For the first time in history of substation secondary systems, the Brazilian Protection and Automation Community (BPAC) is ready for a major technological change. For once in our lives, we will not be learning from products. We could prepare our specialists before the arrival of IEC 61850 based systems. Since 2005, BPAC has been prepared by conferences, seminars and specific courses sponsored by Brazilian CIGRÉ Study Committee (SC) B5 with full support from International CIGRÉ SC B5 - Protection and Automation. The "International Conference on IEC 61850" was followed by a number of courses and seminars with the attendance of Mr. Ivan De Mesmaeker and many other distinguished international invited speakers. Among them, Dr. Alexander Apostolov - PAC World Editor - played a most important role providing many courses, so BPAC could be trained on IEC 61850. More