OpEx: Minimizing operational expenditure
Strategies for reducing operational expenditure whilst maximizing operational resiliency and efficiency
Marriott Marquis
Main Agenda
Schedule Overview
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 14:00 – 15:20 | Expo Floor & Registration Opens |
| 15:20 – 15:30 | Opening Remarks |
| 15:30 – 16:40 | Afternoon Thought Leadership Sessions |
| 16:40 – 17:25 | Coffee Break, Expo, 'Future Industries' Speed Networking & Innovation Stage |
| 17:25 – 19:30 | Evening Thought Leadership Sessions |
| 19:30 – 20:30 | Drinks Reception & Networking |
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Sessions
15:30
17:25
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Why cloud and colocation providers are switching to renewable energy Hall 1, –- Speakers
- Hans Royal, Schneider Electric
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Meet the demands of your data-driven infrastructure Hall 2, –- Speakers
- Eric Herzog, IBM
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Data center 2020: embracing the digital future with Switch Hall 3, –- Speakers
- Bill Kleyman, Infrastructure Masons
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Insights into geo-expansion: overcoming European hyperscale delivery constraint Hall 4, –- Speakers
- Peter Jones, Yondr
17:55
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No limit power: how to support HPC at a PUE of 1.15 Hall 1, –- Speakers
- Jake Ring, GIGA Data Centers
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Turning on 5G Hall 2, –- Speakers
- Martin T. Olsen, Vertiv
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Webscale resilience – hazards mitigation and advanced microgrids Hall 3, – -
Location, location, location: which regions are offering the most ping, power and pipe for your buck? Hall 4, –
18:25
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Pricing the bleeding edge: how will coolants, machine learning and GPUs impact the cost of the 2030 data center? Hall 1, – -
Resiliency in hybrid IT: notes from the field Hall 2, –- Speakers
- Vincent Rais, Uptime Institute
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The infrastructure venture democratizing access to high-capacity fiber and onboarding the Internetless Hall 3, – -
Power(ful) cities: how location is dictating energy cost, volatility and contract options Hall 4, –
Schedule Overview
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:00 | Expo Floor & Registration Opens |
| 10:20 – 10:30 | Opening Remarks |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Morning Thought Leadership Sessions |
| 11:30 – 12:20 | Coffee Break, Expo & Innovation Stage |
| 12:20 – 14:20 | Thought Leadership Sessions Continued and Hosted Roundtables |
| 14:20 – 15:30 | Lunch, Expo & VIP Briefings |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Lightening Plenary Fireside Chat |
| 16:00 – 16:00 | Conference Closes |
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Sessions
12:20
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Case study: How onsite renewable energy generation and lake water cooling gave rise to the green zettabyte Hall 1, – -
Make the global CO2 challenge an opportunity for your business Hall 2, – -
Can HDDs keep up with the analytics arms race? Hall 3, – -
Fireside chat: Corporate PPAs and beyond - How to achieve zero carbon energy for the data center Hall 4, –
12:50
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From core to edge: How to implement smart power in the data center Hall 1, –- Speakers
- Justin Jurek, Piller Power Systems
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The battle between edge and core for supremacy: which deployment will win? Hall 2, –- Speakers
- Mark Thiele, Edgevana
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Going green with data center builds, consolidations and retrofit Hall 3, –- Speakers
- John Parker, ESRI
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A new approach to electric supply for data centers Hall 4, –
13:20
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Panel debate: Preparing for decarbonization - Can microgrids 'cross the chasm'? Hall 2, – -
Panel debate: prepping for dense data - can air handle the heat from cognitive workloads? Hall 3, – -
Infrastructure Masons - fireside chat Hall 4, – -
Boom or Bust: How will 'new' IT trends impact the business model of the data center? Hosted Roundtables, –- Speakers
- William Dougherty, Omada Health
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Utilizing software solutions for data center optimization & TCO Hosted Roundtables, – -
Ready to go off-grid? Are microgrids in your future? Hosted Roundtables, – -
VIP-only roundtable: off the record - strategies for ‘greening’ the data center Hosted Roundtables, – -
What is hiding in your data center? The impact of indirect costs in x86 and LinuxONE environments. Hosted Roundtables, –- Speakers
- Srirama Krishnakumar, IBM
