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Regular Meetings

Get notified of monthly task force meetings around our working groups with free access to past events. Anyone can attend and we share notes, slides, and audio of past meetings.
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Why Join the Digital Substations User Task Force?

Opportunity to hear real-world experience on IEC 61850 projects conducted throughout the world, including the business case aspects, the technical lessons learnt, and the implications to the overall engineering and commissioning processes.

Facilitates information exchange among like-minded peer groups via the Utility Sponsored Information Sessions. Every member is “screened” to ensure they’re providing a fair representation of their “group”, and have sufficient IEC 61850 familiarity to provide value-added contributions.

Learning opportunity with various global subject matter experts (NERC, PTP, NCITs, Cyber Security, etc.) providing an added insight into the various technical domains.

It’s free! There are no time or money commitments.

Engaging end users with organized meetings

User task force meetings provide opportunities to share your own Digital Substations journey, and learn from other end users’ experiences. We can also help determine if a specific problem is related to configuration, implementation, or the standard, and find appropriate solutions.

Engaging academics with live training offerings

The cutting edge of technology development occurs within the world’s educational institutions. DigitalSubstations.com provides a platform for academics to engage with real-world end users, promoting collaboration and sharing of expertise.

Engaging vendors with custom use-case profiles

Digital Substations technology is most effective when complexity is reduced. Templates and profiles of typical end user applications provide an excellent way to focus design effort, particularly for those getting started on their Digital Substations journey.

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Here are the answers to some of the most common questions we hear from users in the field.

Why did we create DigitalSubstations.com?

The Digital Substations User Task Force has been meeting since 2016, providing end users with the opportunity to hear real-world experience on IEC 61850 projects conducted throughout the world, including the business case aspects, the technical lessons learnt, and the implications to the overall engineering and commissioning processes. The DigitalSubstations.com platform is an extension of the existing Digital Substations User Task Force.

What are we trying to accomplish?

We aim to curate a community of 61850 experts, and facilitate information exchange among like-minded peer groups via the Utility Sponsored Information Sessions. We provide learning opportunities with various global subject matter experts (NERC, PTP, NCITs, Cyber Security, etc.), providing an added insight into the various technical domains. And when things go wrong, we provide a technical interface point between end users, vendors, and the standards development community.

How are we going to achieve it?

Membership is free, but the community is curated to minimize noise and maximize benefit. Monthly task force meetings around our working groups will continue, with free access to past events. Anyone can attend and we share notes, slides, and audio of past meetings.

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