The 5th IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) European 2014 Conference, sponsored by IEEE Power & Energy Society, will be held on October 12-15, 2014 in Istanbul. The conference will be hosted by IEEE PES Turkey Chapter and Istanbul Technical University (ITU). ISGT Europe 2014 Istanbul will be a platform for the participants from the academia, electric utilities and industry to discuss the cutting-edge innovations in the smart grid and associated technical developments to transform the existing grid into a smart grid including an increasing number of distributed energy resources and storage facilities. ISGT Europe 2014 Istanbul will cover keynotes, plenaries sessions, panel discussions, paper and poster presentations, and also tutorials by worldwide experts on smart grid and related technologies.