Overcoming the cost and complexity of implementing IEC standards to fast track the deployment of the smart grid

Date: 16th-20th October 2023

Format: In-Person

Venue: Park Plaza, Amsterdam Airport

Group Booking Discount - 10% discount for 3+ delegates, 20% discount for 5+ delegates and 30% discount for 10+ delegates booked from the same organisation at the same time!

Sponsors

Many thanks to our sponsors for their support in ensuring that these crucial conversations take place, fuelling pace and progress in the smart grid sector

Gold Sponsors

COPA-DATA

COPA-DATA is an independent software manufacturer that specializes in digitalization for the manufacturing industry and energy sector. Its zenon® software platform enables users worldwide to automate, manage, monitor, integrate and optimize machines, equipment, buildings and power grids. COPA-DATA combines decades of experience in automation with the potential of digital transformation. In this way, the company supports its customers to achieve their objectives more easily, faster and more efficiently.

The family-owned business was founded by Thomas Punzenberger in 1987 in Salzburg, Austria. In 2021, with more than 300 employees worldwide, it generated revenue of EUR 64 million.


Find out more at: www.copadata.com

Nokia

At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together.

Powered by the research and innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, we supply mission-critical communications solutions for 200+ utilities to operate their grids with the industry's most complete, end-to-end portfolio of products and services. These include IEC 61850 networking that extends communications from the substation process bus to OT cloud and data center. The Bell Labs Industry 4.0 architecture provides a framework for utilities to accelerate their digitalization and automation journey. Nokia has pioneered with industries their deployment of private wireless (4.9G/LTE and 5G) solutions, with 500+ customers.

Find out more at: www.nokia.com

OMICRON

OMICRON is the leading supplier of testing and supervision solutions for power utility communication systems utilizing the IEC 61850 standard. OMICRON's products support the whole lifecycle of IEC 61850 Digital Substations from design verification, evaluation, factory testing, commissioning, to operation and maintenance.

The applications in protection, automation & control of electrical power systems in connection with IEC 61850 GOOSE, Sampled Values, and Client/Server (MMS) communication are covered by a diverse portfolio of tools. The products range from pure software tools to protection and automation test sets and distributed test, measurement, recording, and supervision systems.

OMICRON's intrusion detection system has a special focus on IEC 61850 and serves an important role for the Cybersecurity of Digital Substations. With OMICRON subsidiaries and service centers on every continent, the OMICRON team serves customers world-wide.

 

Find out more at: www.omicronenergy.com

DNV

DNV is the independent expert in risk management and quality assurance, operating in more than 100 countries. Through its broad experience and deep expertise DNV advances safety and sustainable performance, sets industry benchmarks, and inspires and invents solutions. Whether assessing a new ship design, optimizing the performance of a wind farm, analysing sensor data from a gas pipeline or certifying a food company’s supply chain, DNV enables its customers and their stakeholders to manage technological and regulatory complexity with confidence. Driven by its purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, DNV helps tackle the challenges and global transformations facing its customers and the world today and is a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful and forward-thinking companies. 

In the energy industry

DNV provides assurance to the entire energy value chain through its advisory, monitoring, verification, and certification services. As the world's leading resource of independent energy experts and technical advisors, the assurance provider helps industries and governments to navigate the many complex, interrelated transitions taking place globally and regionally, in the energy industry. DNV is committed to realizing the goals of the Paris Agreement, and supports customers to transition faster to a deeply decarbonized energy system.

Find out more at: www.dnv.co.uk

Silver Sponsors

SISCO

Systems Integration Specialists (SISCO) deliver solutions for the energy industry by enabling support for open international standards, including IEC 61850, ICCP-TASE.2, IEEE COMTRADE, and CIM (IEC 61970 and IEC 61968) SISCO technology is dominant in thousands of power systems worldwide, helping our customers build resilient, high-performance power system applications that are interoperable using widely adopted international standards. SISCO products include source code, off-the-shelf interfaces, Unified Analytics Platform, and other tools to facilitate efficient systems integration. SISCO services include use case and model consulting, systems integration, application development, training, support, and maintenance.

Find out more at: www.sisconet.com

Triangle Microworks

For 30 years, Triangle MicroWorks (TMW) has been providing solutions for standards-based protocols. Our primary goal at Triangle MicroWorks is to provide innovative and reliable solutions with timely support for our customers. We enjoy building personal relationships with our customers and understanding their needs.  Today, Triangle MicroWorks serves hundreds of software and hardware vendors around the world in more than 50 countries.

Find out more at: www.trianglemicroworks.com

Microchip Technology

Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions. Its easy-to-use development tools and comprehensive product portfolio enable customers to create optimal designs which reduce risk while lowering total system cost and time to market. The company solutions serve more than 120,000 customers across the industrial, automotive, consumer, aerospace and defense, communications and computing markets. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality.

Find out more at: www.microchip.com

SSH

SSH defends organization’s secrets by enhancing secure communications between humans, networks, and systems, ushering in a new era of biometric, passwordless, keyless, and borderless security. We have 5,000+ customers worldwide, including 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies and major organizations in the Finance, Government, Retail, and Industrial segment. We help our customers secure their business in the age of hybrid cloud and distributed IT and OT solutions. Our Zero Trust solutions offer safe communications and secure access to servers and beyond. Our teams in North America, Europe, and Asia and a global network of certified partners ensure customer success.

Find out more at: www.ssh.com

Live Demo Lab Sponsors

SUBNET Solutions Inc.

SUBNET Solutions Inc. (SUBNET) is a software engineering company that provides grid modernization solutions for the global utility industry.  Our solutions software provides “multi-vendor” device support, directly in contrast to the “vendor specific” offerings by most large utility device vendors. SUBNET provides MORE OT Security & Capabilities which will comply with NERC, IEC 62351, IEC 62443, ISO 27002. Through our Unified Grid Intelligence (UGI) software solutions, SUBNET will improve the overall grid reliability, and future-proofing infrastructure for anticipated growth in grid monitoring.

SUBNET’s Unified Grid Intelligence solutions are our 4 flagship products:

PowerSYSTEM Center™  |    PowerSYSTEM Server™

SubSTATION Server™     |    SubSTATION Explorer™

Find out more at: www.subnet.com

Helinks

Helinks LLC is a software development and consulting company located in Zug, Switzerland. We are focusing on the development of IEC 61850 system tools and related components. Our customers are Utilities, System Integrators, and IEC 61850 device manufacturers. For Utilities and System Integrators we offer an advanced IEC 61850 System Specification and Integration Tool (Helinks STS) and related consulting, training, and project engineering services.For IED manufacturers we offer IEC 61850 configuration and modelling software components and custom engineering tool development. As members of TC57/WG10 we actively take part in the ongoing development of the IEC 61850 standard. Our customers benefit from our expertise and our future proof product strategy.

Find out more at: www.helinks.com

ASE (Kalitech)

Applied Systems Engineering Inc., (ASE) is a Utility and Renewable technology leader and a leading manufacturer of RTU/SCADA/IED protocol test sets. Based in Campbell, California, ASE has developed market-leading substation protocol test sets for more than 80+ substation and industrial protocols. ASE has since launched ASE61850 the market leading IEC 61850 Protocol Test Set, ASE61850 SCL Manager, the Substation Configuration Tool and Rule 21 / IEEE 2030.5 DER Gateway and Aggregator for telemetry interconnection of renewables to Utilities and protocol consulting services. ASE is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kalkitech. ASE was founded in 1982 and in late 2014, became part of Kalkitech, a provider of optimization and communication solutions for Utilities and Renewables. Kalkitech solutions enable customers to implement mission-critical applications from the edge to the data center or cloud. We invest extensively in research and development in several areas, including power systems engineering, thermal engineering, control theory and communication, and information technology, to build cutting-edge standards-based solutions and products.

Find out more at: www.ase-systems.com

Exhibitors

AUCOTEC

More consistency, efficiency and overview. Whether operator, manufacturer, EPC or supplier - with AUCOTEC’s “PTD Plant”, the cooperative platform Engineering Base (EB) provides a comprehensive solution for all users in power transmission and distribution who want to accelerate their processes and be equipped for the future. From primary technical pre-planning to secondary technology including cabinet routing to control system configuration and efficient 
retrofitting support. Cooperative platform Engineering Base AUCOTEC develops engineering software for the complete life cycle of machines, plants and mobile systems. Based on an experience of 35 years in developing successful products with more than 42,000 licenses in the area of process control engineering, mechanical engineering, plant engineering, energy supply, cabling in large-scale plants, and on-board power supply systems in all kinds of vehicles, AUCOTEC has developed the unique database-driven cooperation platform Engineering Base.

Find out more: www.aucotec.com

Elvexys

Elvexys specialises in network digitalisation for TSOs and DSOs and uses its extensive experience in communication gateways and IEC 61850 standardisation to provide reliable and sustainable solutions. Elvexys’ mission is to accompany its customers throughout the process of substation modernisation until successful handover. The XPG gateway stands out for its versatility and modularity for all HV and MV substations. Elvexys offers tailor-made support for the technical implementation of control and monitoring systems and substation management. management, digitalisation and virtualisation of substation automation systems.

Find out more: www.elvexys.com

Locamation

Grid operators are facing hard challenges to keep up with the energy transition. We believe there is a need for a different approach to substation automation, one that uses less equipment and less manhours to implement and maintain. Locamation’s products and services are unique building blocks for Digitized, Centralized and Virtualized substation automation. By providing super simple and easy to install sensors (Process Interface Units) combined with highly intuitive Centralized Merging Unit software the basics are set for the software defined substation. Now our new generation of products are in the pipeline, fully based on the IEC61850 standard. 

Find out more at: www.locamation.com

Megger

With more than 130 years of accumulated knowledge, Megger is a global provider of electrical power asset management, grid performance solutions and predictive analytics to inform and validate asset health decision-making. We support preventative and routine diagnostics in cable fault location, relay testing, power quality testing and much more. Also, we provide you monitoring and analytics solutions to enhance your grid insights by conducting predictive maintenance. 

Find out more at: www.megger.com

IPCOMM GmbH

We are a medium-sized company based in Nuremberg, Germany, and we develop industrial gateways for the coupling of heterogeneous communication systems.
As an established protocol conversion specialist with more than 20 years of experience, we are the right partner for almost any communication requirement: Whether energy, water, or gas supply, our products and turnkey solutions have proven themselves in a multitude of long-term, international projects of renowned companies. In addition to customer- and project-specific solutions for industrial communication and the automation industry, our standard products offer a high degree of flexibility as well, to enable integration into existing, complex systems.

Find out more at: www.ipcomm.com

ASE (Kalitech)

Applied Systems Engineering Inc., (ASE) is a Utility and Renewable technology leader and a leading manufacturer of RTU/SCADA/IED protocol test sets. Based in Campbell, California, ASE has developed market-leading substation protocol test sets for more than 80+ substation and industrial protocols. ASE has since launched ASE61850 the market leading IEC 61850 Protocol Test Set, ASE61850 SCL Manager, the Substation Configuration Tool and Rule 21 / IEEE 2030.5 DER Gateway and Aggregator for telemetry interconnection of renewables to Utilities and protocol consulting services. ASE is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kalkitech. ASE was founded in 1982 and in late 2014, became part of Kalkitech, a provider of optimization and communication solutions for Utilities and Renewables. Kalkitech solutions enable customers to implement mission-critical applications from the edge to the data center or cloud. We invest extensively in research and development in several areas, including power systems engineering, thermal engineering, control theory and communication, and information technology, to build cutting-edge standards-based solutions and products.

Find out more at: www.ase-systems.com

Welotec

Founded in 1969, Welotec is a German-based company focused on industrial automation and digitalization. With a strong commitment to quality, innovation, and R&D, Welotec is a reliable partner for system integrators and end customers. The IEC 61850 Substation Server (RSAPC) supports DSO’s and TSO’s to digitalize and software-defined applications in the station bus and process bus. With virtualization and containerization of applications on the substation server, we create the basis for digital substations. The solutions are maintenance free for many years and can operate in the most demanding environments.

Find out more at: www.welotec.com

Loop Telecom

Loop Telecom is a Taiwanese Telecommunication and Networking Manufacturer specialized in Mission Critical Communication solutions for Utilities, Railway, Air Traffic Control, Oil & Gas, Military, and Industries. We produce Multiservice access multiplexers for all legacy and low-rate applications (voice, data, teleprotection…). During the last 40 years we have developed and produced Transport Networks Synchronous optical SDH/SONET, up to 100G Packet Network MPLS-TP or Carrier Ethernet and Optical DWDM/OTN network working together and supporting an easy migration. These solutions support conventional Utilities based on TDM and IEC61850 Ethernet substation networks. We produce a range of OT security tools, and we are launching a dedicated OT firewall particularly for Utilities.

Find out more at: www.looptelecom.com

Siemens

Siemens Grid Software enables grid operators to accelerate and secure the energy transition in a sustainable and profitable way. We connect the physical and the digital world with an integrated OT and IT landscape along the entire value chain from planning through operations to maintenance – following its design principles of modularity, openness, user-centricity, interoperability, and resilience. We are committed to helping companies move towards the unfolding vision of an autonomous, digital grid that will thrive in an era of decentralized, less predictable power. Siemens Grid Software is leading the energy transition worldwide in an holistic approach: from grid planning to grid operation towards the grid edge. 

Find out more at: www.new.siemens.com

Doble

Doble is the leading global energy industry provider of advanced testing solutions, innovative diagnostic systems, and premier engineering expertise to support a safe and sustainable future. Companies can benefit from a diversified offer of professional services according to the electrical asset lifecycle like, installation and commissioning, diagnostic testing, data analysis, consultancy, and training. Our product lines include ISA, Manta Test Systems, Morgan Schaffer, Phenix Technologies, TECHIMP, and Vanguard Instruments.

Find out more at: www.doble.com