"GRBs and Electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave events" Mounting evidence points towards the association of short gamma-ray bursts (SGRB) with compact binary mergers involving at least one neutron star (NS). This implies some connection between the properties of SGRBs and NS-NS (or NS-BH) binaries. How are the rate and redshift distribution of these events related? What is the impact of the progenitor binary properties on the SGRB and its afterglow? Once we detect gravitational waves from the binary inspiral and merger, can we use the encoded information to predict some properties of the SGRB and thus optimize the electromagnetic follow-up? I will try to address these questions from both an observational and a theoretical point of view, based on the most up-to-date results about the SGRB population properties.