society news Peter Palensky ISGT Europe 2020 conference focuses on smart grid technology D DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHnology, The Netherlands, played host to the 10th edition of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Europe Conference, a flagship event cosponsored by the PES. This year, the symposium was organized virtually due to COVID-19. discussed how innovative smart grid technologies can contribute to cleanenergy objectives. Keynote presentations addressed different views of these futuristic energy systems. Ad van Wijk (adviser to Hydrogen Europe and the European Commission) opened the conference with a proposal that electricity and hydrogen will be carbon-free symbiotic energy carriers with a Policy initiatives set by the European Commission aim to make Europe climate neutral in 2050. One of the virtual sessions at ISGT-Europe 2020. Participants logged in from 47 countries on five-plus continents. More than 30% of the attendees had an affiliation outside Europe. 2020 wa s t he yea r of t he " European Green Deal. " Policy initiatives set by the European Commission aim to make Europe climate neutral in 2050. Therefore, the conference's theme was " Smart Grids: Key Enablers of a Green Power System. " Attendees Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MPE.2020.3043652 Date of current version: 19 February 2021 march/april 2021 ieee power & energy magazine 91