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Upcoming EventsThe 2nd Annual Green Grid Technical Forum February 3-4, 2009 San Jose, CA Event Description: The 2nd Annual Green Grid Technical Forum and Members Meeting will be held on February 3-4, 2009 in DatacenterDynamics New York March 4, 2009 New York, NY Event Description: As a focal point for end-users, consultants and solution providers, the DatacenterDynamics Conference & Expo is New York's largest gathering of professionals involved in the design, build and operational management of 24/7 mission critical IT facilities. It is an unrivaled education and networking opportunity for the industry, where the regular audience is characterized by senior representatives of the financial sector, trading firms, service enterprises and other Fortune 500 companies operating in the New York Metropolitan area. Sessions: A Framework for Data Center Energy Productivity (DCeP): Models, Metrics and Tools for overall work product of a data center per unit of energy. Speaker: Kathrin Winkler, EMC/The Green Grid AFCOM's Data Center World Spring Conference March 8-12, 2009 Las Vegas, NV Event Description: Data Center World is an educational resource for data center professionals, presented by AFCOM, the largest association for data center management in the world. Recognizing the challenges of running a data center efficiently and effectively, Data Center World events were launched in 1981 with the goal of providing a hands-on, educational program to enable data center professionals to better balance the three key components of running a data center: management, business and technology. Conference sessions cover a mis of these three critical issues, with particular emphasis on mangement and technology topics. Sessions: TBD Speaker: John Tuccillo, APC/The Green Grid Mark Monroe, Sun Microsystems/The Green Grid Previous EventsSNIA 2009 Winter SymposiumJanuary 20-23, 2009 San Jose, CA Event Description: SNIA works toward this goal by forming and sponsoring Technical Work Group (TWGs), producing (with our strategic partner Computerworld) the Storage Networking World Conference series, building and maintaining a vendor neutral Technology Center in Colorado Sprins, and promoting activities that expand the breadth and quality of the storage and information management market. The SNIA's ability to accomplish these goals is directly attributed to the dedication and hard work of hundreds of volunteers from our member companies. Session: End Users and Governments Implementing PUE for data center energy efficiency Speaker: Winston Bumpus, DMTF/The Green Grid 7x24 Exchange New England Chapter Meet January 14, 2009 Boston, MA Event Description: This conference is designed for anyone involved with 7x24 infrastructures - IT, data center, disaster recovery and network/telecommunication managers; computer technologists; facility or building managers, supervisors and engineers. Session: Energy Efficiency Metrics for Data Centers Speaker: Kathrin Winkler, EMC/The Green Grid Energy Efficiency Summit East **Rescheduled for December 8-10, 2008 Washington, DC Event Description: The Energy Efficiency Summit East 2008 will explore the current status and future direction for energy efficiency and demand management programs, technologies and finance. The Summit targets bringing utilities and ESCOs together with emerging customer groups such as data centers to explore the opportunities for expanding the use of energy efficiency and demand response technologies. Regulatory authorities will examine how to foster the implementation of energy efficiency and demand response, while investors and technology developers will provide an overview of new technologies that reduce energy usage in residential, commercial, utility and technology sectors. Session: “Going Green in the Data Center” panelSpeaker: Mark Monroe, Sun Microsystems/The Green Grid MDC (Management Developers Conference) November 17-20, 2008 Santa Clara, CA Session: Energy Efficiency in the Data Center Speaker: Steve Hand, Symantec/The Green Grid DCD (DatacenterDynamics) Conference London November 11-12, 2008 London, UK Event Description:
The 2008 DatacenterDynamics conference is focused on developing ways to
help datacenter professionals understand how innovative approaches to
IT/engineering and management practices can help them keep their
mission critical infrastructure agile, flexible and robust.
DatacenterDynamics is a unique series of events tailored specifically
to deliver enhanced knowledge and networking opportunities to
professionals that design, build and operate data centers. Speaker: Jim Pappas, Intel/The Green Grid IT Green Event Description: The mission of IT Green is to foster greater awareness of the benefits of adopting green IT policies and to help large organizations map a sound strategy. The need for information in this segment of the market is anticipated to grow significantly, and IT Green is a forum for promoting the adoption of green strategies within the corporate IT user community. A broad range of like-minded groups will attend the IT Green conference. Labs21 Annual Conference 2008 September 16-18, 2008 San Jose, CA Event Description: The Labs21 conference, co-sponsored by the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), provides a unique forum for industry leaders and professionals to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing sustainable laboratory design, construction, and operation worldwide. This annual event brings together more than 600 architects, engineers, builders, owners, and operators as we discuss the challenges and trends in designing, constructing, and operating sustainable, high-performance facilities. Session: Opening Remarks and Green Data Centers Speaker: Mark Monroe, Sun Microsystems/The Green Grid Interop/Energy Camp September 15-19, 2008 New York, NY Event Description: Business leaders and IT professionals come to Interop to learn about the latest technology innovations and how best to integrate them to provide business value. It is where technology companies showcase their latest products and services, where resellers and channel professionals create business relationships, where analysts stay up-to-date on the evolving market and where the media comes to report on the latest trends and product launches. Session: Is Green About Ecology or Economy? Speaker: John Tuccillo, APC/The Green Grid Digital Power Forum September 15-17, 2008 San Francisco, CA Event Description: This focused three–day international conference will serve an audience of decision makers who are interested in learning about and contributing to the latest practical advancements related to the use of digital power control techniques in electronic systems and in power converters, and digital energy management and power management in enterprise-level installations and related digital equipment. Session: Optimizing Energy Efficiency Track – “The Green Grid Productivity Indicator” Speaker: Henry Wong, Senior Staff Technologist, Intel/The Green Grid Carbon Footprint Energy Efficient IT Summit 2008 September 4-5, 2008 London, UK Event Description: Not just another ‘Green IT’ conference, the Carbon Footprint Energy Efficient IT Summit will provide a unique offering to IT Directors by both asking these next-level questions of ‘how’ and ‘where’, and providing actual solutions to common challenges associated with reducing energy consumption. The Carbon Footprint Energy Efficient IT Summit 2008 will go beyond conceptual frameworks and offers instead an exceptional opportunity to develop practical guidelines on energy reduction within IT systems. Session: Plan Proactively. Understanding What The Next Generation Energy Efficient Technologies Are That Will Re-Shape The Energy Consumption of Data Centres and Why. Speaker: Victor C. Smith, Enterprise Technologist, EMEA Technology Team, The Green Grid Next Generation Data Center
(NGDC) Conference Data Center
Dynamics Event Description: Data center and IT infrastructure end-users,
operators, consulting engineers and solution providers are expected to attend
the DataCenter Dynamics Conference & Expo, which is advertised as The
West Coast's largest gathering of professionals involved in the design, build
and operational management of 24/7 mission critical IT facilities, from the
data center to the LAN closet. The audience will consist of senior
representatives of the financial, medical, media, service provider,
outsourcing/managed services and other Fortune 500 companies operating
throughout the Bay Area, Silicon Valley and the Western US. June 23-27, 2008 Event Description: Burton Group Catalyst Conference is for
enterprise technologists and executives working to drive change within their
organizations. The conference brings IT leaders together to learn about and
discuss today's most significant technology topics and complex issues faced
by enterprise organizations. The five-day conference explores cutting-edge
ideas, current challenges as well as emerging technologies shaping today's
and tomorrow's enterprise. Event Description: Climate change, renewable resources, carbon footprint, energy consumption, water conservation, responsible investing, global supply chain and alternative fuels -- terms that once were used only by environmental activists are now considered essential to global business strategy. Forward-thinking speakers and decision makers in green business -- including experts in corporate governance, consumer electronics, building and construction, venture capital, and other fields will explore how companies can create a sustainable future, develop environmentally friendly practices, adopt green policies and deploy energy saving technologies, while still keeping their competitive edge. 7x24
Exchange Event Description: 7x24 Exchange is a not-for-profit organization seeking to improve end-to-end reliability by promoting dialogue between those who design, build, use and maintain mission-critical enterprise information infrastructures. The conference was founded on the assumption that often professionals involved with data center uptime issues work in isolation when dealing with technical, budget, political, and career issues. This conference is designed for anyone involved with 7x24 infrastructures - IT, data center, disaster recovery and network/telecommunication managers; computer technologists; facility or building managers, supervisors and engineers. BladeSystems Insight
'08 Event Description: An invitation-only summit, BladeSystems Insight is focused on the technologies and business processes that are transforming the data center. Over two and a half business-intensive days, a pre-qualified audience of IT and business executives from across North America will converge to hold pre-scheduled case study and one-on-one meetings with technology vendors to hear the latest research and cutting-edge content from leading analysts and to build critical collaborative relationships with peers, thought leaders and current and future vendor partners. IDC
Enterprise Data Center East 2008 Event Description: The Enterprise Data Center Forum is designed for senior IT, facilities and operations executives seeking practical tools and strategies for transforming their data center to meet the needs of the changing business climate. Featuring end user case studies, IDC analysts and industry experts, this one-day interactive forum offers actionable advice for creating a denser, hotter, more consolidated, highly utilized, better designed, fully redundant and very dynamic data center. The agenda will explore the impacts of emerging technology, spiking energy costs and internet-based applications on the data center, as well as address key topics including virtualization, blades, real estate, power and cooling, staffing and business processes. The Uptime Institute's
Annual Sumposium: Green Enterprise Computing Event Description: Symposium 2008 is designed to be educational, interactive and collaborative, offering a range of sometimes controversial industry viewpoints-both strategic and operational-with an emphasis on end user experiences. The symposium is comprised of major keynote addresses, interviews of trend leaders, The 2008 Green Enterprise IT Awards, plenary and break-out sessions, panel discussions, roundtable discussions designed to explore the short-term opportunities and long-term trends of green enterprise computing and other activities. IEECB '08:
International Conference on Improving Energy Efficiency in Commercial
Buildings Event Description: The IEECB conference seeks to bring together commercial buildings' investors and property managers, energy efficiency experts, equipment manufacturers, service providers (ESCOs, utilities, facilities management companies) and policy makers, with a view to exchange information, to learn from each other and to network. At the conference key representatives of leading organizations and companies, institutions and equipment industry will present the overall picture and give details of policies, recent advancements and examples of best practice. Data Center
Excellence
Event Description: Data Center World is the premier educational
resource for data center professionals. This bi-annual event was launched in
1981 with the goal of providing a hands-on, educational program to enable
data center professionals to better balance the key components of running a
data center including management, business and technology. DMTF 2008 Alliance
Partner Technical Symposium Event Description: Hosted by the Distributed Management Task Force
(DMTF) and jointly sponsored by the Storage Networking Industry Association
(SNIA), the third annual Alliance Partner Technical Symposium is Tuesday,
March 25 through Friday, March 28, 2008. Led by DMTF's vice president of
Alliances, Mark Carlson, this year's event offers meetings focused on
technical topics and addressing the technical work of interest to each of the
DMTF's Alliance Partners. IDC
Green IT Forum East Event Description: The IDC Green IT Forum is designed for senior
IT, technology, procurement and strategic planning executives tasked with
managing the role of Green IT to effectively measure and capture market
opportunities for energy efficient systems. The program will take a holistic
view of IT asset disposal and power and cooling in light of fast evolving
security and environmental legislation. The Green Grid Technical
Forum Event Description: The Green Grid Technical Forum is designed to
bring members and other industry stakeholders together to further The Green
Grid's mission of advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business
computing ecosystems. Attendees will learn about The Green Grid's Data Center
Metrics, current and emerging techniques for managing data centers for
efficiency and future technical deliverables from the organization. The Green
Grid will also host discussions with leading industry policy-makers from
around the world. The Positive Impact of Information
and Communications Technology on the Environment and Climate
Change Session: Expert Panel: A Look at Technology's Role in Environmental
Change Gartner
Symposium/ITxpo Session: Data Center Energy: Going Forward Power
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