EA Industry Partners Series: designing switchboards for a high-demand future
This event brings together switchboard design, compliance and electrical safety specialists to examine how modern protection technologies can help manage emerging risks.
Australia’s electrical infrastructure is facing growing pressure from data centres, electrification, renewable energy integration and increasingly automated industrial operations. These changes are driving higher fault levels, greater thermal stress and more complex load profiles, creating new challenges for switchboard design, safety and reliability.
This event brings together switchboard design, compliance and electrical safety specialists to examine how modern protection technologies can help manage these emerging risks. Through practical examples and industry experience, the panel will explore arc flash mitigation, fault protection, internal arc containment and compliance with key standards including AS/NZS 61439 and IEC/TR 61641. Attendees will gain practical insights into designing safer, more resilient switchboards that help protect personnel, minimise equipment damage and support operational continuity in high-demand environments.
Key messages
Understand how data centres, electrification and renewable energy are changing switchboard design requirements and risk profiles.
Learn how modern arc flash protection technologies can reduce fault clearing times and improve safety outcomes.
Explore the role of internal arc containment and design verification in achieving safer switchboard installations.
Gain practical guidance on meeting AS/NZS 61439, IEC/TR 61641 and Appendix ZD requirements.
Discover strategies to improve system resilience, reduce downtime and protect critical electrical assets.
Who should attend?
This event is designed for electrical engineers, consulting engineers, switchboard designers, facility and asset managers, WHS and safety professionals, building services engineers and engineering leaders responsible for electrical infrastructure. It will be particularly valuable for professionals working across data centres, healthcare, critical infrastructure, mining, utilities, industrial facilities and commercial buildings who are involved in the design, operation, maintenance or procurement of switchboard systems.
You do not need to be an Engineers Australia member to attend.
