{"id":3,"date":"2025-04-13T21:10:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T21:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpecom.org\/2026\/industry-forum\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T07:17:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T07:17:21","slug":"industry-forum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gpecom.org\/2026\/industry-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Speech Title \u2014 Teaching Protection Engineering with High-Fidelity Digital Twins: Co-Simulation for Scalable, Reproducible Learning <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Andrea Bonetti, <\/strong>Megger Sweden AB, Sweden<\/h3>

Niclas Wetterstrand, <\/strong>Global Industry Director \u2013 Utilities Protection,\u00a0<\/strong>Megger Group, Sweden<\/h3>

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Digitalization is reshaping the day-to-day work of protection engineers, and major workforce publications in both Europe and the United States converge on the same conclusion: accelerated upskilling is a prerequisite for a reliable, modern power system. In Europe, the ETIP SNET Working Group 4 (2025) report \u201cUpskilling needs for the energy system to support the energy transition with a focus on digital skills\u201d explicitly links the energy transition to digital competence, virtual environments, new training methods, and the enabling role of digital twins. In the United States, the DOE Grid Modernization Multi-Year Program Plan and the EPRI framework \u201cWorkforce Skills of the Future\u201d deliver a parallel message, emphasizing that simulation and digital training must become part of everyday practice to prepare the grid workforce.<\/p>

This keynote presents High Fidelity Digital Twins (HFDT) as an industry response to these policy-driven demands: manufacturer-authored, functionally equivalent replicas of protection relays and test equipment, operating in virtual time with full algorithmic fidelity. A central theme is co-simulation, where HFDT protection devices operate together with power-system models and real-time test environments to reproduce realistic system behavior and interactions. The talk will share practical experience from commercial protection-engineering training courses delivered in Sweden, where HFDT enabled each participant to work with a complete virtual setup, increasing hands-on time and individual responsibility while reducing dependence on physical lab hardware.<\/p>

Beyond upskilling, the keynote will outline how HFDT combined with co-simulation supports protection workflows such as closed-loop virtual testing, pre-commissioning preparation, regression testing, and collaborative troubleshooting. It will also highlight opportunities for academia, including scalable laboratory teaching, reproducible experiments, research on protection algorithms and settings, and shared benchmark scenarios without the cost and logistics of full physical labs. The keynote will close with implications for utility adoption and future international standardization linked to digital testing and digital engineering practices.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Andrea Bonetti<\/strong>\u00a0is a senior specialist in power system protection and IEC 61850 applications based in Sweden. With a master\u2019s degree in electrotechnical engineering from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, he has over 30 years of experience in the field. Andrea has worked as an HV power system protection specialist at HV relay protection manufacturer Hitachi Energy Grid Automation Products (former ABB) in V\u00e4ster\u00e5s, Sweden for 18 years, and at Megger in Stockholm for 9 years as a product manager and technical specialist for relay test equipment and IEC 61850 test set and tools. He has also worked as a consultant in power system protection and IEC 61850 applications for 5 years. Andrea holds a patent in the area of IEC 61850 testing tools and algorithms.
Andrea is the chair of the TC 95, active member of the IEC TC 95\/MT 4 and TC 95\/WG 2 committees for standardization of protection functions and IEC 61850 application for protection. He has received the IEC 1906 Award in 2013 and is a guest lecturer at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm) for IEC 61850 for Substation Automation applications since 2008.
Andrea is a teacher for IEC 61850 for protection and control applications for the private Swedish University Lernia (Yrkesh\u00f6gskola) since 2021, and also at STF for Rel\u00e4skydd III \u2013 Idriftagning av rel\u00e4skydd (commissioning of protection relays) from April 2024.\u00a0<\/p>

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Niclas Wetterstrand<\/strong>\u00a0has in his whole carrier been working with electrical test equipment for the Power Sector. He started with Megger Sweden (formerly PROGRAMMA) in 1992 and have been in various roles such as Production Management, Quality, Commercial Marketing, Strategic Marketing, Product Management and Sales.<\/span><\/p>

Niclas is currently a Global Industry Director (GID) in the Business Unit Protection at Megger group and is responsible for the strategic planning of Megger test equipment within relay protection, circuit breaker, instrument transformer and primary testing.\u00a0Niclas is a member in Cigr\u00e9, attending two WGs and is a frequent speaker at international conferences.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Speech Title \u2014 Enabling the AI-ready Grid with Next Generation Communication Technology<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Dominique Verhulst<\/strong>, Head of the Energy Segment at Nokia, Finland<\/h3>

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Dominique Verhulst <\/strong>currently heads the Energy Segment at Nokia\u2019s Network Infrastructure Group.\u00a0Leveraging Nokia\u2019s portfolio of Fixed, IP&Optical, and professional services products, Dominique drives the business and solutions development \u00a0for Energy customers globally.<\/p>

He is the author of the \u201cTeleprotection over Packet Networks\u201d\u00a0e-book available<\/a>, and co-author of several publications from the University of Strathclyde on the matter of Differential Protection over IP\/MPLS.\u00a0He has over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications networking industry, holding senior sales and marketing positions at Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent, Newbridge Networks, Ungermann-Bass and Motorola.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Speech Title \u2014 Multi-level EV traction Inverter utilizing GaN and SiC with Dynamic Slew-rate Control<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Jaeeun Cha,<\/strong>\u00a0Principal Systems Application Engineer, Infineon Technologies Americas Corp., USA<\/h3>

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This presentation will review traction Inverter topologies with a focus on Multi-level Smart T-type Inverters utilizing GaN & SiC. To provide a comprehensive view an introduction to the topology, operating mechanism as well as system benefits such as efficiency improvement and battery cost savings will be reviewed. Simulation and measurement data from prototype power module featuring smart T-type operation will be presented. In order to minimize the overshoot ringing and energy losses, Dynamic Slew-rate Control method of gate driver will be illustrated. Overview traction inverter efficiency improvements by variable slew-rate and dynamic boost mode functions with Infineon\u2019s latest generation gate drivers. Highlight the benefits of GaN Bi-directional Switch (BDS) for smart T-type inverter applications. Introduce Main Inverter Kit reference designs for both 2-level and 3-level T-type 800V systems.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Jaeeun Cha<\/strong> has 10 years of experience in Automotive Power Electronics over a wide range of applications. He worked for Hyundai & KIA Motor Company for about 7 years as a research engineer designing OBC, Wireless Power Transfer System, and Traction Inverter Power Module. In 2023, he joined Infineon Technologies as a Product Definition Engineer for GaN & SiC Automotive Power MOSFET in Austria. Currently, he is working as a Systems Application Engineer for traction Inverter in the US. He received the M.Sc. degree with Distinction of Control Systems in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from the Imperial College London, UK, in 2015.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Speech Title \u2014 to be announced<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Svein Harald Olsen, <\/strong>CIM Project Manager, Statnett SF, Norway<\/h3>\n
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Svein Harald Olsen<\/strong> serves as an Enterprise Information Architect at Statnett SF, the Norwegian Transmission System Operator (TSO). He holds a Master\u2019s degree in Computer System Engineering from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, and brings over 20 years of experience in developing IT solutions across the entire electricity value chain, spanning from power generation and trading to end-user consumption.<\/p>

Svein is an active Norwegian member of the IEC TC57 Working Groups 13 and 14, and was honored with the prestigious IEC 1906 Award in 2023. He serves as the IEC TC57 liaison to ISO for both Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Industrial Data Ontology (IDO). Additionally, he plays a key role within ENTSO-E, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, where he contributes to developing information models that meet EU Network Code requirements for data exchange<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Industry Forum Speeches Speech Title \u2014 Teaching Protection Engineering with High-Fidelity Digital Twins: Co-Simulation for Scalable, Reproducible Learning Andrea Bonetti, Megger Sweden AB, Sweden Niclas Wetterstrand, Global Industry Director \u2013 Utilities Protection,\u00a0Megger Group, Sweden Abstract: Digitalization is reshaping the day-to-day work of protection engineers, and major workforce publications in both Europe and the United States<\/p>\n

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