The aims of the Conference, to bring together engineers, researchers, managers, financiers and politicians to review progress in electricity in South-Eastern Europe and to facilitate the dissemination of information and the transfer of technology, methodology and experiences, - were effectively served.  The transfer of experiences from elsewhere to this region was a desired outcome, too.
During this two-day Event, 67 high-caliber papers were presented, out of 103 submitted in total, plus 3 keynote presentations by (a) the well-known Cigrean Dusan Povh (GE), (b) the Secretary-General of CIGRE Francois Meslier (FR), and (c) the former Secretary-General of CIGRE Jean Kowal (FR).  There was a productive dialog among the more than one-hundred participants on the developments around Electric Power Systems on the following preferential subjects:

 Directives, Codes and Regulation; Grid infrastructures; Education, training and certification; Large scale interconnected power systems; Algorithms and Optimization;  Distributed Generation;   Electric Power System Planning and Analysis; Energy Markets Deregulation, and Legislation; Ensuring Reliability and Security of Supply; Integration of new Power Transfer Capabilities into the European Electric Power System; Power System Components; Power System Operation and Control; Renewable Energy Sources; Generation and Load cooperation; Information technology systems; Policies in the Electricity Sector and Innovation

CIGRE was a promotional sponsor of DEMSEE 2011.  This sponsorship was of crucial importance to the organizational task of the Power Section of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University of Ljubljana under the chairmanship of Rafael Mihalic (SLO).
The Secretary-General of CIGRE Francois Meslier, who is a permanent Member of the Steering Committee of DEMSEE, delivered a very well received Welcome Address on behalf of CIGRE.  The Chairman of the National Committee of Slovenia Kresimir Bakic (SLO) greeted the start of the Event during a gathering on the 19th of September.

The cozy and friendly environment of the Bled castle was ideal for networking. The welcome event full of historic and cultural displays and performances  was a complete success, resulting in high expectations, of the following day's  official opening of DEMSEE 2011.

Parallel to the Conference the Commerce-and-Trade Attache of the Greek Embassy in Ljubljana visited the Technical Exhibit and showed interest in the two exhibit Stands from Crete.