📌 Monday 21st March: Fundamentals of CIM Workshop
This in-depth yet comprehensive workshop on the fundamental building blocks of the Common Information Model, will enable you to understand the theory, practical application, and future evolution of the standard in a variety of settings, so that you are fully primed and ready to receive the more complex implementation information that will be imparted in the days that follow.
📌 Tuesday 22nd to Thursday 24th March: Implementation Case-Study Conference & Exhibition
During the course of these main three conference days, you will hear from 20+ TSOs and DSOs at the forefront of implementing CIM. You will come away clear on the cost-benefit, able to fine-tune your business plan, ready to re-define your implementation roadmap, and eager to work more collaboratively with your suppliers to integrate CIM widely for true multi-vendor interoperability.
📌 Friday 25th March: Security & Privacy Seminar
The week wraps up with a deep dive into the security vulnerabilities that CIM introduces and the privacy concerns that your legal departments have. You will understand how to implement the optimal prevention, detection and response strategies to counter the security vulnerabilities, get to grips with the evolving threat landscape, and get confident in working with your cybersecurity lead to strike the balance between data availability and data security & privacy.
Discussion themes include:
🎯 STRATEGIC DRIVERS – Understanding the regulatory, organisational and business case factors driving the take-up of CIM by utilities, technology suppliers, and system integrators
🎯 IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP – Establishing a cost-effective roadmap for CIM implementation, validation and certification for internal and external integrations
🎯 CIM FOR OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS – Creating a cost-effective CIM profile for use across a wide range of internal operational systems within TSO and DSO organisations
🎯 CIM FOR FLEXIBILITY MARKET – Ensuring ease of CIM profile use with a range of external parties and new flexibility market players
🎯 CIM HARMONISATION – Achieving effective CIM interworking with other standards such as IEC 61850 and BIM
🎯 CIM SECURITY & PRIVACY – Building in appropriate levels of security and privacy to ensure legal compliance of your data sharing strategy