AMA-SYSTEMS GMBH was founded 1976 and had its roots in trading and engineering for industrial automation. Over the years AMA established itself in the Open Communications Standards Market and evolved into a strong player with strategic partners: development of customer-specific software applications for manufacturing processes started in the 1990s and since year 2000 AMA-SYSTEMS has entered the energy market, providing specialized IT services, with software, hardware and solutions.

With almost four decades of experiences, AMA-SYSTEMS today unites outstanding competences in industrial automation, information and communication technologies serving customers in the energy and manufacturing industry as well as in the machine and plant manufacturing realm. At the center of our activity lies the solution of complex technical tasks in operative or productive environments – with flexibility, speed and efficiency deriving from our broad, trans-sectorial know-how.

One particular focus of AMA-SYSTEMS is communication in the energy industry. We provide products and services for the industry standards and protocols IEC 60870-6/ICCP/TASE.2 and IEC 61850 / IEC 61400-25 and support our customers from the HW up to Enterprise Data warehouses. At the core of this business lies the Europe-wide distribution and support of software products of internationally renowned vendors. Based on these products AMA-SYSTEMS offers gateways, tools, trainings, certification and consulting - especially for smart grid technology, conformance tests and software libraries.

Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) is an autonomous society under Ministry of Power, Government of India. Set up in 1960 by the Government of India,  functions as a centre for applied research in electrical power engineering assisting the  electrical industry in product development, Consultancy and quality assurance. CPRI also serves as an independent authority for testing and certification of power equipment as per National and International standards. CPRI's governing body includes eminent professionals from Industries, Utilities, prestigious Academic and Research Institutions and the Government. 

The officials of CPRI are members of various standardisation committees and corporate members of various bodies/organisation.  CPRI has established state of the art protocol testing laboratory which is unique in its kind in this part of the world and is being catering to its customers to develop, test and certify communication protocol related to Substation Automation and Metering as per National and International standards.

The protocol laboratory of CPRI is equipped with the facility of conformance testing of IEC 61850 compatible devices.  This test facility is accredited by Utility Communication Architecture International Users Group (UCA IUG) as Level - A  which means CPRI is an independent third party laboratory for testing of server devices for IEC 61850 compliance. CPRI is the first and only Institute in this part of the world to get this accreditation status for IEC 61850 conformance testing. 

Driven by its purpose of safeguarding life, property and the environment, DNV enables organisations to advance the safety and sustainability of their business. DNV provides classification and technical assurance along with software and independent expert advisory services to the maritime, oil & gas and energy industries. It also provides certification services to customers across a wide range of industries. DNV, whose origins go back to 1864, operates globally in more than 100 countries with its 16,000 professionals dedicated to helping their customers make the world safer, smarter and greener.

In the Energy industry

In DNV we unite the strengths of DNV, KEMA, Garrad Hassan, and GL Renewables Certification. DNV’s 2,500 energy experts support customers around the globe in delivering a safe, reliable, efficient, and sustainable energy supply. We deliver world-renowned testing, certification and advisory services to the energy value chain including renewables and energy efficiency. Our expertise spans onshore and offshore wind power, solar, conventional generation, transmission and distribu­tion, smart grids, and sustainable energy use, as well as energy markets and regulations. Our testing, certification and advisory services are delivered independent from each other. Learn more at www.dnv.com/energy.

DNV’s professionals support utilities and manufacturers in the area of intelligent networks and communication such as SCADA EMS/DMS, substation automation, smart metering and data communication. For data communication DNV provides services for the IEC TC57 and IEC TC13 communication standards and models such as IEC 61850, IEC 61400-25, IEC 60870-5, DNP3, IEC 60870-6 (ICCP/Tase.2), Elcom-90, IEC 61968 / IEC 61970 / IEC 62325 (CIM standards) and the smart meter standard DLMS/Cosem. For all these standards DNV provides consultancy, training, test tools such as protocol analyzers, simulators and conformance test facilities and test services such as conformance -, interoperability -, performance and acceptance testing.

Duke Energy makes life better for millions of people every day by providing electric and gas services in a sustainable way – affordable, reliable and clean.

We are one of the largest electric power companies in the United States, supplying and delivering energy to approximately 4 million U.S. customers. We have approximately 35,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity in the Carolinas and the Midwest, and natural gas distribution services in Ohio and Kentucky. Our commercial and international businesses own and operate diverse power generation assets in North America and Latin America, including a portfolio of renewable energy assets.

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is a Fortune 500 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK.

Dynamic Organics, LLC (DO), is a smart grid integration services and software development company headquartered in Putney, Vermont and founded in 2014. DO provides smart grid software solutions for commercial businesses and utilities, with a focus on interoperable smart grid architectures. Since 2015, DO has been working with Green Mountain Power (GMP) to develop the Flexible Load Management (FLM) pilot program and demonstrate demand flexibility of grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEB’s). DO has developed a distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) for GMP that uses standards-based communications protocols (OpenADR) to support automated demand response (Auto-DR) operations. DO has also developed gateway software that communicates natively with building automation systems (BAS) and industrial SCADA systems using open protocols (e.g., BACnet, Modbus).  

DO develops software and provides design consulting services for utilities in order to help implement the required information technologies to operate a smart grid. Since 2020, DO has been providing owners-independent smart grid architecture design services to the Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO), the transmission operator of the Vermont electrical grid, to help with the design and implementation of interoperable smart grid information and communication technologies. 

ERLPhase Power Technologies is an ISO 9001:2015 QMS certified manufacturer of digital fault recording systems and protective relays. ERLPhase protection relays and power system recorders use best-in-class technology to deliver high quality and reliable products for protection and monitoring of electrical power systems. Our company-wide focus on solving our customer’s problems, has led to our line of innovative, easy-to-use and reliable protection and recording products which find widespread application in the power industry. More information can be found at https://www.erlphase.com.

Florida State University is conducting research on:

• Network Security for Transmission and Substation Automation
• Power grid Wide Area Monitoring Systems (WAMS), and
• Power grid Wide Area Actionable Systems (WAAS).

GridClone, a Dutch company, was founded with the objective to provide high quality and flexible simulators for IEC 61850 based substation automation and power systems.

With the introduction of IEC 61850 advanced testing tools and simulators will be needed by utilities, system integrators and manufacturers of power system equipment. These tools and simulators will support the verification of the conformity and functionality of the integrated system and its components.

GridClone has professionals that have gained many years of experience in the power system domain, conformance testing of IEC 61850 devices and systems and development of IEC 61850 software test tools.

Hitachi Energy

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We are advancing the world’s energy system to be more sustainable, flexible, and secure, and we collaborate with customers and partners to enable a sustainable energy future – for today’s generations and those to come.

Hitachi Energy was officially incorporated on June 30, 2021, but our story began long before that. With a combined corporate heritage of over 250 years — passed down from both our predecessor company, ABB, and our parent company, Hitachi Ltd. — ours is a story rooted in a long-standing tradition of technological innovations that have provided real impact not only to our customers but also, and more importantly, to society at large.

Together with stakeholders across sectors and geographies, we enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ around 45,000 people in 60 countries and generate business volumes of around $13 billion USD.

Substation Automation & Communication

Without adequate protection, substations are subject to failure on numerous fronts.

For over 100 years, Hitachi Energy has been keeping substations safe and secure, with protective relays and breakers connected over bulletproof telecommunications. Our substation protection, substation control and automation solutions, thanks to international standards like IEC 61850, ensure the highest interoperability, providing efficiency and increased productivity for grid operators and owners.

Our long-standing experience and quality in the field and full scope of services and support, make us a leader and pioneer in substation automation and protection.

Our products have been designed to implement the core values of the IEC 61850 standard, to enable interoperable and future-proof solutions for your grid.

Hardware is only as useful as the software used to manage it, and Hitachi Energy’s range of software-tools offers unparalleled ease of use and utility to make deployment, operation, and maintenance of protection systems as simple, and safe, as possible.

Substation Automation | Hitachi Energy

The Institute of New Technology of Electrical Energy was established in 1999, whose members are mainly faculty members of The Department of Electrical Engineering and The Department of Digital System and Control Engineering.

Its research area in 2010s covers smart grid or microgrid; especially energy management system with renewable resources and electrical energy storage in collaboration with industrial companies, research institutes and utilities, where the special topics are database migration of national-wide energy management system, real-time economic operation strategy, power system analysis applications for energy management system and power system engineering for smart gird or microgrid design.

JPEmbedded's mission and main interest is development of state of the art software and hardware solutions supporting reliable and secure communication in the smart grids. Our most popular products are: IEC 61850 library, IEC 61850 protocol converter, ICCP/TASE.2 library, IEC 60870-5-104 and IEC 60870-5-103 library.

IEC 61850 solutions

IEC 61850 library by JPEmbedded exhibits object-oriented design and is implemented in C ++ language. This hardware platform independent solution, is easy to integrate on any device with or without operating system. Other advantages of our product are its high configurability in terms of functionality and resources used, and very low memory footprint which is especially important for embedded devices. Depending on data model and functionality of the specific device memory usage could be as low as 240kB of Flash and 150kB of RAM.

Our portfolio also includes hardware gateway converting various protocols (Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP,IEC 60870-5-103, IEC 60870-5-104, DNP3, MQTT, Profinet) to IEC 61850.

Implemented features:

• MMS server.
• Object oriented data model.
• Data sets.
• Reporting (buffered & unbuffered).
• GOOSE (subscriber & publisher).
• R-GOOSE (routable GOOSE)
• Sampled Values (subscriber & publisher).
• Control Model.
• Logging.

Contact:  sales@jpembedded.eu, +48 601 088 970

On October 01, 2009, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) was founded by a merger of Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe and Universität Karlsruhe. 

KIT bundles the missions of both precursory institutions: A university of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg with teaching and research tasks and a large-scale research institution of the Helmholtz Association

conducting program-oriented provident research on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany. Within these missions, KIT is operating along the three strategic fields of action of research, teaching, and innovation.

 The KIT Energy Center with its 1100 employees is one of the largest energy research centers in Europe. It bundels the energy research activities of the KIT, the merger of the former Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe and Universität Karlsruhe and reknown cooperation partners. By this, it crosses the lines between disciplines and combines fundamental and applied research in all relevant energies for industry, household, service and mobility.

The Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL) is a leading testing and certification body in  

Korea established for the purpose of improving industrial technology and global  

competitiveness. KTL has been providing support for the development of testing  

and evaluation technologies and has been helping companies obtain domestic and  

international certifications for more than 48 years.  

Manufacturers, enterprises, and industries are our faithful partners and KTL  visualizes its future through their eyes.  

On the basis of a steady infrastructure that is comprised of a streamlined  research core, reliable manpower, and an efficient organization structure  with a network system among other testing and certification bodies  around the globe, KTL is dedicated to helping our clients strengthen their  competitiveness and extend their markets.  

KTL has evolved into an internationally renowned testing and certification  body that strives to serve our clients with one-stop total services and being  equipped with capabilities that are compatible with global standards along  the way.

Meinberg is a global leader in time synchronization solutions. The company’s flagship IEEE 1588 grandmaster clocks and NTP timeserver appliances have set the industry standard for innovation, flexibility, and reliability – making them one of the market’s top network time synchronization solutions. The Bad Pyrmont, Germany-based company designs and produces a range of devices, including High-end PTP and NTP timeserver products, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou receivers, DCF77 / WWVB / MSF receivers, IRIG / AFNOR time code generators/readers, and an array of accessories (antennas, diplexers, converters, signal distribution systems, etc.). As a global company, Meinberg products are used around the world, delivering synchronization for mission-critical applications in power grid/substation automation, digital broadcasting, telecommunication networks, aerospace, financial applications, and cutting-edge research. Together with its subsidiary Meinberg USA and Oregano Systems, all of its products are also backed by a service network of distributors and partners located in over 40 countries.

Moxa is a leading provider of edge connectivity, industrial computing, and network infrastructure solutions for enabling connectivity for the Industrial Internet of Things. With 35 years of industry experience, Moxa has connected more than 94 million devices worldwide and has a distribution and service network that reaches customers in more than 85 countries. Moxa offers a full spectrum of innovative, high-quality solutions that have been deployed in a wide variety of industries, including smart manufacturing, smart rail, smart grid, intelligent transportation, oil and gas, and marine. Moxa’s expertise gives industry partners the tools they need to harness the power of automation network convergence and make their operations smarter, safer, and more efficient. Moxa delivers lasting business value by empowering industry with reliable networks and sincere service for industrial communications infrastructures. Information about Moxa’s solutions is available at www.moxa.com.

關於四零四科技 (Moxa)

Next-Generation Power Technology Center of Myongji University does research on Power System and communication technology.

Next-Generation Power Technology Center (NPTC), an Engineering Research Center (ERC) sponsored by the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology and The Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF), was established in 2001 with the aim of developing the next-generation protection and automation technology of electrical power systems. This innovative technology, which blends ICT (Information Communication Technology) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) with conventional power technology, is expected to play a key role in every aspect of power systems in a near future. The recent large-scale blackouts around the world have proved the significance of developing new protection and control technology for the new power industry environment. Consequently, many world-leading companies and research institutes are concentrating their efforts on developing the next-generation power technology. NPTC is expected to be a world-leading research institute dedicated to the protection and SAS (station automation system) technology in a near future. The goal of NPTC is technological innovation, which would contribute to more reliable and secure power system in not only Republic of Korea but also the other parts of the world and more convenient human life eventually.

Built upon decades of research, development, and leveraging numerous operational experiences in secondary power systems, NR Electric has developed a unified and integrative solution for digital substation. The fully digitalized solution connects the control room to the switchyard with optic fiber links. This proven solution reduces your capital investment, operational and maintenance costs. It also offers unmatched information integration, and provides better reliability and security for substations.

PCItek, formerly Project Consultants LLC, supports the utility industry with innovative products, custom software development, consulting and standards training.  Our personnel have a broad depth of international experience in cyber security, IEC 61850, CIM Standards and enterprise architecture using industry standard methodologies.    

PCItek offers business products and services including:

• Products:
  • Garibaldi, an advanced enterprise and local key distribution center, part of CENTARI, a suite of substation security products
  • RIC, the Operations and Planning Ratings and Impedance Calculator
• Services:
  • Electric Utility Consulting
  • Testing and Training
  • Requirements Analysis and Documentation
  • Interoperability Testing
  • Establishing Reference Architecture
  • Standards-based Training

PCItek is currently providing our products as well as standards-based consulting and training to several utilities around the world.

Connecting, distributing, and controlling power and data flows - we have been developing the right products for this purpose since 1923. Whether in industrial production facilities, in the field of renewable energies, in infrastructure, or for complex device connections: our solutions are used wherever processes must run automatically. Above and beyond their pure function, they help our partners to develop sustainable applications with more efficient processes and reduced costs to aid in our mission of Empowering the All Electric Society.

Also of note, the Phoenix Contact Group acquired Canadian company iS5 Communications Inc., based in Mississauga, Ontario. Now rebranded to Phoenix Contact Network Communication, the team will act as a provider of industrial network products specialized in services and solutions for critical infrastructure networks.

The Raptor portfolio of switches meets the stringent requirements of IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613 standards and is ideal for critical infrastructure and power supply applications. 

Learn more about how Phoenix Contact can be implemented in industry applications at the following link:

https://phoe.co/raptorswitches

R&D NESTER – Centro de Investigação em Energia REN - State Grid, S.A. is an energy research centre and for-profit company belonging to the Portuguese Transmission System Operator REN (REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais, SGPS, SA) and SGCC.

As an energy research Centre, our mission is to provide an international platform for knowledge, delivering innovative solutions and services to be applied into energy systems. R&D NESTER aims at providing new tools, strategies and processes well-tuned to the new energy paradigm, and serving as a driving force towards more efficient and sustainable energy systems.

The main areas of activity are Power Systems Simulation, Renewable Energy Management, Smart Grid Technologies, Energy Markets and Economics, Power Systems Planning and Operation. For this purpose, R&D NESTER own and operates a real-time power systems simulation laboratory with hardware-in-the-loop capabilities (details available here https://www.rdnester.com/en-GB/lab/ ), ideal to leverage R&D NESTERs core competences through state-of-the-art technologies, enabling the simulation and testing of both power systems and communication networks, either in a stand-alone mode or by performing co-simulation.

R&D NESTER has been recognized by Portuguese government in the field of R&D for the technical-scientific knowledge domain of conception and development of energy grid innovative solutions. Since December 2015, R&D NESTER became a Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) certified company, in accordance with standard NP 4457:2007 and is also ISO Certified 9001/14001/18001.

R&D NESTER frequently publishes in international and recognized scientific journals and conferences in Europe, U.S. and Asia (e.g. IEEE or CIGRÉ) highlighting the advanced knowledge in our areas of activity.

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management

As a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in Utilities & Infrastructure, Industries & Machines Manufacturers, Non-residential Building, and Data Centers & Networks and in Residential. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green, the Group's 140,000 plus employees achieved his sales, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations make the most of their energy.

Energy management and sustainability services

As the global specialist in energy management, Schneider Electric has a responsible and ethical commitment to his customers, employees, and the environment, by delivering solutions that align business performance and sustainability. Schneider Electric help clients at all stages of their energy management life cycle by becoming their outsourced energy manager and trusted partner. Our solutions support clients to optimize their use of energy, lower their consumption at peak demand, and help them build thriving sustainability programmes that reduce their carbon footprint and provide cost-effective energy.

Smart grid

To meet today’s increasing energy demands, the grid is rapidly becoming ‘smarter’ to adapt to a changing and more complex environment. Schneider Electric smart grid solutions are interactive and connect everyone from electricity producers to the final consumers in order to efficiently balance demand and supply. Many of Schneider Electric smart grid applications combine renewable resources, microgrids, and energy storage solutions to support the expansion of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure and enhance the balance between demand and supply on the grid.

Schneider Electric is a leader in energy automation by offering a full range of protection relays and T&D substation automation solutions based on IEC61850 technology.

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SISCO provides communication and integration solutions that supports IEC 61850 for substation automation and wide area centralized remedial action systems(C-RAS); ICCP-TASE.2 for intercontrol center communications, EMS/SCADA integration, and power plant dispatching; C37.118 with IEC 61850 for synchrophasor processing and wide area measurement systems for improved situational awareness; and the Common Information Model (CIM per IEC61970 and IEC 61968) in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for Smart Grid integration using Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).  SISCO's products and services include:

• Systems Integration Services
• Off-the-shelf OPC interfaces
• Protocol Source Code
• Technology and Product Training

Sparx Systems specializes in high performance and scalable visual modeling tools for the planning, design and construction of software intensive systems.

With customers in industries ranging from aerospace and automotive engineering to finance, defense, government, entertainment and telecommunications, Sparx Systems is a leading vendor of innovative solutions based on the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and its related specifications. A Contributing Member of the Object Management Group (OMG), Sparx Systems is committed to realizing the potential of model-driven development based on open standards.

The company’s flagship product, Enterprise Architect, has received numerous accolades since its commercial release in August, 2000. At present, Enterprise Architect is the design tool of choice for over 200,000 registered users world-wide.

Survalent is the most trusted provider of SCADA and advanced distribution management systems (ADMS) for electric, water/wastewater, oil & gas, renewable energy and transit utilities across the globe.  Over 700 utilities in 40 countries rely on the SurvalentONE platform to effectively operate, monitor, analyze, restore and optimize operations.  By supporting critical utility operations with a fully integrated solution, our customers have significantly improved operational efficiencies, customer satisfaction and network reliability.  The company's comprehensive substation automation solution, Survalent StationCentral, delivers advanced control and monitoring for enhanced network performance and protection.  Our unwavering commitment to excellence and to our customers has been the key to our success for over 60 years.  For more information, please visit www.survalent.com.

As the Transmission System Operator (TSO) for the Netherlands, and a significant part of Germany, TenneT owns and operates over 25,000 kilometres of high-voltage lines and cables at 110 kV and higher. We deliver electricity to 43 million domestic and business users with a service level as high as 99.99963 %, one of the best in the world. With over 7,400 employees in two countries, we are driven by our mission to ensure the lights stay on and that power is available, at the flick of a switch, whenever and wherever you need it. To do this, we design, build, maintain and operate a high-voltage grid stretching across land and sea.

TenneT is headquartered in Arnhem, the Netherlands. It is a privately‑owned holding wholly owned by the Dutch Ministry of Finance. For more information visit www.tennet.eu.

Digital transformation is already revolutionising every aspect of our lives, changing the way we live, work and play. Throughout this period of uncertainty, TÜV SÜD is striving to add value to governments, businesses and consumers worldwide. Our aim is to inspire trust in technology, enabling progress by managing technology-related risks and facilitating change. This commitment is embodied in the new claim “Add value. Inspire trust.”

TÜV SÜD is a trusted partner of choice for safety, security and sustainability solutions. Over the last 150 years, we have added value to our partners and customers through a comprehensive portfolio of testing, certification, auditing and advisory services. We have enabled progress in society and businesses by staying true to our purpose of protecting people, the environment and assets from technology-related risks.

Today, we are represented by more than 25,000 employees located across over 1,000 locations. Our community of experts is passionate about technology and is inspired by the possibilities of your business. United by the belief that technology should better people’s lives, we work alongside our customers to anticipate and capitalise on technological developments.

Going beyond regulatory compliance, we inspire trust in a physical and digital world to create a safer and more sustainable future.

UL is a premier global independent safety science company with more than 117 years of history. Employing more than 9,000 professionals, with customers in over 96 countries, UL has five distinct business units – Product Safety, Environment, Life & Health, Knowledge Services and Verification Services – to meet the expanding needs of our customers and to deliver on our public safety mission. 

UL offers services to industries from appliances and HVAC/R to chemicals to energy to high tech and to power and controls. Our global sales offices and laboratories allow us to service customers locally – combining industry knowledge with local market understanding.

Additional information about UL may be found at www.UL.com.

IEES – Intelligent Electric Energy Systems – UNIGE-DINAEL (Department of Naval Architecture and Electrical Engineering) University of Genova

The IEES Lab operates in the following scientific and industrial sectors: Management and optimization of the electric system and of the energy and ancillary services markets. Power  system monitoring and preventive-corrective Control. Analysis, modeling and simulation of power system components and controls. Decision support systems and artificial intelligence (AI) applications to the planning and control of large power systems and industrial systems. Advanced technologies and methodologies for power systems protection. Electric distribution systems with distributed generation (DG). Innovative technologies  for electric power microgeneration. Real time load monitoring and management for consumption rationalization and energy saving. Systemistic and design aspects of lighting engineering and domotics.

Current Projects:

SmartGen leader SOFTECO, Genova, ENEL, University of Genova and Bologna, entitled: “Study, development and validation of innovative methods and tools for active distribution networks management with renewable energy sources”, supported by Ministero per lo sviluppo economico - (2011-2013) www.smartgen.it .

Project  FP7 AFTER “A Framework for electrical power sysTems vulnerability identification, dEfense and Restoration”, leader RSE Milano, 13 partners (RSE - Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico, ENEA, SINTEF EN, SINTEF ICT, University College Dublin, City University - London , ALSTOM Power, SIEMENS, Commission of the European Communities Joint Research Centre, ELIA, Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA, ČEPS, a.s.) (2011-2013).

 The T&T Group - Research on Teleinformatics and Teleautomatic at Universidad Nacional in Colombia is involved in several Smart Grid research projects. The T&T Group has the support of Codensa, a colombian utility that distributes electricity throughout the city of Bogotá.

Currently fields of research in the T&T Group are:
- Substation Automation based on IEC 61850
- Cybersecurity for power utility
- Projects concerning CIM adoption

All of the above projects are associated with emerging ICT standards that are required for Smart Grid deployment.

The Agora Center is an internationally recognized and networked research center for interdisciplinary, innovative research on human technology and the knowledge society at the University of Jyvaskyla. It creatively combines research of high international standards from a variety of scientific disciplines with the know-how derived from its diverse partner network.

The Industrial Ontologies Group (IOG) Within the Agora Center is a research group whose main areas of interest are Semantic Web, multi-agent systems and cloud computing (http://www.cs.jyu.fi/ai/OntoGroup/). The ultimate goal of the group is the creation of Global Understanding Environment (GUN) where different heterogeneous resources (physical devices, software, humans, etc.) are capable of forming self-managed ecosystems by "understanding" and utilizing each other's services. IOG also has a long history of cooperation with industrial partners, Among UCAIug members, IOG has cooperated with Fingrid and ABB. IOG's main interest within UCAIug is CIM model and therefore CIM Users Group. We have experience of integration of heterogeneous data sources using Semantic Web technologies. We would like to find methods for easy migration from legacy systems to CIM-based systems, and their further integration.

The Institute of Electrical Power Engineering of Warsaw University of Technology has extensive experience in the research and implementation work carried out on behalf of the industrial sector. This work implements large and experienced staff. One of the areas of the works are studies on microgrids. The Institute is very active in publishing their scientific achievements. The Institute of Electrical Power Engineering conducts research work and implementation of the following, selected topics:

• modeling and digital simulation of networks and operating conditions of power systems,
• databases for power systems,
• computer systems to support the use and operation of power grids,
• optimization in power systems,
• microgrids and distributed generation,

• forecasting the demand for power and electricity,
• digital protections equipment,
• WAMS based control,
• renewable energy sources,
• power quality,
• economics in electrical power engineering.

Zepben provides software solutions for Electricity Distribution Networks. Our solutions support business processes for network owned asset operations and management, and the management of customer owned distributed energy resources.

Our solutions are built on a platform based on the IEC CIM data model that provides a scalable network and measurement aware data fabric, authentication mechanisms, user interface elements and integrations with GIS, ADMS, AMI and CIS. It is also available to our customers and 3rd parties for application development.

The Institute of Embedded Systems at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences is a leading R&D institution in the field of industrial communication. Apart from applied research activities in the development of new communication technologies we offer both turnkey and adaptable IP in the form of FPGA and/or Software for applications in functional safety as well as communication systems in decentralised Energy-Solutions automation. Currently fields of activitiy are:

• Ethernet based high-performance communication solutions (PROFINET, EtherNet/IP etc)

• High precision time synchronisation via packet orientated networks (IEEE 1588)

• High-Availability communication solutions (MRP, PRP, HSR etc)

• Energy Automation (IEC 61850)