Ivan Benes, the CEO of CITYPLAN and Vice Chairman of the Czech National Committee for Disaster Reduction, was invited speaker at the International Expert Meeting Power Engineering 2012, that was proposed Energy Efficiency 21 event by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Conference organized by the University of Maribor, Faculty for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, was held on 15th to 17th May in Maribor, Slovenia. Ivan Benes presented results from research pilot project called RESPO - REsilient POwer. Project’s goal is to demonstrate possibility of crisis demand side management that enables to provide necessary electricity for residents and critical infrastructure through adaptive distribution grid islanding.