MAS2TERING [“Multi-Agent Systems and Secured coupling of Telecom and Energy gRIds for Next Generation smartgrid services”] is a three-year technology-driven and business-focused project, aimed at developing an innovative information and communication technology (ICT) platform for the monitoring and optimal management of local communities of prosumers. MAS2TERING combines an original business vision, aimed at the enablement of local energy aggregation markets, with a set of enabling technologies from the artificial intelligence, communication and security domains.