ComplexEnergy - Complex Systems for an ICT-enabled Energy System is an initiative led by The Innaxis Foundation and Research Institute and Create-Net with the purpose of bridging the ICT, Energy and Complex Systems research communities in order to:

• build the foundations for a new, EC-scale, interdisciplinary research community able to formulate innovative approaches to energy system modeling, design and governance;
• carry out a well-defined and systematic consultation of these three research communities, as well as of policy makers and other relevant stakeholders, with the aim to identify the main strategic areas, the emerging research avenues and the major research challenges at the junction of ICT, Energy and Complex Systems; and
• define a roadmap for the development of these research trends, including recommendations on research topics for FP7 calls in 2011 and beyond.

The ComplexEnergy initiative would like to thank Antonio Capone, Silvano Cincotti, José Ramasco, Nikos Hatziargyriou, Kristian Lindgren, Sergio Usón, and Leandros Tassiulas for contributing to the White Paper. The input and contributions have proven to be fundamental in its development and has greatly contributed to its success.