Workshop Format

As more and more utilities embrace digital substations, the pressure is on to develop advanced in-house specification skills and processes that will enable utilities to procure at the speed of the digital age, with the accuracy and cost-efficiency that remains the hallmark of the power grid.

This full-day workshop on System Specification, designed to assist utilities in developing the advanced Specification skills they need to ensure they remain in the driving seat of the end-to-end IEC 61850 implementation process

10:00	Registration and Refreshments
10:30	Session 1: Introduction to System Specification for IEC 61850 from the Utility Perspective • Determining the level of detail required to ensure accuracy of end-user requirements • Quantifying the benefits of detailed end-user specification in terms of project time and cost savings • Setting expectations for how suppliers will respond and what they will deliver as part of the tender
11:30	Session 2: Introduction to System Specification for IEC 61850 from a Standards Perspective • Understanding the history of specification in IEC 61850 • Examining how the specification process has evolved over time • Reviewing the implications of the latest updates with part 6-100
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Session 3: Understanding the Engineering Process with Enhanced Specification • Comparing the variations in engineering process specified in IEC 61850-6 • Pinpointing what should be specified for engineering process
14:30	Session 4: Working with Data Models • Examining the variations in Data Models • Determining how to specify the Data Model
15:00	Afternoon Refreshments
15:30	Session 5: System and Communication Architecture • Evaluating variations supported by the Standard • Understanding the criteria that should be specified for architecture and how this can be done
16:30	Session 6: Practical Demonstration and Lessons Learnt • Specification demonstration using the Helinks STS including verification of the specification by simulation • Feedback from various projects including OSMOSE
17:30	Close of Workshop

Workshop Leader

Christoph Brunner, President of it4power, Convenor of TC57 WG10

Christoph Brunner graduated as an electrical engineer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1983. He is a Utility Industry professional with over 25 years of industry experience with both knowledge across several areas within the Utility Industry and of technologies from the Automation Industry. He is president of it4power in Switzerland, a consulting company to the power industry. He has worked as a project manager at ABB Switzerland Ltd in the business area Power Technology Products in Zurich / Switzerland where he was responsible for the process close communication architecture of the substation automation system. He is convenor of the working group (WG) 10 of the IEC TC57 and member of WG 17, 18 and 19 of IEC TC57. He is IEEE Fellow, member of IEEE-PES and IEEE-SA. He is active in several working groups of the IEEE-PSRC (Power Engineering Society – Relay Committee) and member of the PSRC main committee and the subcommittee H. He is international advisor to the board of the UCA international users group.

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IEC 61850 System Specification: Practical Training Workshop

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