CIM Users Group – North American Meeting

 

CFP Deadline: September 1, 2025

Notice of Acceptance: No Later than September 5, 2025

 

Theme: “Bridging Planning & Operations: Interoperable Solutions for Rapid Grid Transformation”

 

This meeting will focus on the critical connection between long-term planning and real-time operations, highlighting how CIM and interoperable solutions enable utilities to manage rapid changes in the grid. Sessions will explore real-world implementations, integration strategies, and innovations that support more agile, data-driven decision-making across utility environments. Whether you are a CIM novice or expert, this meeting will provide a forum to learn more about CIM and to network with industry colleagues.

 

 

 

Call for Presentations is now open, and we encourage you to share your CIM knowledge as it relates to our theme, “Bridging Panning & Operations: Interoperable Solutions for Rapid Grid Transformation” and other CIM related topics.

Presentations should align with the theme by highlighting how CIM supports the connection between long-term system planning and real-time operations. We welcome real-world use cases, integration strategies, lessons learned, and innovations that help utilities respond to rapid grid changes with agility and interoperability. Related CIM topics—such as implementation in transmission, distribution, DER integration, and digital transformation—are also encouraged. To have your presentation considered for the CIM Users Group North American Fall Meeting 2025:

 

1. Please submit a 200-500 word abstract outlining the presentation’s key messages to Ryan@ucaiug.org.

2. Include your name, title, company, address, phone number, and email address.

3. Identify a presenter or presenters

4. Provide a short bio of the author(s) and identify the presenter(s).

5. Abstract submissions are due no later than September 1, 2025, and must be sent to  Ryan@ucaiug.org.

 

 

Priority in presentation selection is given to utilities, ISOs, RTOs, TSOs, DSOs, universities and non-profit industry organizations.

Suppliers may present a utility-approved presentation if they are co-authors.  Preference, however, will be given to presentations with a utility presenter.

All presentations must be non-commercial (no overt marketing material in the presentation) with a focus on the CIM which is deemed to be informative and helpful to other companies considering using the CIM.

Non-commercial thought leadership presentations from all CIMug members are welcome.

Presentations that demonstrate actual experiences with lessons learned will be preferred over high-level strategies for planned projects.

CIM Users Group membership is not a requirement for presentations.

 

 

The CIM Users Group meeting is a 3-day event that begins with a one-day CIM University program on October 14, 2025. The CIM University is a pre-conference CIM tutorial that is open to members and non-members to learn CIM basics, enterprise integration and related standards. Registration is available for the one-day tutorial at a special rate and is included in the full conference pass. The remaining two-day conference starting on Oct. 15, 2025, presents utility case studies, project summaries, standards updates and panel discussions to illustrate best practices in how utilities are becoming data/model-driven using the CIM. Lunch is provided and there will be an evening hospitality event on Oct. 15, 2025, to help facilitate social networking with industry leaders and peers.

 

 

We encourage our corporate members to participate via a meeting sponsor or vendor demonstration table. We have several sponsorship levels to choose from including Gold, Silver, Lanyard, or table sponsors. For additional information please contact Ryan@ucaiug.org. A full sponsorship package document will be sent out shortly, or you can use the following link: Be a Sponsor!

 

 

The registration page is now open, and reachable from the home pages of UCA, CIMug, UCATF and UCAWG websites by clicking on the meeting banner image, then selecting “Register Now!” Or, click the blue “Register Now!” shown below.

 

Early bird rates will be in effect until Sep 1, 2025, so please get your registration completed by then. Registrations after September 15, 2025, will be subject to space availability, please contact Ryan@ucaiug.org if you plan to register late.

 

 

 

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Wendell, North Carolina

27591

USA

Tel: +1 (919) 365 – 2200

Website: https://usa.siemens.com/gridsoftware

 

 

The CIM Users Group is not-for-profit organization of utilities, consultants, and suppliers dedicated to educating utility stakeholders on the IEC CIM standards, promoting the use of CIM and developing consensus and consistency across the industry on using the CIM standards.

 

P.O. Box 315

Shell Knob, MO 65747

USA

Tel: +1-903-477-7176,

Email: CIMUG@ucaiug.org  

Website: https://www.cimug.org