Nokia Utility User Group Australia 2026

Nokia Utility User Group
Australia 2026

Melbourne, Australia
20-21 July 2026

Nokia Utility User Group – Australia 2026

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20-21 July 2026

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Melbourne, Australia

Monday, 20 July 2026

Day 1

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Registration
Trilogy Ballroom
Lobby Level, Park Hyatt Melbourne

1:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Event Opening
Anthony Lam, Mission-critical Enterprise Lead, Sales Engineering and Solutions, Nokia

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm

Advanced protection system using network-based communication

Takahiro Kase – Senior Manager​, Grid Service Business Creation Department,​ Grid Solution Division, Toshiba, Japan

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm

Software Defined Digital Substation

Prithpal Khajuria – Global Segment Leader​ Energy & Utilities Sector, Intel Corporation, US

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm

Networking break and interactive demonstrations

3:15 pm – 4:00 pm

Teleprotection modernization: Jemena’s transition to packet transport

Bradley WIlliamson – Senior Communications Specialist, Zinfra, Australia

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

A Segment Routing use case for DSO FLISR application at medium-voltage power network

Peter Ceferin – Chief Technical Officer, Smart Com, Slovenia

Damjan Bobek – Head of Telecommunications, Elektro Celje, Slovenia

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Building the Utility Network of the Future: IP & DWDM ​

Bruno Peralta – Telecom Design & Engineering Manager​, RED Electrica, Spain

6:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Free time before dinner

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Networking Dinner
Trilogy Ballroom

Tuesday, 21 July 2026

Day 2

8:30 am – 9:00 am

Poll – Technology Visions and Challenges

9:00 am – 9:45 am

AI-Ops for Utility OT networks

Ozge Korkut – Senior Regional PLM and Consulting Engineer, Nokia, Australia

9:45 am – 10:30 am

IEC 61850 from a Communications Perspective: SV/GOOSE vs. RSV/R-GOOSE

Mauricio Subieta – Energy Chief Technical Officer, North America, Nokia, US

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Networking break and interactive demonstrations

11:00 am – 11:45 am

Connectivity to Continuity: Building Secure Utility Communications Networks

Bhuvneshwar Tyagi (BT) – Cybersecurity Specialist, Sales Lead​, APAC & Japan, Nokia, Australia

11:45 am – 12:30 pm

Optical Transport Evolution

Sachin Jain – Head of Optical Enterprise Business Development, Nokia, Australia

12:30 pm – 12:45 pm

Event feedback and Poll results

12:45 pm – 1:00 pm

Closing remarks
Dominique Verhulst, Global Energy Segment Leader, Nokia