeping up with future technology, enabling end-user flexibility and facilitating important learning curves
 Birkir Heimisson
Specialist in Digital and Smart-Grid Development
Landsnet
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| 09:15 |
Top-Down Engineering: Clarifying the benefits and driving new processes and culture change to achieve organisational adoption of top-down engineering
• Driving conversation to mature the IEC 61850 market to enhance top-down engineering projects by:
- Pushing efficient specification and configuration tools
- Propelling the optimisation of the interface between user and IED supplier
- Discussing documentation of digital substations
• Achieving engineering efficiency with the IEC 61850 standard by introducing:
- Large-scale template libraries
- Concept traceability and automation of updates
- Optimized version and file management systems
• Enhancing the top-down engineering process to keep up with the future expansion of IEC 61850 substation projects
 Florian Soyez
Expert Secondary Systems
Elia
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| 10:00 |
Digital Testing: Leveraging advanced digital tools to accurately analyse and test IEC 61850 enabled digital substations and better support commissioning and field engineering teams
• Understanding the drivers for migrating from analogue to digital testing tools to better support IEC 61850 enabled digital substations
• Clarifying and mitigating the risks inherent in digital testing tools vs analogue tools
• Supporting the system installation and troubleshooting procedure to ensure testing accuracy and ease of regulatory compliance
• Navigating the multi-vendor environment in terms of the different interpretations of the standard for different vendors’ equipment
• Identifying new testing criteria to ensure full support of testing procedures for utilities golbally
• Overcoming the challenges of bringing disparate technical teams onto the same page and utilising the tools in the most effective way
• Learning from customer use-cases of cybersecure remote testing during the Covid lock-down period
 Scott Short Director
Doble Engineering
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| 10:45 | Morning Refreshments, Networking and Exhibition Panel |
| 11:15 |
Testing Tools Panel: Reviewing the latest features, functionalities and cybersecurity effectiveness of 3rd party testing tools in supporting multi-vendor multi-edition station bus and process bus installations
During this session 3-4 3rd party tool suppliers will discuss how they have been developing their products to support true multi-vendor multi-edition testing within a variety of grid scenarios. The formal presentations will be followed by Q&A and panel discussion.  Juergen Resch Industry Manager
COPADATA
 Joel Greene Business Development Director
SISCO
 Jackson Moore Senior Application Engineer
Triangle MicroWorks
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| 12:00 | Lunch, Networking and Exhibition |
| 13:00 |
Automatic Testing: Ensuring the accuracy and reliability of automatic testing procedures to maximise time and cost efficiency
• Understanding the technical and organisational drivers for adopting automatic testing in IEC 61850 systems
• Clarifying the automatic testing functionality inherent in IEC 61850 and how it can be enhanced through state-of-the-art tools and techniques
• Examining the automatic testing methodology adopted for GOOSE Messaging and MMS
• Determining the optimal way to facilitate automatic testing in a remote access environment
• Rolling out automatic testing across multiple functions and system domains to maximise return on investment
• Demonstrating the value of automatic testing through the operational efficiencies gained, testing accuracy, and substation roll-out timelines reduced
 Renaud Renaud-Drouin
Automation Engineer
Hydro Quebec
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| 14:15 |
GOOSE Messaging: From GOOSE to Wide-Area-Applications to R-GOOSE. Efficient and secure messaging for Digital Substations
• GOOSE messaging in the LAN and the WAN
• Augmenting the options for WAN applications with R-GOOSE
• Applications from communication aided protection schemes to SIPS
• Assessing the GOOSE communication in LANs and WANs
• Cybersecurity for GOOSE over WANs
 Fred Steinhauser Business Development Power Utility Communication
OMICRON
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| 15:00 |
Version Management: overcoming the complexity of managing multiple files in the implementation of Station and Process Bus through detailed documentation and standardisation to optimise the engineering of the digital substation
• Driving a file standardisation process to support the journey from Process Bus onto the full digital substation in greenfield projects with vision to adopt on brownfield projects
• Creating a standard process for all IEDs that will enable the achievement of a digital substation • Anticipating the Process Bus roll out and its impact on remote testing and protective maintenance • Ensuring detailed and standardised documentation to save time on installation and upfront engineering whilst prioritising safety and contributing towards the 2050 net zero goal
• Lessons learnt from changing documentation files and how to apply these to future processes • Developing in-house knowledge to execute the documentation process across all devices and maximise capabilities, such as extending GOOSE to the control room  Mohseen Mohemmed
Protection & Control Engineering Manager
SSEN
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| 15:45 |
Afternoon Refreshments, Networking and Exhibition
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| 16:15 |
Sampled Values: Overcoming timing and synchronisation complexities to maximise the benefits of sampled values for next generation process bus digital substations
• Understanding the evolution of the application of sampled values and the impact of its load on the grid
• Quantifying the risk that timing and synchronisation continues to pose to the effective use of sampled values in process bus driven digital substations
• Determining how multi-vendor systems are compounding the challenges around timing and synchronisation for sampled values
• Evaluating the challenges posed by automatic configuration and testing of sampled values
• Overcoming the challenges associated with merging units in terms of:
- Responses to differences in PTP signals
- Responses to jumps and time
- Quality of information transmission
• Building in device flexibility to offset timing and synchronisation issues
• Determining how the IEC 61850 standard needs to evolve to support more effective timing and synchronisation for sampled values
 Jennifer Mackenzie
Lead Design Engineer
SP Energy Networks
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| 17:00 |
Remote Access: Ensuring the accuracy, reliability and cybersecurity of remote access procedures for the cost-effective maintenance of next generation digital substations
• Demonstrating the benefits of integrity checks in tracking device and version changes to enable remote access operations and save time on testing
• Creating detailed specifications of command line configuration tools to engineer an interoperable remote access database that manages data and sends automated commands
• Enabling efficient remote and automatic firmware upgrades that are time stamped with constantly verified data
• Developing a remote and cybersecure communication system with accurate fault information and event logs to maximise operations
• Investing in detailed specifications to enable remote access maintenance and testing to reduce on-site maintenance, drive down cost and build confidence in machine-led processes
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| 17:45 |
Close of Conference Day Two
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08:00 |
Registration and Refreshments |
| 08:20 |
Opening address from the Chair
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| 08:30 |
Driving Collaboration: Establishing a framework for effective collaboration when leveraging IEC 61850 to integrate a complex ecosystem of DER players into the grid
• Determining the pros and cons of utilising IEC 61850 to support the integration of large volumes of DER into the grid
• Developing a robust framework to support the timely and efficient input of all DER players into the technical solutions
• Collaborating on the optimal data model, system specification, engineering process, interfaces
• Ensuring effective cybersecurity of network interfaces
• Measuring the impact of this approach on project timelines and cost efficiency
 René Troost
Grid Strategies
Stedin
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| 09:15 |
Renewables: Applying IEC 61850 to renewables to support the seamless transfer of communication across the end-to-end energy system as more DER assets integrate into the grid
• Demonstrating the value of IEC 61850 features in meeting the rapid growth of DER integration required for the energy transition
• Utilising the features of IEC 61850-8-2 to monitor and control privately owned DER assets through XMPP
• Determining how to convert legacy protocols used in DER assets to enable the transition to IEC 61850 in a time and cost-efficient manner
• Establishing verification procedures through IEC 61850-8-2 XMPP Gateway or cloud system to ensure efficient information transmission and the secure management of real time data in WAN
• Examining how advancements in DER transmissions and communications could enable remote access in the future
• Assessing how IEC 61850 needs to become more flexible to integrate DER and enable the achievement of 20% renewable energy in Taiwan’s power structure by 2025
 Chi-Shiang Cho
Research & Development, Taiwan Power Research Institute
Taiwan Power Company
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| 10:00 |
Time Synchronisation: Leveraging advances in approaches to ensure the reliability and quality of private utility telecoms
• Understanding the drivers and urgency for implementing new and improved time synchronisation solutions for private utility networks
• Determining the extent to which GPS/GNSS can be relied on going forward
• Identifying the range of critical communication requirements on the horizon as renewables integration gains momentum
• Evaluating the time synchronisation effectiveness of a range of technologies such as 4G, 5G, Fibre
• Re-designing the network time synchronisation hierarchy to ensure the best fit with demands of new services and applications
• Demonstrating the technical and financial advantages of adopting next generation time synchronisation approaches
 Dominique Verhulst Global Energy Practice Leader
Nokia
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| 10:45 | Morning Refreshments, Networking and Exhibition Panel |
| 11:15 | Cybersecurity Innovations Panel: Leveraging state of the art cybersecurity solutions to ensure the cyber-physical security of IEC 61850 enabled digital substations During this session 3-4 cybersecurity solution providers present their state of the art technologies designed for the digital substation domain specifically. The formal presentations will be followed by Q&A and panel discussion.  Jérôme Arnaud Head of Product Management
Rhebo
 Jesus Molina Director Industrial Security
Waterfall Security
 Bas Kruimer Business Director DSO Digital System & Grid Operations
DNV
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| 12:00 | Lunch, Networking and Exhibition |
| 13:30 |
Inter-Substation Communication: Designing, specifying, and deploying reliable wide area networks to support the use of IEC 61850 inter-substation
• Evaluating how Inter-Substation Communication applications can optimise the operations of digital substations
• Determining why applications of Inter-Substation Communication are worth pursuing, such as:
- Accelerated Protection Schemes: to quickly identify faults and maintain the reliability of the DER grid
- System Integrity Protection Schemes: to monitor the state of the grid over wide area distances and wide area Protection, Automation and Control systems
• Assessing the technology published by the IEC 61850-90-5 Working Group 10 report, such as, R-GOOSE, Sampled Values, and • • • • • Wide Area Synchronisation
• Ensuring R-GOOSE is specified effectively to meet requirements and to reap the benefits of utilising wide area network channels over the building of dedicated communication channels
• Understanding how to test Inter-Substation Communications through simulation testing at different sites
• Overcoming the cybersecurity challenge of undetermined communication paths that exist outside of the substation by following IEC 61850-90-5 requirements for encryption and authentication
• Realising the benefits of Inter-Substation Communication in:
- Accelerating fault clearing
- Monitoring wide area Protection, Automation and Control systems to achieve a real time assessment of the state of the grid and in conducting system alterations
- Implementing a more deterministic and flexible communication channel
 Alex Apostolov
Editor-in-Chief
PacWorld
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| 14:15 |
Control Centre Communication: Harmonising IEC 61850 to support robust, reliable and secure data transfer from the substation to the control centre
• Leveraging IEC 61850 and data centralisation methods to integrate legacy systems and drive the digitalisation of the substation to foster trust in the system, collect large volumes of data and enable the secure and reliable transfer of data to SCADA/control centre
• Adapting relationships with vendors to update procurement processes to fit operational requirements
• Navigating rapidly evolving project engineering and construction timelines to meet the needs of interdisciplinary stakeholders and the business as a whole
• Building expert in-house telecommunication knowledge to lessen reliance on third parties and drive costs down
• Negotiating the requirements of IT personnel, software vendors and power grid operators to ensure that security requirements and lifecycle maintenance align with reliability obligations
• Architecting the substation network to enable segmentation of data flows to ensure communication patterns are compartmentalised
• Quantifying the cybersecurity risk of routable based data and providing controls to limit the risk to an acceptable level
• Overcoming the challenges of standardising processes within a multinational utility that stemmed from mergers and acquisitions of legacy utilities to streamline designs and organise large quantities of data
 Dennis Murphy
Lead OT Security Engineer
National Grid, USA
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| 15:00 | Afternoon Refreshments, Networking and Exhibition |
| 15:30 |
Cybersecurity: Ensuring the ongoing cyber-physical security of IEC 61850 enabled digital substations through a proactive defence-in-depth approach
• Evaluating the latest trends in the threat landscape for digital substations and the new attack vectors being exploited
• Understanding the implications of specific IT/OT vulnerabilities such as IEDs, communication within and from substation to SCADA systems, and from SCADA systems to other substations
• Evaluating the potential of state-of-the-art solutions such as OT intrusion detection and substations encryption
• Adopting a proactive offensive defence-in-depth approach to cyber securing digital substations through effective Board engagement and advanced staff training
• Implementing CyberRange-e to drive a proactive security mindset across the organisation
• Working with the national cybersecurity centre and EE-ISAC to ensure effective incident response, recovery, and resilience
 Salim Bouramman
Expert OT Cyber Resilience and Cyber Range
E.ON
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| 16:15 |
Time Synchronisation: Leveraging advances in time synchronisation solutions to support real-time communication across IEC 61850 enabled assets
• Driving workforce engagement in Time Synchronisation protocols to optimise the implementation of IEC 61850 across the digital substation
• Evaluating PTP mechanisms and assessing its technical possibilities
• Assessing how best to monitor and test the performance of Time Synchronisation by evaluating the tool market and determining how it needs to mature
• Training the workforce to implement ethernet based solutions and verify real time data with confidence
• Optimising the design and specification process to implement a Time Synchronisation system that enables informed decision making and early action for protection systems
• Lessons learnt from setbacks in recent projects to strengthen future Time Synchronisation applications
 Pablo Humeres Flores
Head of Digital Supervision and Automation
CGT ELETROSUL
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| 17:00 |
Workforce Development: Creating culture change through effective knowledge transfer, training and development, and re-enforcement of IEC 61850 best practice to ensure full organisational adoption
• Clarifying the advantages of a clear and concise IEC 61850 implementation strategy to satisfy all stakeholders and drive digital substation projects forward with momentum
• Demonstrating the importance of acting swiftly to develop your workforce to manage increased data flow and ensure efficient asset management, operations, and planning
• Assessing how best to articulate risk, cost, and performance indicators to all key stakeholders to facilitate effective conversations and address workplace grievances
• Determining how to have a centralised vision when implementing IEC 61850 projects to streamline training and evolve the skills of your workforce
• Understanding the importance of transparency, navigating failures, and setting realistic timelines to ensure the long-term benefits of IEC 61850 are recognised
 Tuan Vu
Senior Digital Asset Strategies Engineer - Powerlink Queensland
Associate Technical Director, Energy and Resource – Arcadis
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| 17:45 |
Close of Conference Day Three
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