The Energy Industry Days are being held in early September in Aachen for the sixth time this year and will be focussing on the central question “Quo vadis, Smart Markets and Smart Grids?”. Within the context of the conference, the Aachen University of Applied Sciences will play host to a number of discussions on current research projects and on-going developments regarding smart markets and smart grids, whereby the different views of the market participants are identified and examined in detail.