This chapter describes Project management structure and lists participating organizations. Main researchers on the Project are also listed here.

Project management and organization

The overview of the managerial organization of the project is presented in Figure 1.

Figure 1- General managerial organization of the Project

Project was managed by two academic institutions with respected teams as follows.

Dr. Stefano Zanero^[1] has lead team with major role from Dr. Nicola Gatti and Dr. Francesco Amignoni at the Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento Elettronica Information.

Dr. Zdenko Šimić^[2] has lead team with Luka Lugarić and Dr. Slavko Krajcar at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Power and Energy Systems Department. In addition four other researchers also co-operated with Project.  Three PhD students also cooperated with Project and one has just obtained his degree. Total of eight student researchers were one or more years Projects stipendists: Boran Morvaj, Ninoslav Holjevac, Bruno Jurišić, Goran Jurišić, Roberto Rosandić, Katarina Knezović, Ivo Sluganović, and Jurica Brekalo Štrbić.  Nine students have graduated (five years program) with assignments related to the Project.

The core of Project activities was performed at the respected academic institutions. Communication and meetings were organized in order to connect with end users institutions and industry.  The list of participating organization is presented in the next subchapter.

Participating Institutions and Industry

This subchapter lists all end users organizations (i.e., intuitions and industry).  These organizations represent all dimensions related to the emergent power systems phenomena (i.e., utility, policy, regulation, and industry).

• NATO Parliamentary Assembly Delegation (CP-NPAD), Dr. Kresimir Čosić, Zagreb, Croatia, Head manager, Consultations on the usability of the end product for purposes of national security;

• Croatian Power Company (HEP), Dr. Željko Tomšić, Zagreb, Croatia, Management Board member, Overall feedback on deliverables, consultations on usability of the end product on implementing the Croatian transmission and distribution system SCADA implementation;

• Energy Directorate, Ministry of economy, labor and entrepreneurship (MINGORP), Branimir Horaček, Zagreb, Croatia, Director, Consultations on usability of the end product in testing effects of energy policy shifts;

• Croatian Energy Regulatory Agency (HERA), Tomo Galić, Zagreb, Croatia, President, Consultations on implementation of energy market principles in the region within the testbed model, input for case studies;

• Croatian energy market operator (HROTE), Leo Prelec, Zagreb, Croatia, General manager, Consultations on usability of the end product and its alignment with legal framework in Croatia and surrounding countries;

• Adnet Ltd., Vlatko Debeljuh, Zagreb, Croatia, Software engineer, Overall feedback on deliverables, consultant on creating the SCADA model, input on case studies;

• Institute for research and development of defense systems (IROS), Ministry of defense, Dr. Dario Matika, Zagreb, Croatia, Head manager, Consultations on usability of the end product in current research within his institution.