Welcome to CIGRE NZ 2025 Spring Workshop

15 October 2025

Emerging Testing Practices for Digital Substations

CIGRE NZNC. B5 presents Testing of Digital substations this spring

Technical Knowledge Partners

Workshop Schedule

The highlights of the morning session is special interaction with Doble and their experts. The second half is a selected presentation of the Digital Substation workshop undertaken as part of recently delivered CIGRE AORC Technical conference here conducted in Auckland (Recent Electra Article pictures below this schedule provides details) is to be followed by this workshop which is an updated and refined version in addition to 3 to 4 demonstration from local vendors and suppliers. In true CIGRE NZ B5 fashion, this session is primarily for life-long technical learning to engineers and practicing experts within our local Kiwi community.

Program Booklet

CIGRE NZ 2025 Spring Workshop handbook_Ver3_1

Time	Description
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM	Welcome and Opening Karakia
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM	Testing features and considerations for IEC 61850 standard-based projects
9:45 AM – 10:30 AM	Introduction to centralized and virtual protection relay
10:30 AM – 10:40 AM	Break
10:40 AM – 11:00 AM	Introduction to centralized and virtual protection relay (cont.)
11:00 PM – 11:30 PM	Utility experiences with Virtual protection
11:30 PM – 12:00 PM	Round table and open discussion
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM	Lunch and CIGRE NZNC B5 Activity and working groups Engagement and planning for December 5 CIGRE one Day Event alongside IEEE PES Event. https://attend.ieee.org/appeec-2025/

12:45 PM – 12:55 PM	Digital Substation Overview & Tool-chain
12:55 PM – 1:10 PM	Establishing Timing and Cybersecurity Testing Facilities
1:10 PM – 1: 20 PM	PacDSL: Logic Language Models for Protection, Automation and Control
1:20 PM – 1:30 PM	Moving from Workshop Room To Laboratory
1:30 PM – 1:40 PM	Hardware-in-Loop Test : RTDS / OPAL-RT
1:40 PM – 2:00 PM	Live Demonstration: Siemens Relay Setup and Network Integration (HV Power)
2:00 PM – 2:40 PM	Doble Test Environment Demonstration
2:40 PM – 3: 00 PM	Open Slot for any other Demo (Available)
3:00 PM – 3: 20 PM	Open Slot for any other Demo (Available)
3:20 PM – 3:30 PM	Thank you and Closing