Dr. Zoran Marinšek is a researcher and manager. He has graduated and received PhD from University of Ljubljana (1987). In the course of his scientific career, he accumulated experience in several research fields and topics, starting in thermodynamics and nuclear engineering, then moving to computer-controlled systems in industry and internal energy systems and finally to flexibilities management in energy trading processes in Smart Grids, where his present interests are focused; as researcher in J.Stefan Institute (JSI) in Ljubljana (1987-1987) and as post-graduate researcher at Centre d’Etudes Nucleaires de Grenoble (1973-1974). He was co-founder (1987) and first manager of company INEA d.o.o., first JSI’s spin-off, and since 2016 Director of Competence Centre for Advanced Control technologies. He was Scientific &Technical manager of GOFLEX project (2017-2020). He is co-founder of recent technology start-up OFFSET Energy (2021). Zoran is a Fellow of Slovenian Academy of Engineering, since 2017 President of its Platform for energy and since 2018 a member of the Steering committee of Euro-CASE energy platform. The Center links research institutions and companies in Control technologies in R&D&I projects for developing technologies, services and products for the market.