The Internet of Things is the concept of millions of interconnected intelligent devices that communicate with others. The smart grid is an application of the Internet of Things. It is composed of embedded machines, which sense and control the behavior of the energy world. Driven by countries to promote the upgrading of power grid infrastructure, the global smart grid market has continued to grow steadily, and the IoT–driven smart grid has become a hot area of research. Therefore, it is the perfect time to invest in a research initiative, e.g., through our event, in the IoT–dominated smart grid area. The theme invites ideas on how to achieve more efficient use of resources based on the IoT–based machine–to–machine, interactions of millions of smart meters and sensors in the smart grid specific communication networks such as home area networks, building area networks, and neighborhood area networks.

The smart grid also encompasses IoT technologies, which monitor transmission lines, manage substations, integrate renewable energy generation (e.g., solar or wind), and utilize hybrid vehicle batteries. Through these technologies, the authorities can smartly identify outage problems, and intelligently schedule the power generation and delivery to the customers. Furthermore, the smart grid should teach us a valuable lesson that security must be designed in from the start of any IoT deployment. Since there is an alarming lack of standards to address the protection of the secret keys and/or the life–cycle security of the embedded smart grid devices, intruders could use conventional attack techniques to breach the security just as in any other IoT deployment.

In order to address and solve many of the tough challenges in the IoT–driven smart grid, prospective authors are cordially invited to submit their original and unpublished research contributions to this event on the following technical areas of (but not limited to) smart grid communications and IoT:

• Communication networks for smart grids and smart metering
• Sensor, actuator, and machine–to–machine (M2M) networks for smart grid
• Ultra–reliability and low–latency in 5G
• Machine learning for smart device networking
• Control techniques for smart grid energy systems
• Demand side management, demand response, and dynamic pricing for smart grid
• Renewable energy technology and smart grid technologies
• Emerging applications, services, and management models of smart grid
• Reliability, availability, resiliency, and robustness of smart grid
• Empowering intelligence at the grid edge
• New trends and technologies for smart grid
• Smart grid cyber security

All registered papers will be submitted for publishing by Springer – LNICST series and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library.

Proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in leading indexing services, such as Web of Science, Compendex, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, IO-Port, MatchSciNet, Inspec and Zentralblatt MATH

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to:

• Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Journal [IF: 3.8 (2022)]

All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of:

• EAI Endorsed Transactions on Internet of Things (Scopus)

Additional publication opportunities:

• EAI Transactions series (Open Access)
• EAI/Springer Innovations in Communications and Computing Book Series
  (titles in this series are indexed in Ei Compendex, Web of Science & Scopus)

This event is organized by EAI.

EAI – European Alliance for Innovation is a non-profit organization and a professional community established in cooperation with the European Commission to empower the global research and innovation, and to promote cooperation between European and International ICT communities.

EAI’s vision is to foster excellence in research and innovation on the principles of transparency, objectivity, equality, and openness. Our guiding principle is community cooperation to create better research, provide fair recognition of excellence and transform best ideas into commercial value proposition.

EAI‘s mission is to create an environment that rewards excellence transparently, and builds recognition objectively regardless of age, economic status or country of origin, where no membership fees or closed door committees stand in the way of your research career.

Through these shared values, EAI leads the way toward advancing the world of research and innovation, empowering individuals and institutions for the good of society to fully benefit from the digital revolution.