Ambition of this project is very broad and approach taken for the realization has so many elements and huge complexity that three years were certainly not enough to bring laboratory to completion(i.e., fully functional). Therefore it will be necessary to continue  work in order to make the best use of this multidisciplinary platform (i.e., power system, computing and communication).

  Primarly further work will be focused on the full competion (i.e., testing of designed features) and verification and validation for all planned functionality.

  After functionality is assured the results from the physical systems operation and modeling will determine the use of the established platform. This will then depending on the results define some specific needs and potentials for further research and development. Need for the certain changes to the software and hardware is certainly not excluded and that will also require certain resources.

   Further research and development plans are also to add new features with more details and special attention to the following:

• Security of IT systems in the framework of smart grid,
• Risk and reliability assessment with inclusion of current and expected conditions in the power systems;
• Smart energy city planning with optimization for the efficiency, reliability and security;
• Power system optimization regarding distributed (renewable) energy sources integration and sustainability;
• Scenario cases which will demonstrate usability and relevance to the real power system conditions and operation.

  Further research and development needs are directly related to the necessity of validation and verification to the planned use of this platform. This means that the dynamic of the realization of these future plans will depend on the availability of resources. This is related to the manpower (i.e., support for PhD research) and external commercial support (i.e., specialized software and hardware services).