Conference Programme Strategy Stream Day Two

Strategy Stream

10:15 - 10:45

Facilitated Panel Discussion – DataCentres & Construction

Date: 21 November, Track: Strategy Stream, Location: Conference Room 1

Why choosing the right Contractor is Vital
Why IPD's (Integrated Project Delivery) might be better than the Tender Process
Having the right skills to deliver the projects, Ireland in a Global context

Moderator

Tom Blake Associate Director - Arup

Panellists

Roy Millar Managing Director - Ardmac
Alex Sharp Senior Managing Director, Head of Project Management & Construction - CBRE GWS
Gary Howard Contracts Manager - John Paul Construction

10:45 - 11:15

Data Centres and the Planning Process

Date: 21 November, Track: Strategy Stream, Location: Conference Room 1

Speaker

Conall Boland Deputy Chairperson - An Bord Pleanála

11:15 - 11:45

IDA – Supporting the Development of the DataCentre Sector

Date: 21 November, Track: Strategy Stream, Location: Conference Room 1

Speaker

Shane Nolan Senior Vice President - Tech, Consumer & Business Services, IDA

11:45 - 12:30

Panel Discussion – Regional Opportunities for DataCentres in the Island of Ireland

Date: 21 November, Track: Strategy Stream, Location: Conference Room 1

Representative from Galway TBC

Moderator

Shane Nolan Senior Vice President - Tech, Consumer & Business Services, IDA

Panellists

Sam Knox Business Development Executive, Strategy Team - Invest Northern Ireland
Dr Mihai Bilauca Head of Digital Strategy - Limerick County Council
Pádraig Moore Senior Planner, Planning Policy Unit - Cork County Council
Pádraig Maguire Senior Executive Planner - Meath County Council
Catherine McConnell Director of Services, Economic Development and Investment Unit - Mayo County Council

12:30 - 14:00

Exhibition Viewing

Date: 21 November, Track: Strategy Stream, Location: Exhibition Room

14:00 - 14:30

Keynote Address DataCentre Strategy for Ireland, Data Protection and GDPR

Date: 21 November, Track: Operational Stream, Strategy Stream, Location: Conference Room 1

Speaker

Minister Pat Breen TD Minister for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection

14:30 - 15:00

Benchmarking Google’s Circular Economy Model and Applying the Financial Gain in Data Centre Procurement Savings

Date: 21 November, Track: Strategy Stream, Location: Conference Room 1

The Circular Economy Model applied to Data Centres, Google Case Study, Models that all DC’s can adopt. Using owned infrastructure to gain a competitive advantage

Speaker

Dennis Frize Managing Director of UK Business Operations - Wisetek

15:00 - 15:45

Panel Discussion – Updating the Legacy DataCentre

Date: 21 November, Track: Operational Stream, Strategy Stream, Location: Conference Room 1

Moderator

Mark Acton Head of Data Centre Technical Consulting - CBRE Data Centre Solutions

Panellists

Simon Brady Optimisation Programme Manager - Representative of The Green Grid
James Stuart Director of EMEA Sales - Nlyte Software

“For those of you who were not able to make the recent Data Centres Ireland event in Dublin this year you definitely missed an industry highlight. The event this year was unquestionably the biggest, best attended and most energetic to date, with an informative and engaging speaking programme led by information and education rather than the typical sales pitches so common at other industry events. The Data Centres Ireland event is undoubtedly the most important and best established data centre focussed event in Ireland and the 2018 event should already be in the calendar of anybody with an interest in the Irish data Centre sector. Well done to Hugh and the Stepex team for putting on such a successful and important event.” – Mark Acton Head of Data Centre Technical Consulting CBRE Data Centre Solutions