The Saudi Organization for Standardization, Metrology and Quality announces the postponement of the workshop "The role of standards and their importance in the field of renewable energy and smart grids", to be held on Monday 8/15/1434 AH corresponding to 06/24/2013 at the headquarters of the organization in Riyadh, in cooperation with the German National Institute for Testing and Certification. VDE and the German Committee for Electricity, Electronics and Information Technology (DKE) to a date that will be determined later in view of the travel conditions related to the German experts.