Day 1:
8:00 - Registration, Continental Breakfast
8:30 - Opening Remarks From the Chair
8:45 - Why Go Green? Industry Leaders Make Their Case, Share Their Thoughts & Exchange Ideas
9:45 - Broad Strokes/Big Picture: What Does Going Green Mean?
10:15 - Morning Refreshments & Networking Opportunity
10:30 - Energy First, Last and All the Stages in Between
11:15 - Organizations, Associations & Government Agencies
12:15 - Luncheon for Speakers, Sponsors & Delegates
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHT
1:30 GO GREEN: 10 FOR 7 DEMONSTRATION SERIES
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions: Choose Track “A” or “B”
2:30 - A: Infrastructure & Communications: Getting Out From Under Cramped, Dark and Confusing
2:30 – B Hackers, Attackers & Cyber security: Data Priorities & Information Assurance in Green Data Center Planning
3:00 - A: 5 Quick Steps to take that Can Reduce Energy Consumption in Your Data Center
3:00 - B: Developing and Outfitting a Master Plan for a Green Data Center
3:30 Afternoon Refreshments & Networking Opportunity
3:45 - A: Life Beyond Consolidation: Enabling a Green, Efficient Virtual Data Center
3:45– B: The Coming Impact of Carbon Regulation on Data Centers
4:30 - A From Creation to Deletion: Data Center Life Cycle Management
4:30 - B: Fundamental Technology Changes in the Data Center: Why Traditional Processes Will Fail to Take Advantage
5:15 Day One Sessions Conclude
5:15-6:15 Networking Cocktail Reception
Day 2:
8:15 Continental Breakfast, Coffee & Tea
8:45 Chairperson’s Recap and Introduction to Day Two
9:00 The Business Case for Sustainability: Making a Compelling Value Proposition for Change
9:45 GRC and Green Data Centers
10:30 Morning Refreshment & Networking Opportunity
CONCURRENT SESSIONS CHOOSE “A” OR “B”
10:45 Virtualization: A Path to Utilizing Less Energy
10:45 -B Addressing the Financial Commitment, Cost and Complexities of Site Selection and Building Green Data Centers
11:30 - A: Cloud computing and On Demand IT
11:30 - B: Initiating and Following Through on a Disaster Recovery Plan
12:15 Luncheon for Speakers, Sponsors & Delegates
1:45 A – What Can be Outsourced? What Should be Outsource: Pros, Cons & Pitfalls
1:45 B Green Retrofitting that can improve Capacity & Efficiency in Your Data Center
2:30 Finding a Business & Financial Justification for Greening Your Data Center
2:30 How Real Estate Facilities Come into Play in Green Data Centers
CONCURRENT SESSIONS CONCLUDE
3:15 Speed Networking & Afternoon Refreshments
3:45 Green Storage & Backup: Is It a Reachable Goal?
4:15 Perchance to Dream: Breakthroughs, Best Practices and What the Future Will Bring for Green Data Centers
4:45 Conference Concludes
