Richard Schomberg is IEC Ambassador for Smart Energy (www.IEC.ch).Recipient of the IEC 2011 Lord Kelvinaward,he designed multimillioneuros complex systems for critical operations. He has been Professor of System Engineering at Supelec (Paris), Chair of the Intelligrid Strategy Committee (Electric Power Research Institute – recipient of the ChaunceyStarr Award 2005). He has been member of the Technology Advisory Board of Southern California Edison,emeritus member of the USD of Grid wise Architecture Council. He had the responsibility of EDFR & activities in North America(strategic partnerships with scientific/industrial players), sourcing and transferring innovations to EDF Group in Europe.He is currently incharge of strategy and Smart Energy Standardization activities coordination across EDF.