Welcome to IEC 61850 Global 2025 14-16 October 2025 | Dubai, UAE
Featuring: 20+ Utility Case-Studies from Europe, USA, Middle East, Africa, Asia
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We are proud to locate the 11th annual IEC 61850 Global 2025 in Dubai, an international city with easy access for both Western and Eastern utilities.
This year’s globally focused conference draws together 120+ IEC 61850 professionals for a review of 20+ utility implementation case-studies from across 5 continents. The programme is designed in collaboration with IEC 61850 experts from utilities, system and tool suppliers, and system integrators to ensure that the issues and concerns of the entire IEC 61850 ecosystem are comprehensively addressed.
Programme Highlights:
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Creating a robust business plan for long-term investment in large-scale IEC 61850 deployments within the substation, to the control centre, and across the wider DER integrated grid
Attracting, upskilling and retaining internal IEC 61850 specialists to ensure the seamless design, installation, testing, operation and maintenance of multi-vendor IEC 61850 systems
Leveraging next generation IEC 61850 systems based on process bus, utilizing GOOSE Messaging, Sampled Values, and Timing Synchronization solutions to maximise technical and cost-efficiency
Planning for virtualization, centralization and simplification to future-proof substation automation systems and radically reduce CAPEX and OPEX
Working around standardization gaps, multi-vendor interoperability challenges, and of 3rd party tool usability obstacles to fast-track the deployment of IEC 61850 across the end-to-end power grid
Conference Chaired by:
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 30 years of industry experience with knowledge across several areas within the Utility Industry and of technologies from the Automation Industry. Christoph 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 also international advisor to the board of the UCA international users group.
Participating Companies:
✓ Transmission & Distribution System Operators
✓ Renewables Infrastructure Owners
✓ IEC 61850 enabled Substation System Suppliers
✓ IEC 61850 Design & Testing Tool Providers
✓ System Integrators
Event Structure:
Tuesday 14th October
Wednesday 15th October
Thursday 16th October
BRIEFING
CONFERENCE DAY ONE
CONFERENCE DAY TWO
Fundamentals of
IEC 61850 Briefing
Led by
Christoph Brunner Convenor, TC57 WG10
IEC 61850 Implementation
Case-Study Conference
IEC 61850 Implementation
Case-Study Conference
EXHIBITION & LIVE DEMO LABS
3-hour
Networking Reception
90-min
Roundtable Discussion
Discussion Topics:
Supported by:
The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) brings together 173 countries and 20,000 experts who cooperate on the global IEC platform to ensure that products work everywhere safely with each other. The IEC is the world’s leading organization that prepares and publishes globally relevant international standards for the whole energy chain, including all electrical, electronic and related technologies, devices and systems. The IEC administers four conformity assessment systems that certify that components, equipment and systems used in homes, offices, healthcare facilities, public spaces, transportation, manufacturing, explosive environments and energy generation are safe, energy efficient and perform to the required standards.
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1. Standardization Update – understanding the latest progress in addressing gaps in Edition 2 and establishing the pathway and implications of introducing Edition 3
IEC 61850
2. Business Case – establishing the business case for long term investment in
IEC 61850, taking into account trends in software defined solutions, workforce skills requirements, and the evolving market ecosystem around IEC 61850
3. Process Bus – reducing the cost and complexity of process bus architectures to drive the implementation of the next generation of flexible, scalable and interoperable IEC 61850 substations
4. Virtualization – managing the migration toward high availability and reliability virtualized IEC 61850-enabled substations through effective system integration, multi-vendor interoperability, and network resource optimization
5. Modular Design – balancing flexibility with system reliability and high performance in the drive to speed up the pace of IEC 61850 enabled substation deployment
6. Specification – utilizing advances in standardization and vendor-agnostic tools to fine-tune the system specification process and strike a balance between utility requirements and vendor expertise, inputs and support
7. Automatic Testing – leveraging integrated conformance and cybersecurity testing to drive efficiency and reliability in the testing and commissioning of multi-vendor IEC 61850 enabled substations
8. Digital Twin – integrating virtual testing and commissioning procedures with the physical to ensure the accuracy and reliability of end-to-end substation system installations
9. Remote Maintenance – ensuring the security, reliability and accuracy of remote diagnostics and maintenance procedures to ensure timely and cost-effective lifecycle management of IEC 61850-enabled substations
10. Time Synchronization – leveraging the latest advances in standardization, product interoperability, and reliability of timing synchronization solutions to drive the large-scale deployment of high reliability IEC 61850 substation systems
11. GOOSE Messaging – optimizing the use of GOOSE Messaging in next generation IEC 61850-enabled substation systems in the absence of foolproof timing synchronization solutions
12. Sampled Values – leveraging AI&ML related advances in SV technology to drive more secure, reliable and efficient IEC 61850-enabled substation systems that integrate well with renewable energy resources
13. Cybersecurity – adopting a cost-effective multi-layered approach to substation cybersecurity utilizing the IEC 62351 framework, including protocol enhancements, improved authentication and encryption, network segmentation, and advanced monitoring solutions
14. Engineering Tools – adopting a unified approach to IEC 61850 engineering across the lifecycle of substation automation systems including system specification, configuration, and commissioning
15. AI&ML – leveraging AI&ML driven data management to support a range of substation operations including testing and commissioning, configuration and installation, maintenance, and cybersecurity
16. Inter-Substation – extending IEC 61850 beyond the substation by facilitating secure, reliable and efficient wide area connections between multiple substations in the network
17. Control Centre – facilitating seamless data exchange between the substation and control centre through secure, reliable and efficient IEC 61850 enabled connections for real-time monitoring and control applications
18. DER – overcoming the interoperability, scalability, real-time performance and security challenges associated with utilizing IEC 61850 for the integration, management and monitoring of a diverse range of DER assets
19. Energy Storage – utilizing IEC 61850 for flexible and scalable ESS integration into the grid whilst maintaining overall system reliability and stability in a rapidly evolving energy landscape
20. Electrical Vehicles - leveraging IEC 61850 to support the plug-and-play integration of EVs into the grid, supporting V2G and Smart Charging as the energy system evolves
Past Participant Testimonials:
“Fantastic opportunity to get to know the latest and greatest from utilities and vendors regarding IEC 61850.”
Birkir Heimisson, Specialist in Digital substation – Landsnet
“An enjoyable and productive experience, sharing of knowledge about very interesting IEC 61850 projects that lead digitalization and the energy transition.”
Tiago Lopes, Electrical Engineer – EDP
“As usual high-quality presentations and relevant topics.”
Anders Johnsson, Power System Specialist – Vattenfall
“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
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“In my opinion this is the best industrial conference about smart grid and
IEC 61850.”
Andrea Bonetti, Senior Specialist – Megger
“Great place to hear about new developments of the standard and how IEC 61850 is implemented around the world.”
Samuli Viita, Commissioning Engineer – Enersense
“Great content, always focused on use-cases from real customers.”
Leandro Monaco, Market Director - Westermo
Registration:
Pricing & Discounts
1-Day Fundamentals Briefing
Tue 14th October
2-Day Case-Study Conference
Wed 15th & Thu 16th October
Very Early Bird
Early Bird
Standard Rate
Before Friday
30th May 2025
€795 + 5% VAT
= €834.75
Before Friday
12th September 2025
€895 + 5% VAT
= €939.75
€995 + 5% VAT
= €1,044.75
€1,495 + 5% VAT
= €1,569.75
€1,595 + 5% VAT
= €1,674.75
€1,695 + 5% VAT
= €1,779.75
3-Day Delegate Package
Tue 14th to Thu 16th October
€2,195 + 5% VAT
= €2,304.75
€2,395 + 5% VAT
= €2,514.75
€2,595 + 5% VAT
= €2,724.75
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