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Registration Open for CAPRE's 6th Annual Greater New York Data Center Summit; Conference to Convene End-Users, Developers and Investors from Tri-State and Global Markets
Join 400+ Data Center Real Estate, Connectivity and End-User Executives on April 19 to Discuss Tri-State Trends and Patterns: Is Orangeburg the Next Leading Submarket?

NEW YORK, April 10, 2017 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- CAPRE, organizer of The Sixth Annual Greater New York Data Center Summit, has confirmed 50 high-level expert speakers in advance of the popular conference on April 19. Expert speakers represent the most active data center developers, investors, capital sources, end-users and consultants in New Jersey, New York, the nation and from around the globe.  In addition, more than 300 have confirmed their participation in the event as delegates.

CAPRE's Greater New York Data Center Summit, founded as a New Jersey/New York regional summit in 2011, has developed over the years to become an international event with executives from five different countries attending and participating. In addition, data center and connectivity executives from the various regions in the United States, including Mid-Atlantic and western data center markets will attend and participate.

The conference will be held on April 19 at Convene, a Midtown Manhattan conference facility with the state-of-the art technology and networking space. The conference's host hotel is The Bernic Hotel; special discount code CONV will provide a 15% discount for conference attendees. More than 2,500 have attended the New York City-based summit over the last five years; 450+ are expected to attend on April 19.

"A fantastic data center summit event in New York City. The topics were current and the market information was very informative," said Cushman & Wakefield's Sean Brady, who has participated in all five prior conferences. "It was also great to meet some of the speakers who are true leaders and visionaries in the third-party data center industry."

As global data center markets continue to see new demand due to migration of end-user data to cloud service, traditional colocation and wholesale facilities, CAPRE's Sixth Annual Greater New York Data Center Summit will bring new topics under the radar, including:

  • Best practices for hiring data center employees and contractors;
  • How to reduce costs without reducing risk;
  • Analysis of data center opportunities in the Americas vs. Europe;
  • Analysis of network reconfiguration to support evolving needs;
  • Analysis of Northern Virginia's growth pattern in recent years;
  • Best practices for site selection;
  • A capital markets perspective on the data center industry, including analysis of the most active private equity and venture capital firms.

The full-day conference will commence at 7:30 with registration, breakfast and networking, and conclude at 5pm. To view the detailed agenda >

"All of the most innovative data center end-users in New York City have attended our Greater New York Data Center Summit over the last five years," according to Brian Klebash, President and Founder of CAPRE's National Data Center Summit Series. "We're pleased to continue the data center conversation on April 19 at Convene, a state-of-the art conference center in Manhattan."

Indeed, participating end users in the summit's various panels include: Melvin Greer, Director Data Science and Analytics, Intel Corporation; Lew Hill, Director – Data Center Infrastructure – Contegix; Bill McHenry, Managing Director, JP Morgan Chase and Barry Novick, Consultant, BlackRock. Data center end-user executives from Bloomberg, Credit Suisse and TD Securities will attend, as well.

CAPRE's Greater New York Data Center Summit enjoys international participation as well, with innovators from Canada and the various European nations participating, including: Hydro-Québec, Host in Ireland and Datacenter People. The summit's many international speakers include: Garry Connolly, Chairman at GconnTec & President Host in Ireland;Svein Atle Hagaseth, Senior Vice President North America, Green Mountain Data Center, Ltd.; Peter Hannaford, Chairman, Datacenter People; Eddie Kilbane, CEO, DataPlex Ireland and Mitul Patel, Associate Director – Data Centre Solutions, CBRE Ltd.

There are limited sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities available. Please contact Brian Klebash at 646-331-8777 or info@capremedia.com if you are interested.

To view CAPRE's detailed agenda and registration information >

Media Contact: Brian Klebash, CapRate Events | The National Data Center Summit Series, 646-331-8777, info@cre-events.com

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SOURCE CapRate Events