The future electric grid requires collaboration from many different industry organizations. No one organization has the capability to cover the technology, standards, policy, business models, cyber security, etc. needed. Additionally, the landscape of Smart Grid, or the grid of the future, is from "turbine to toaster". This is a daunting landscape that includes generation, transmission, distribution and the customer. This panel will emphasize how different industry organizations can successfully collaborate to provide the industry a consensus for grid modernization for the future. Discussion topics will include roles and responsibilities of each organization, a process for collaboration, case studies of successful collaboration, and the goals and deliverables for this effort.