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	European Commission - the Joint Research Centre The Joint Research Centre is the scientific and technical arm of the European Commission. It is providing the scientific advice and technical know-how to support a wide range of EU policies. The JRC has seven scientific institutes, located at five different sites in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. The Smart Electricity Systems and Interoperability team (or Action, as it is officially named) is part of the Energy Security Unit at the JRC Institute for Energy and Transport, located both in Petten (NL) and Ispra (IT). www.ses.jrc.ec.europa.eu
	SEDC - Smart Energy Demand Coalition The SEDC is an industry group dedicated to making the demand side a smart and interactive part of the energy value chain. Its focus is to promote demand-centred programs within the areas of, Demand Response, energy usage feedback and information, smart home, in-home and in-building automation that form the heart of the Smart Grid. Its vision is a strong participation of the demand side in the European electricity markets, which will lead to the long-term goals of the Smart Grid: affordability, security of supply and reduced carbon emissions. sedc-coalition.eu
	ČTPSG - Česká technologická platforma Smart Grid Czech Technological Platform Smart Grid was established in September 2009 by local energy companies. It aims at promoting innovative smart infrastructure in Czech Republic through active participation in network development. The Association is opened for every company and institution that is a part of the energy sector and wants to take part in creating the concept for Smart Grid in Czech Republic. The Platform is working on establishing strategic R&D plan for the grid. Its research looks into all aspects of smart grid: infrastructure, technological and normative solutions, and legislative framework. www.smartgridcz.eu
	IUSERPlatform It aims to facilitate collaboration between such sectors as: academia, research and development, industry, education, work market, and state services, to promote knowledge exchange and cooperation in project deployment, planning and strategy development, both on the Polish and International level. The focus of research, is in advancing such technologies and products that can accelerate the progress of distributed generation of energy. The IUSER Platform hopes that such strategy can lead to economic growth due to innovation and knowledge. www.iuser.pw.edu.pl
	The Israeli Smart Energy Association, ISEA The goal of the ISEA is to position Israel as one of the leading countries in the Smart Energy domain; both in terms of developing local innovative industry, as well as local adoption and deployment of Smart Energy solutions. The association has two, tightly linked, aims: to accelerate the adoption of Smart Energy solutions in Israel and to support the growth of local innovative Smart Energy industry. The ISEA leverages its global and local stakeholders to build knowledge and generate business opportunities for its members at the fast growing Smart Energy space. www.isea.org.il
	OSGP Alliance - The Open Smart Grid Protocol The OSGP Alliance, previously named ESNA, is an association by Dutch law, established in 2006. The main objective of the OSGP Alliance is to bring together and form a platform for all those who in one way or another deal with OSGP technology in their day to day operations. Hence the OSGP Alliance brings together utilities, application designers, IT companies, hardware manufacturers and consultants. www.osgp.org
	The Siberian Branch of The Russian Academy of Sciences, The Irkutsk Scientific Center sei.irk.ru
	Smart Power Grids Consortium - Poland Consortium was created on 8 December 2010 by Wrocław University of Technology, the leader of the Consortium. The association include 16 members including: 5 universities, 2 research and development institutes, and 9 commercial companies. The Consortium came up with the Concept of Development and Standardization of Smart Grid. Basing on that document, members work together on project aiming at increasing efficiency of distribution grid operations, and decreasing the chances of black-out. Consortium's partners work on tools to optimize remote grid management, as well as increasing grid security. An important part of its activity is commercialization of research outcomes and technological solutions. www.smartgrids.org.pl
	The Tele & Radio Research Institute is a first class research institute pursuing comprehensive and multidisciplinary research and development works over highly developed technologies and innovations having viable prospects for implementation in many industries. The Institute is a body notified by the European Commission number 1941. The Institute's essential research areas relate to the selected electronic materials and components, electronic mounting and specialised ICT systems. The Institute's mission has been accomplished by conducting scientific and research work and by applying such works and preparing them for implementation at the industrial scale. Such efforts are carried out by specialised Centres. The Institute has implemented, maintained and improved the Quality Management System compliant with PN-EN ISO 9001:2009 standard. www.itr.org.pl
	BESTGRID Launched in April 2013, the BESTGRID project tackles these problems by approaching current European grid development projects in innovative ways. BESTGRID derives its distinct significance from close cooperation between environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and transmission system operators (TSOs) from the UK, Belgium and Germany. They will work together during the planning as well as the implementation phases and aim at improving local public acceptance for grid development processes, speeding up permitting procedures while proactively addressing or even surpassing environmental protection standards, and encouraging the implementation of constructive public engagement in permitting procedures for European "projects of common interest." By sharing their knowledge and comparing experiences, partners will get a more rounded understanding of how to better implement grid expansion projects. www.bestgrid.eu
	National Commission for Energy Control and Prices (NCC) is an independent Lithuanian regulatory authority (in the European Union law's sense) regulating activities of entities in the field of energy and carrying out the supervision of state energy sector. NCC mission is to ensure the quality and availability of energy services to consumers, creating equal conditions for all market participants. NCC objective is to create a credible, independent economic regulatory framework of electricity, natural gas, district heating, drinking water supply and wastewater treatment sectors, which ensures the quality and availability of energy services to consumers. www.regula.lt
	Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) Tajwan is a nonprofit R&D organization engaging in applied research and technical services. Founded in 1973, ITRI has played a vital role in transforming Taiwan’s economy from a labor-intensive industry to a high-tech industry. Numerous well-known, high-tech companies in Taiwan, such as leaders in the semiconductor industry TSMC and UMC, can trace their origins to ITRI. www.itri.org.tw
	The Union of the Electricity Industry - EURELECTRIC is the sector association which represents the common interests of the electricity industry at pan-European level, plus its affiliates and associates on several other continents. We currently have over 30 full members which represent the electricity industry in 32 European countries. EURELECTRIC's mission is to contribute to the development and competitiveness of the electricity industry, to provide effective representation for the industry in public affairs and to promote the role of a low-carbon electricity mix in the advancement of society. Currently, EURELECTRIC's three major objectives are: Delivering carbon-neutral electricity in Europe by 2050 Ensuring a cost-efficient, reliable supply through an integrated market Developing energy efficiency and the electrification of the demand-side to mitigate climate change. EURELECTRIC's work covers all major issues affecting our sector, from markets to energy policy, environment & sustainable development, networks and many other issues. EURELECTRIC's members meet regularly in working groups in order to discuss specific issues and identify - through in-depth and specialised research into the marketplace, technologies and legislation - the common interests of our industry. On this basis, they prepare policy papers and reports. We then work to promote the views of our industry at European level and effectively engage in debates with EU officials and other energy stakeholders. Activities of EURELECTRIC also include organising conferences and events, contributing to press articles and collecting statistics. www.eurelectric.org
	Polish Federation of Engineering Associations (Naczelna Organizacja Techniczna - NOT) It is a cluster of research associations representing technical society, bringing together Polish technicians and engineers. Its goal is to strengthen environmental research and facilitate cooperation between civilizational advance and sustainable growth. www.not.org.pl
	The President of the UKE (Office of Electronic Communications) is the national regulatory authority for the market of telecommunications and postal services. The President of the UKE is also the specialised authority in the area of equipment conformity assessment, including telecommunications terminal equipment and radio equipment. The specific duties of the President of the UKE include, inter alia: the performance of tasks related to the regulation and supervision of telecommunications services' markets, spectrum management, orbital and numbering resources, as well as the enforcement of compliance with electromagnetic compatibility requirements; intervening in matters related to the functioning of the market for telecommunications and postal services, the equipment market and the settlement of disputes between telecommunications undertakings; co-operation with domestic and international telecommunications and postal organisations, other competent national authorities, the European Commission and Community institutions, as well as other NRAs; co-operation with the President of the Office for Competition and Consumers Protection in matters related to the enforcement of the rights of parties using postal and telecommunications services, and with the National Broadcasting Council. UKE's head office is in Warsaw. www.uke.gov.pl
	PRIME Alliance (PoweRline Intelligent Metering Evolution) is a mature, consolidated, and worldwide PLC standard for Advanced Metering, Grid Control and Asset Monitoring applications and the objective to establish a set of open international PLC standards has been met. With an increased number of PRIME certified products interoperability among equipment and systems from different manufacturers has been achieved and deployments of over 4 million PRIME meters by utilities and solution providers, across Europe with recent expansion into Brazil and Australia. PRIME is now being utilized and installed in over 10 countries worldwide. www.prime-alliance.org
	WADE (World Alliance for Decentralized Energy) works to accelerate the worldwide development of high efficiency cogeneration, onsite power and decentralized renewable energy systems that deliver substantial economic and environmental benefits. In 2002 the group changed its name to WADE and broadened its scope to include all manner of DE technologies. WADE believes that the wider use of DE is a key solution to bringing about the cost-effective modernization and development of the world’s electricity systems. Existing decentralized energy (DE) technologies can reduce delivered energy costs and decrease emissions of CO2 as well as other harmful pollutants. www.localpower.org
	PARP is a government agency that has been providing support to entrepreneurs in the implementation of competitive and innovative projects for over 10 years. The primary objective of our activity is to develop the sector of small and medium-sized enterprises in Poland. To support entrepreneurs, PARP uses the funds from the State budget and European Funds. In the 2007-2013 financial perspective, the Agency is responsible for the implementation of measures under three Operational Programmes: Innovative Economy, Human Capital and Development of Eastern Poland. www.parp.gov.pl