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DCME GOES VIRTUAL

International Conference & Exhibition 2020

The live days of this event took place on Tuesday 6th & Wednesday 7th October 2020 however all content - including the conference sessions and virtual exhibition booths - remain available on-demand until 5pm on Saturday 7th November 2020

This event can still be accessed FREE OF CHARGE by end users (including data centre owners / operators, vendor-neutral consultants, installers, engineers, architects, cost consultants, etc). If you believe you qualify for a complimentary end user ticket and have not yet applied, please do so here. If you work for a vendor, manufacturer, distributor, recruitment agency etc or any other type of organisation that does not offer direct value to our event sponsors you will not qualify for a free ticket unfortunately however you may buy tickets from just £25 + VAT here.

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6TH & 7TH OCT 2020

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NO TRAVEL OR HOTEL COSTS

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

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EXHIBITION HALL

Visit exhibition booths to discover industry developments and to chat with peers and experts

NETWORKING

Chat with attendees, speakers & exhibitors via text, audio & video

WIN PRIZES

Participate in leader-board and scavenger hunt activities to gain points and win prizes!

DATACENTRE.ME (DCME) is an established & respected data centre events company and, as such, the greatest care and attention is being taken when putting together an interesting, informative & compelling event.

We invite you to join us from the comfort and convenience of your home or office. This virtual event is literally at your fingertips… on your computer, mobile phone or other device. We invite you to step in and explore the exhibition hall where you will discover the very latest industry products & services and, of course, you will have the chance to catch up with your go-to favourite vendors too. You will be able to view, save and email documents & videos available on the exhibition booths and, if you need more information, you will have the ability to communicate with the exhibitors via your choice of text, audio and video chat, all within the confines of the virtual event platform…. Enjoy the conference programme or hang out in the networking lounge, inviting other attendees to join in group conversations or for a general catch up. Prizes will be on offer to those registrants who are the most active during the live days and explore and network the most.

Despite this being a virtual event, the exhibition floor & conference auditorium will have a very similar look and feel to the physical events that we are all so familiar with. The virtual environment will be extremely easy-to-navigate for all visitors & sponsors and there will be helpdesk to assist should you experience any difficulties on the live days. We fully understand that many people feel that nothing really beats face to face networking however there are several advantages with an online event of this nature; the main ones being a) this gives us the ability to continue to offer a safe way of networking and meeting new contacts during these times of social distancing and b) the geographical borders are removed therefore allowing attendance from industry professionals from all around the world but without the inconvenience and cost of travelling and being away from home.

We can set up virtual meetings for you ahead of the live days of the event should you wish. All you need to do is complete the relevant sections in the registration form. You will have the opportunity of adding some keywords into your registration form which will allow us to match you with some of our exhibitors and sponsors if that would be of interest. In exactly the same fashion as with our face to face end user networking events, end user tickets will be free of charge. Each complimentary end user registration will be carefully checked and verified to ensure the highest calibre of attendee.

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THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM

We are excited to be producing an informative and engaging conference program for the data centre industry. Unlike many other event organisers, we do not believe in selling conference sessions to vendors and manufacturers with the purpose of them presenting sales pitches to our audience. On the contrary, our conference will be brimming with as many end users and other top-level industry professionals as possible.

Day One will comprise of various not-to-be-missed thought leadership sessions to include panel discussions, case studies, fireside chats and other valuable insights and conversation.

Day Two will be dedicated to hosting accredited CPD training sessions and case studies from well-respected industry specialists. A day not to be missed for any consultant, architect, installer, engineer etc within the data centre field as this day will provide a key factor when it comes to attaining or maintaining your professional qualifications.

DAY ONE – TUESDAY 6TH OCTOBER

ALL RECORDINGS FROM THE LIVE DAYS AVAILABLE ON DEMAND UNTIL 7TH NOVEMBER

Agenda

  9:00

Welcome and opening remarks

Caroline Hitchins

Owner & Founder, DATACENTRE.ME

Mark Smith

Director, RED

  09.15 – 9.45

From real estate to connected data centre platform – a platform for digital transformation

Paul Sinclair

Internetworking Director, Global Data Center Division of NTT Ltd

9.45 – 10.15
European data centre supply shifts in a time of COVID-19

Penny Madsen-Jones

Director EMEA Data Centre Research, CBRE>

10.15 – 11.15
Panel discussion

Chair Mark Acton

Independent Data Centre Consultant, Chartered Engineer and Chartered IT Professional

Panellists

John Wilson

Director, Data Centre & TMT Financing, SMBC

James Wilman

CEO, Future-tech

Frank de Frémery

Director, AC Niellsen Data Centers

David King

Head of Cost Planning, Yondr Group

Romain Le Melinaidre

Infrastructure Investor, InfraVia Capital

11.15 – 11.45
NETWORKING BREAK
11.45 – 12.15

Case study

Data centres as partners in the energy transition

Dario Hernandez

Product Manager, RWE

Jason Yates

Technical Services Manager, Riello UPS

12.15 – 12.45

Fireside chat

Total Compute as a Service

Steve Hewson

Global Head of Product & Platform, Fixnetix

William Fenick

Vice President Enterprise, Interxion

12.45 – 13.15

Case Study

Sustainable innovation: unboxing of Orange’s Open Innovation Green Lab

Moderator

Lucijana Kasumovic

Marketing Manager, Vertiv

Speakers

Dominique Boddéré

ITN Energy Optimization & Eco Efficiency Project Manager, Orange

Luis Lopes

Key Account Director EMEA, Vertiv

13.15 – 14.00
LUNCH & NETWORKING BREAK
  14.00 – 15.00

Panel discussion

Pre-fabricated modular blocks: The paradigm shift to build a data centre differently?

Chair Mark Acton

Independent Data Centre Consultant, Chartered Engineer and Chartered IT Professional

Panellists

Paul Henry

Regional Director for Infrastructure and Delivery for EMEA, Google

Ian Francis

Associate Director, Norman Disney & Young

Dan Mace

EVP Bouygues Energies & Services, Bouygues Energies & Services

15.00 – 15.30
DURATA – Your Power Safe In Our Hands

John McGee

Managing Director, Durata

15.30 – 16.00
NETWORKING BREAK
16.00 – 16.30
Data Centre power solutions; How to be sure you select the right partner’

Kevin Ashton

Project Sales Manager, WB Power Services

16.30 – 17.30

Panel discussion

Data centres of the future – blue sky thinking

Chair

Ed Ansett

Chairman, i3 Solutions Group

Panellists include

Kevin Burke

Senior Mechanical Engineer, Arup

Ed Vigor-Messenger

Principal Mechanical Consultant, Deerns UK

Nick Vaney

Chief Technical Officer, Red Engineering Design

Andy Humble

Head of Special Projects, Metnor Group

Gordon J Hollingsworth

Executive Director, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)




DAY TWO – WEDNESDAY 7TH OCTOBER

ALL RECORDINGS FROM THE LIVE DAYS AVAILABLE ON DEMAND UNTIL 7TH NOVEMBER

EDUCATION & TRAINING DAY

9.00 – 10.00

Panel discussion

The importance of mitigating human risk within the data centre

Chair

Mark Acton

Independent Data Centre Consultant, Chartered Engineer and Chartered IT Professional

Panellists:

Andrew Stevens

President & CEO, CNet Training

Martin Murphy

COO, CBRE Data Centre Solutions

Vijay Mistry

Partner, VIPA Digital

Kathryn Aves

Managing Director, Bluepoint Technologies


Followed by accredited CPD training sessions and presentations to include:

10.00 – 10.30

Application of SEM-SAFE® high-pressure water mist fire protection systems in data centres

Amin Hadian

Business Development Manager Data Centres, Danfoss

10.30 – 11.00
NETWORKING BREAK
11.00 – 11.30
Stepping towards AI-Enabled Autonomous Data Centres

Sanjay Kr Sainani

Global SVP & CTO Data Center Business, Huawei

11.30 – 12.30
ABB Asset utilisation of data centre topologies – IEEE accredited CPD

Harry Handlin

Data Centre Solutions Architect, ABB

12.30 – 13.00
Is Digital Twinning, Winning? Presentation

Louise Hewitt

Business Development Manager EMEA, Future Facilities

13.00 – 13.45
LUNCH & NETWORKING BREAK
13.45 – 14.45
Challenges in Fire Detection – Data Centres – CIBSE accredited CPD

Adam Pool

Demand Generation Manager for Critical Infrastructure, Xtralis – part of Honeywell

14.45 – 15.45
The Benefits of Modular UPS – CIBSE accredited CPD

Richard Govier

Technical Director, Socomec

15.45 – 16.15
NETWORKING BREAK
16.15 – 17.15
Emerging Power Architecture: Best Practices for Rapid Deployment – CIBSE Accredited CPD

Russell Bulley

Technical Support Manager EMEA, Vertiv

Nicolas Fontes

Global Solutions Sales Director, Vertiv

Frequently Asked Questions

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  • While we are unable to network face to face in the traditional fashion, this virtual exhibition will give us all the opportunity to connect with data centre professionals from the comfort & safety of your home or office
  • Visit the virtual exhibition booths of industry experts to download documents, watch videos and ask questions in very much the same way as you would at a real exhibition
  • Network with peers & data centre professionals
  • Tune in and participate with our conference programme – you will have the opportunity to ask any burning questions you might have in the live Q&As associated with each session
  • Access numerous accredited CPD sessions
It is impossible to know exactly how many will register to attend this inaugural virtual event however we have already gained a highly-recognised & well-respected brand and a loyal following on both the sponsor and end user front. As such, we regularly achieve circa 400 registrations for our face to face events in London so we feel that it’s more than realistic to expect that we will be able to attract a similar number of attendees to this virtual event. Of course, the main benefit for an online event as opposed to a physical one, is that there are no geographical barriers meaning that we can safely assume that we will attract an international audience.

You must be what we class as “vendor neutral” and able to buy from or specify products and services from all or many of our exhibitors in order to qualify for a free ticket. If you actively sell or promote any products or services for yourselves or any third parties you will be classed as a vendor and, as such, will need to purchase a ticket. Typical job titles that register to attend our events free of charge are as follows:

  • CEOs | CIOs | CTOs | CFOs | Procurement Directors | Managing Directors | VPs and other senior directors
  • Senior Engineers | Architects | Senior Consultants | Cost Consultants | Project Directors | Quantity Surveyors
  • Data Centre Managers | Project Managers | Installers
We are LinkedIn with over 10,000 industry professionals around the globe and we will be contacting these members directly to invite them to support the event. We will, of course, be launching an extensive social media campaign to raise awareness of the event and to encourage as many registrations as possible. We will also be contacting everyone in the DCME database via carefully targeted direct e-mailings. Sponsors will be included within many of these emails and social media messages.
  • The exhibition will run across 2 live days so you will be able to dip in and out as your schedule allows
  • Don’t miss all that the conference program has to offer. Make sure you check the pre-advertised schedule so you don’t miss any sessions!
  • The whole event will be hosted for a period of 30 days once the live days have been and gone. This means that all the conference sessions and exhibition booths will remain available to view / download for 30 days post-event so, if you do happen to miss anything, you will be able to log in and access all this information on-demand. Although the live networking will no longer be on offer at this point, you will still be able to communicate with exhibitors via email
  • By completing certain actions on the two live days (such as visiting various exhibition booths, chatting with exhibitors and attending various conference sessions) you will gain points within the Leaderboard
  • The winners will be the attendees with the most points at the end of Day 2 (Wednesday 7th October)
  • The competition is open to FREE end user ticket holders only

Who qualifies for a FREE TICKET?

Anyone who receives a free invitation to attend the DATACENTRE.ME London events will qualify for a FREE ticket. If you are new to DCME and are not sure, check if any of these describe your professional job title…

You must be what we class as “vendor neutral” and able to buy from or specify products and services from all or many of our exhibitors in order to qualify for a free ticket. If you actively sell or promote any products or services for yourselves or any third parties you will be classed as a vendor and, as such, will need to purchase a ticket.

Typical job titles that register to attend our events free of charge are as follows:

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