Panel Session Esteemed Keynotes

Smart grid is a concept with many elements where monitoring and control of each element in the chain of generation, transmission, distribution and end-use allow the electricity delivery system and use to be more efficient.Smart Grid sits at the top of a four-tier hierarchy starting with the Smart Buildings and Services which are elements of a Smart Campus, many of them when interconnected forms a Smart City, and many of them taken together form the Smart Grid.A smart city relies on widely distributed smart devices to monitor the urban environment in real-time, collects information for intelligent decision making, and facilitates various services to improve the quality of urban living.Smart cities address urban challenges such as pollution, energy efficiency, security, parking, traffic, transportation, and others by utilizing advanced technologies in data gathering and communications interconnectivity via the Internet.The proliferation of personal mobile devices and the development of online social networks, make participatory sensing viable at a large scale, but may introduce many open-ended problems at the same time.This interconnectedness implies that the Smart Grid and the Smart City must be developed together, and one cannot succeed without the other.