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May 20, 2020 – 11:00 am to 5:00 pm ET

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Keynote: State of the Data Center – 2020 Vision

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Bill Kleyman

EVP of Digital Solutions for Switch, and author of Data Center World's State of the Data Center report.

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Expert Panel Discussions: Sessions 1-4

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Brian Gilooly

Content director for Data Center World and AFCOM

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Avi Freedman Co-Founder and CEO Kentik

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Fred Dickerman Senior VP Uptime Institute

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Bill Doty IT Group Manager CH Robinson

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Andrea Munoz VP of Operations CyrusOne

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Leo Taddeo CISO, Cyxtera

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Bob Laliberte Senior Analyst Enterprise Strategy Group

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Amnon Drori CEO Octopai

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Brent Bensten CTO QTS

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Featured Speakers

Virtually visit up to 10 Technology Pavilions manned by more than 100 technology exhibitors.

Make virtual connections that’ll maximize your experiences and conversations on site when you attend the live conference in August.

In addition to our keynote and four panel conversations:

Wrapup and Expo Hall

4:30 – 5:00 PM

Business Continuity Planning for the Next Unprecedented Shock

3:45 – 4:30 PM

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Expo Hall

3:15 – 3:45 PM

Panelists: Richard Rushing, CISO, Motorola; Venkatesh Anant, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company

New Strategies for Ensuring Security in Today’s Data Center

2:30 – 3:15 PM

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Expo Hall

2:00 – 2:30 PM

Panelists: Carrie Goetz, CTO, StrategITcom; Mark Haag, Technical Solution Lead, Infrastructure & Operations, Delta Air Lines; Mike Cuddy, VP & CIO, Toromont Industries

Using Automation to Cut Capex and Opex Costs in the Data Center

1:15 – 2:00 PM

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Expo Hall

12:45 – 1:15 PM

Panelists: Kevin Kent, CEO, Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions; Jack Pouchet; Bill Doty, IT Group Manager, CH Robinson

Data Center Management and the Essential Workforce

12:00 – 12:45 PM

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Expo Hall

11:30 – 12:00 PM

Keynote: “State of the Data Center Industry Report” (pre-recorded)

11:00 – 11:30 AM

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Presented by: Bill Kleyman, EVP of Digital Solutions, Switch; Brian Gilooly, Content Director, Data Center World and AFCOM

Doors Open, Browse Expo Hall

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Agenda at a Glance

Workforce Issues Security Business Uptime Automation

What We'll Cover

As we all work as one community to minimize the impact of COVID-19 on our society and business operations, we recognize the importance of continuing to share knowledge and innovative ideas to keep our industry on pace. We are proud to announce that Data Center World is going virtual leading up to the energy of the live show in August and preparing you for an even better than expected live experience. Join this virtual conference for a variety of group discussions, speaker presentations, and exhibitor demonstrations and information. With this unprecedented approach, you’ll lose no ground in your quest to stay informed on the latest in data center developments and be able to exchange ideas with your peers and other industry experts. With the information gathered during this virtual event and insight from our very own Data Center Institute board members, we’ll bring you a best-practices recommendation presentation at the live event in San Antonio in August.

May 20, 2020 – 11:00 am to 5:00 pm ET

Business Continuity Best Practices

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Business Continuity Best Practices May 20, 2020 – 11:00 am to 5:00 pm ET

State of the Data Center – 2020 Vision Presented by: Bill Kleyman Data Center World’s annual State of the Data Center report is the industry’s most anticipated overview of the technology advancements, management best practices, and future trends that are shaping the data center industry. With the postponement of Data Center World to August 24-27, we’ve made the decision to proceed with our keynote address from report author Bill Kleyman so attendees get the information from the report in a timely fashion. In addition, we’ll be announcing the winners of our prestigious annual AFCOM awards. This year’s report, as in years past, offers up some surprising insights that data center professionals use to more accurately plan their technology purchases and management planning for the coming year. For example, we’ve discovered that: • DCIM has evolved into a complete practice, not just a tool • Cloud services will not kill the data center • There are new ways to rethink how you’ll expand your data center capacity • Ransomware is now the number one security concern among data center managers • And much more! We’ve also expanded our section of the report dealing with workforce, hiring, and dealing with younger workers; we’ve included more info about facilities management and operations technology; and we’ve streamlined some sections to provide a sharper focus on emerging trends. Bill Kleyman, EVP of Digital Solutions for Switch, and the author of the Data Center World State of the Data Center report for the past four years, will give an entertaining and insightful keynote and provide a deeper dive on the report so that attendees get the full scope of our findings. Many of our attendees have told us they use the findings from the report to help them plan for the year. Don’t miss this opportunity to become one of those gaining a competitive knowledge advantage! Stick around after the virtual keynote to find out who will take home our prestigious annual AFCOM awards! This year, we’re announcing winners of four categories: Best AFCOM Chapter; Best AFCOM Chapter Event; AFCOM Volunteer of the Year; and the AFCOM Service Award. The people being recognized for these awards represent the best of the data center industry and have contributed their time and effort to help make data center careers fulfilling and rewarding.

Data Center Management and the Essential Workforce Demands on the data center have never been higher, so how do you adequately manage performance and uptime and still adhere to company and local social-distancing guidelines. With a focus on staffing, implementation, and scheduling, our panel of experts discusses with the audience contingency plans for providing maximum oversight of the data center both on-site and remote. They’ll share best practices for training the workforce, fostering cross-discipline expertise, leveraging technology to offload human interaction, and maintaining and morale and discipline.

Using Automation to Cut Capex and Opex Costs in the Data Center Many data center operators are using the current situation to consider new automation technologies for monitoring, maintaining, and optimizing data center performance. From advanced DCIM to asset management to facilities monitoring, new areas are emerging for automation to take the pressure off of the strained workforce as businesses demand all of their departments do more with less. Our panel of experts will discuss how this is enabling data center operators to reduce costs in purchasing, servicing, and operating equipment and services, thereby reducing both capital and operating expenditures. Discover ways you can automate areas of your own data center to meet the seemingly impossible demands of the business to reduce costs.

New Strategies for Ensuring Security in Today’s Data Center As the need grows to readjust your workforce to accommodate local and company guidelines and to reduce costs, long-standing security protocols and best practices often no longer meet this changing landscape. That’s opening up more risk for intrusions into your data center. Our panel of experts will discuss ways to not only revise cyber and physical security protocols in this new environment, but also how to communicate them and train your workforce. In addition, we’ll discuss how to implement smarter security technologies that better anticipate attacks.

Business Continuity Planning for the Next Unprecedented Shock Let’s face it – few, if any, companies were truly prepared for the kind of impact the coronavirus had on disaster preparedness and business continuity planning. With this wake up call, data center managers are rethinking policies and processes in a manner that previously had been unthinkable. Our panel of experts will share the best practices they’ve been considering – and implementing – over the past few months, and will discuss with the audience the challenges in implementing them as well as the successes they’ve learned.

Avi Freedman, Co-Founder and CEO, Kentik Avi Freedman has decades of experience as a leading technologist and executive in networking. He was with Akamai for over a decade, as VP Network Infrastructure and then Chief Network Scientist. Prior to that, Avi started Philadelphia’s first ISP (netaxs) in 1992, later running the network at AboveNet and serving as CTO for ServerCentral.

Bill Doty, IT Group Manager, CH Robinson Bill Doty is currently the Information Technology (I.T.) General Manager responsible for 24 x 7 x 365 data centers and server rooms for CH Robinson, a growing $16.5BB global third party logistics provider with over 300 branch offices worldwide. With over 30 years of experience as an I.T. professional working in data center environments in California and Minnesota, Bill has vast experience managing IT teams including Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Data Warehouse, Electronic Data Interchange technical support, and Intranet development and support. He completed a multi-year, tier 3 designed datacenter project from the initial planning through the executive approval, site selection, detailed planning, construction, and migration phases for two data centers. With broad industry experience including retailing, financial services, food distribution, transportation, and computer hardware and software products and spanning multiple platforms including mainframe, Wintel, UNIX, Linux and other distributed solutions, Bill is uniquely qualified as a Data Center Institute Board member.

Christopher M. Brown Chief Technical Officer Uptime Institute

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Bill Kleyman EVP Digital Solutions Switch

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Kevin Kent CEO and Founder, Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions

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Richard Rushing Chief Information Security Officer Motorola Mobility LLC

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Carrie Goetz, Principal/CTO, StrategITcom Carrie Goetz, Principal/CTO, StrategITcom, has more than 35 years of global experience designing, running and auditing IT departments, data centers and working with intelligent building infrastructures. Fostering women in tech, StrategITcom is founded with a charter to assure that 50% of employees are women and 50% of all partner referrals will go to women owned enterprises of all ethnicities. She is an international keynote speaker and is published in 69 countries in over 250 publications. She holds an honorary doctorate in Mission Critical Operations, RCDD/NTS, CNID, CDCP, CSM-Agile, AWS CCP and is a 2nd degree Master Infrastructure Mason with over 40 certifications throughout her career. She is on the WIMCO national education committee and a long-time participant in 7x24 Exchange, AFCOM and Data Center Institute board of advisors, Mission Critical Advisory Board, Cnet Technical Curriculum Advisory Board, Vice Chairwoman and Liaison for STEM for AATCU, a member of WIMCO, BICSI and champions women in STEM. She holds one telecommunications patent and has submitted two others.

Christopher M. Brown, Chief Technical Officer, Uptime Institute Christopher Brown serves as Chief Technical Officer for Uptime Institute, responsible for new product development, Uptime Institute standards and service delivery. Brown also monitors and tracks new technology trends in the industry and their impact on data center design, operations, and implementation. His 20-plus-year career in critical facilities covers critical facility design, construction, commissioning, and operations. During his tenure at Uptime Institute, he has conducted Tier certifications globally as well as instructing the Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Designer course. Other design and construction experience includes analyzing requirements, retrofitting existing systems, performing capacity planning, and implementing new facility designs. Brown also has experience managing the operation and maintenance of critical facilities’ infrastructure to include managing maintenance personnel and creating preventative maintenance and training programs. Brown holds a Master of Science in Engineering and Technology Management from Oklahoma State University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas – Arlington, he is a Registered Professional Engineer in Oklahoma and North Carolina.

Kevin Kent, CEO and Founder, Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions Kevin Kent is the CEO and founder of Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions, a consultancy dedicated to optimizing energy usage and sustainability in data centers and mission critical facilities. He is recently retired from his role as data center operations manager of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He is a climate reality leader and an international keynote speaker on climate change and data center energy efficiency. He is also a board member of the AFCOM Data Center Institute.

Richard Rushing, Chief Information Security Officer, Motorola Mobility LLC Richard participates in corporate, community, private, and government security councils and working groups, setting standards, policies, and solutions for current and emerging security issues. As Chief Information Security Officer for Motorola Mobility, he has led the organization's security effort by developing an international team to tackle targeted attacks, cyber-crime, and emerging threats to mobile devices. He has organized, developed, and deployed practices, tools, and techniques to protect the enterprise's intellectual property worldwide. A much-in-demand international speaker on information security, Richard has spoken at many of the leading security conferences and seminars around the world.

Panelists: Avi Freedman, CEO, Kentik; Christopher Brown, CTO, Uptime Institute; Bill Carter, CTO, OCP

Speaker: Bill Kleyman, EVP Digital Solutions, Switch

Carrie Goetz Principal/CTO StrategITcom

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Brian Gillooly Content Director for Data Center World and AFCOM

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Brian Gillooly, Content Director for Data Center World and AFCOM Brian Gillooly is content director for Data Center World and AFCOM, and has spent the past 30 years establishing a trusted and significant presence in the business technology community. One of IT media’s most recognized personalities, Brian built valuable relationships with the most influential practitioners in the technology industry and counts among his closest contacts CIOs, CISOs, data center professionals, and tech entrepreneurs from Fortune 50 companies to small businesses. Previously, as the vice president and editor-in-chief of content and strategy for InformationWeek and UBM Tech events, Brian was responsible for developing a vision that provided both the audience and the client with clarity and insight into the most challenging business technology issues. Prior to that, as editor-in-chief of Optimize and editor of InformationWeek, Brian not only engaged the people who helped shape the direction of business technology – notables like Jack Welch, Rob Carter, Malcolm Gladwell, and Michael Dell – but also shared trusted opinions and ideas through his CIO Nation blog and weekly columns, as well as hands-on insight through presentations at numerous live events and one-on-one meetings. In his career in event content generation, moderating, and presenting, Brian has developed a unique rapport with his audiences by eschewing the staid, lecture-style presentation and establishing a comfortable, often fun — but always informative — approach.

Jack Pouchet Vice President of Sales Natron

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Bill Carter CTO for the Open Compute Project Foundation

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Mark Haag Technical Solution Lead, Infrastructure & Operations, Delta Air Lines

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Mark Haag, Technical Solution Lead, Infrastructure & Operations, Delta Air Lines Mark holds his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineer from Purdue University. Mark has 30+ years of airline industry experience with UPS Airline and Delta Air Lines. Mark's experience at Delta includes time in Engineering, Architecture, Application Development, Delta & Northwest merger projects, Virgin Atlantic process integration and most recently in Operations. In his current assignment, Mark provides support to the Major Incident Management, IT Facilities and Service Readiness processes.

Bill Carter, CTO for the Open Compute Project Foundation Bill Carter is CTO for the Open Compute Project Foundation where he is a visionary and pathfinder on this open source journey. Bill works will the entire OCP community and many other software groups, standards organizations, and industry consortiums to bring together people from around the globe to work together to solve tomorrow's challenges today. Bill has 35 years of experience in a variety of architecture, engineering and product management roles. He has led server and workstation design and validation teams; provided consulting services to data center operators around the globe; and is a respected subject matter expert on product design, data center design, energy efficiency and operations optimization. He brings broad industry experience and technical depth to the foundation and has provided vision and leadership to the open hardware community.

Jack Pouchet, Vice President of Sales, Natron Jack Pouchet is the Vice President of Sales for Natron working with data center owners and operators, and engineering firms to define, architect, and create opportunities for advanced battery technologies that improve day-to-day business and operational efficiencies. Prior to Natron Jack was at Vertiv as the VP of Business Development. where he was a co-founder of the Hyperscale Solutions business.

2020 Exhibitors

ABM Altimir Data Center Solutions Applied Math Modeling Inc ATEN Technology, Inc. Atlas Oil Company Austin Hughes Solutions Inc Black Hills Energy Bosch Condair CPower Energy Management CRST Specialized Transportation Inc. DAMAC, a division of Maysteel Data Center Systems DDC Cabinet Technology Digitus Biometrics DuctSox Corporation Elcom International Pvt. Ltd. Emcor Enclosures EMKA Inc. Evoqua Water Technologies Fabcon Precast Gloriole Electroptic Technology Corp. IBM Immersion Edge Intel Corp. International Consortium for Organizational Resilience (ICOR) Iron Box MTU America Inc. Munters NetZoom, Inc. New Mexico Partnership OptiCool Technologies R2 Corporation Raritan/Server Technology RLE Technologies RoofConnect Roofing Southwest Smith Starline Teledyne LeCroy Thermo Bond Buildings TileFlow Trisymbiotic IP United Industries Group, Inc. Upsite Technologies Wärtsilä Wirewerks ZIEHL-ABEGG, INC. ZincFive

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Venkatesh Anant Associate Partner McKinsey & Company

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Venkatesh Anant, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company Venkatesh Anant is an Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company, focusing on Enterprise and Consumer Cybersecurity He is a seasoned technology executive with several years of leadership experience in building startups and helping senior business leaders grow and secure large businesses. As a core team member of McKinsey’s business technology (BTO) and High-tech practice, he works closely with CEO/ CIO/ CTOs and CISOs to build strategies for emerging technology and corporate challenges around Cybersecurity, Big-data analytics, Cloud and e-Commerce. Anant has previously served as the VP of technology at BI/analytics startups, developing successful products with a global footprint. He also has significant business development experience with a proven track record for driving sales from 0 to several millions using direct sales, channels and partnerships. Specialties: Cyber Security, Product Management, e-Commerce, Big Data, Cloud, Mobile/ Social, growth strategies, business development, Operations and scaling-up organizations.

Mike Cuddy VP & CIO Toromont Industries

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Mike Cuddy, VP & CIO, Toromont Industries Mr. Cuddy is Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Toromont Industries. He joined Toromont as General Manager, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer in 1995 and became Vice President and Chief Information Officer in 2004. He was previously employed with the systems group of Bell Mobility for three years.