Speaker: Prof. Tomás Gómez Institute for Research in Technology, Comillas University, Madrid, Spain Abstract: Distribution networks are becoming very different from what they used to be. The increasing presence of diverse types of distributed generation, the anticipated strong penetration of plug-in electric vehicles and the use of advanced schemes of interaction with the end consumers are creating new needs for design operation and regulation of the distribution activity. This talk will present results from several on-going research projects that have studied the technical and economic impacts of the integration of distributed generation and electric vehicles and the design of incentives for improving the quality of service in distribution networks. These are building bricks in the current process of adding more intelligence in the electricity grids. Professor Tomás Gómez has worked for more than 25 years in numerous research topics involving distribution networks and he presently participates in several smart grid European projects.