diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 10d48c1..1b0c9db 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,23 @@
 	</dependencyManagement>
 
 	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
+			<artifactId>event-publisher-library</artifactId>
+			<version>[1.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.gcube.portal</groupId>
+			<artifactId>event-publisher-portal</artifactId>
+			<version>[1.0.0-SNAPSHOT, 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
+			<artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.common.portal</groupId>
 			<artifactId>portal-manager</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/admin/createusers/orchestrator/CreateUserAddToVre.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/admin/createusers/orchestrator/CreateUserAddToVre.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dae4dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/admin/createusers/orchestrator/CreateUserAddToVre.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package org.gcube.portlets.admin.createusers.orchestrator;
+
+import org.gcube.portal.event.publisher.lr62.PortalEvent;
+
+import com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.PortalException;
+import com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.SystemException;
+import com.liferay.portal.model.Group;
+import com.liferay.portal.security.auth.CompanyThreadLocal;
+import com.liferay.portal.security.auth.DefaultScreenNameGenerator;
+import com.liferay.portal.service.UserLocalServiceUtil;
+
+public class CreateUserAddToVre extends PortalEvent {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1499288552188273747L;
+
+    public static final String NAME = "create-user-add-to-vre";
+    public static final String FIRST_NAME_ENTRY = "first-name";
+    public static final String LAST_NAME_ENTRY = "last-name";
+    public static final String EMAIL_ENTRY = "email";
+    public static final String PASSWORD_ENTRY = "password";
+
+    private static DefaultScreenNameGenerator defaultScreenNameGenerator = new DefaultScreenNameGenerator();
+
+    private CreateUserAddToVre(String firstname, String lastname, String email, String password, Group group)
+            throws PortalException, SystemException {
+
+        super(NAME);
+        setUser(computeUsername(email));
+        setFirstname(firstname);
+        setLastname(lastname);
+        setEmail(email);
+        setPassword(password);
+        setGroup(group);
+    }
+
+    public static CreateUserAddToVre newEvent(String firstname, String lastname, String email, String password,
+            Group group) {
+
+        try {
+            return new CreateUserAddToVre(firstname, lastname, email, password, group);
+        } catch (PortalException | SystemException e) {
+            log.error("Cannot create event from group model object", e);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected String computeUsername(String email) {
+        try {
+            Long companyId = CompanyThreadLocal.getCompanyId();
+            Long defaultUserId = UserLocalServiceUtil.getDefaultUserId(companyId);
+            return defaultScreenNameGenerator.generate(companyId, defaultUserId, email);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error("Cannot generate username via screen name generator", e);
+            return "";
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void setFirstname(String firstname) {
+        set(FIRST_NAME_ENTRY, firstname);
+    }
+
+    public String getFirstname() {
+        return (String) get(FIRST_NAME_ENTRY);
+    }
+
+    public void setLastname(String lastname) {
+        set(LAST_NAME_ENTRY, lastname);
+    }
+
+    public String getLastname() {
+        return (String) get(LAST_NAME_ENTRY);
+    }
+
+    public void setEmail(String email) {
+        set(EMAIL_ENTRY, email);
+    }
+
+    public String getEmail() {
+        return (String) get(EMAIL_ENTRY);
+    }
+
+    public void setPassword(String password) {
+        set(PASSWORD_ENTRY, password);
+    }
+
+    public String getPassword() {
+        return (String) get(PASSWORD_ENTRY);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/admin/createusers/orchestrator/CreateUserAddToVrePublisher.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/admin/createusers/orchestrator/CreateUserAddToVrePublisher.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b92ffcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/admin/createusers/orchestrator/CreateUserAddToVrePublisher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package org.gcube.portlets.admin.createusers.orchestrator;
+
+import org.gcube.portal.event.publisher.lr62.AbstractLR62EventPublisher;
+
+public class CreateUserAddToVrePublisher extends AbstractLR62EventPublisher {
+
+    public CreateUserAddToVrePublisher() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+}