Recognized expert, member of the ICA International Users Group, and president of PCItek, Margaret Goodrich was a speaker at the CIM Users Group – Asia-Pacific 2024 Fall Meeting held in Pathum Thani, Thailand, October 2 – 4, 2024. Ms. Goodrich addressed the meeting’s key topic, “CIM as the mechanisms to support the grid modernization and digitalization.”
Emphasis of the meeting was use of COM-based data exchanges as part of business processes and how
digitization is changing the utility industry environment. Both CIM novices and experts profited from the meeting which provided a forum to learn more about CIM and network with colleagues and industry insiders.
The CIM is an international standard now globally accepted for modeling the information exchanges required in electric utilities. The CIM is independent of any individual application, middleware, or message protocols used for data exchange. The interoperability enabled by the CIM standards is a key factor for achieving the Smart Grid vision.
The CIM Users Group (CIMug) was formed to promote progress of the CIM and to share project experiences. The users group holds two meetings each year (one in Europe and one in the U.S.). Recognized experts share their insights and resolve key technical issues. Each meeting also includes pre-conference tutorials, vendor exhibits, and social networking opportunities.
Attendees included utilities, energy companies, RTO/ISOs and others involved in developing standards-based enterprise information architectures and integration frameworks to meet their business challenges. Project managers, system architects, business and IT managers, and control center personnel were also in attendance.
With the focus on Smart Grid interoperability and distribution applications, vendors with CIM-based products demonstrated their products and discussed service offerings.
Those who attended gained first-hand access to CIM experts and went away with new insights on how to realize the power of CIM-based integration.