DALLAS, Aug. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Texas Data Center Summit, held every year in October, will return to Dallas on October 5-6. If you are active in the data center arena in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin or emerging Texas markets, or looking to become more active, you will not want to miss The Texas Data Center Summit. The summit will feature 13 hours of combined informational panels and networking. Participating end-users will represent the area's most active public-and-private sector end-user firms. Expert speakers will discuss important industry trends and patterns, including: the competitive environment and cost advantages, strategies for "being in the cloud game," analysis of construction costs, monetization deals in the data center arena and more.
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"The National Data Center Summit in Chicago was one of the best conferences I've been to for generating new business. I left with four credible new leads." — Steven Holland, Vice President – Facilities Management Solutions, T5 Facilities Management
"I've attended many data center events. However, the most significant business opportunities grew from my keynote address and exposure at CapRate's National Data Center Summit Series." — Bo Bond, Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle Brokerage, Inc.
2016 Texas Data Center Summit Schedule:
October 5, 2016, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Opening Night Reception
October 6, 2016, 7:00am-5:00pm
Full-Day Conference at CityPlace Events: Panel sessions to focus on state of the market, new development/site selection, investment, financing, connectivity innovations
Agenda Coverage:
7:30-8:30 Registration, Breakfast, and Networking
8:00-8:30 Special Breakfast Workshop: Nature, Technology & Next Generation Data Center Cooling Strategies
8:30-8:35 Opening Remarks
8:35-9:00 Comparing and Contrasting the Texas and Northern American Data Center Markets: Analysis of the Types of Developers, Investors and Tenants
9:00-9:30 Financing Data Centers in Texas: Up-Close with Cantor Fitzgerald's John Zuckerman
9:30-10:00 Networking Break
10:00-10:50 Data Center Real Estate 360: Competing with Growth of the Cloud and the Types of Tenants Driving Demand
10:50-11:50 End-User Discussion: Decision-Making Analysis, Impact of the Cloud Offerings & Challenges over the Next 12 Months
11:50-12:30 Networking Luncheon
12:30-1:00 TRENDING NOW: Innovations in Energy Delivery, Cost per kWh and the Impact of Public Sector Incentives: How Two Types of 'Powers' are Coming Together to Influence the Data Center Industry
1:00-1:30 Security, Compliance, and Consolidation: The Factors Affecting Big-Picture Data Center Decision Making
1:30-2:15 Engineering, Construction & Asset Management: How to Improve the Design and Add Value to Legacy Data Centers and Best Practices for Future-Proofing the New Data Center: Design and Operational Strategies to Ensure ROI and Maximize Uptime
2:15-3:00 Connectivity Innovations: How are you Reconfiguring Your Network to Support Evolving Needs?
3:00-3:45 Forward Thinking: The Capital Markets, The Headwinds, The Tailwinds and the Data Center Industry
3:45-4:00 Conference Concludes/Post-Event Networking
View detailed agenda and registration > http://cre-events.com/dctx2016/
Confirmed Speakers, as of August 10:
Douglas S. Adams, Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, RagingWire Data Centers
Peter Berns, Director, Datacenter Operations, TelePacific Communications
Jerry Blair, Co-Founder & Senior Vice President, DataBank
Anthony Bolner, Managing Director & Partner, Stream Data Centers
Bo Bond, Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle Brokerage, Inc.
Keith Dines, Director, Acquisition & Development, Aligned Data Centers
Carrie (Higbie) Goetz, Global Director, Data Center Solutions, The Siemon Company
James H. Henry, Senior Managing Director, Bank Street Group
Rick Hughes, Executive Vice President, Executive Member, C&W Global Data Center Advisory Group
Stephen Johnston, Director, QTS Data Centers
Rashad Kawmy, Director, Leveraged Finance, CapitalSource
Kirk A. Killian, President, Partners National Mission Critical Facilities
Rick Kurtzbein, Research Analyst, Multi-Tenant Datacenters, 451 Research
Bryan Loewen, Global Lead, Data Center Consulting Group, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, Global Corporate Services
Rob Morris, Managing Partner, Skybox Datacenters
Kirk Offel, Executive Vice President, NOVA Mission Critical
Julian Rachman, Principal, DFWCGI
Brion Sargent, Regional Practice Leader, Mission Critical Facilities, Gensler
Emil Sayegh, Chairman & CEO, Codero Hosting
Andrew Schaap, Senior Vice President, Digital Realty Trust
Scott Wallace, Regional Alliance Director, Data Center Ecosystem, Level 3 Communications
John Zuckerman, Managing Director, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co
CenturyLink – Speaker TBA
Moss Adams, LLP – Speaker TBA
View detailed agenda and registration > http://cre-events.com/dctx2016/
Attendance roster, as of August 8, 2016:
451
Aligned Data Centers
AT&T
Bank Street Group
Canara
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co
CapitalSource
CapRate Events
CenturyLink
CenturyLink Business
Codero Hosting
ComNet Communications
Compass Datacenters
Critical Electric Systems Group, LLC
Cushman & Wakefield
Cushman & Wakefield, Western
DataBank
DC Group
Digital Realty
DMI Technologies, Inc
DFWCGI
FSG
Fujitsu Network Communications
Gensler
Great River Energy
Hitt Contracting
Infomart
Interstate owerCare
Jones Lang LaSalle Brokerage, Inc.
Level 3 Communications
Marvin F. Poer and Company
Moss Adams, LLP
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, Global Corporate Services
Nortek Air Solutions
NOVA Mission Critical
Parrish Hare
Partners National Mission Critical Facilities
QTS
Quality Technology Services (QTS)
RagingWire
Real Estate Alert
Schneider Electric/Data Center Software Solutions
Skybox Datacenters
Starline (Universal Electric Corporation)
Stream Data Centers
Structure Research
SubZero Engineering
Tech Plan, Inc.
TelePacific Communications
The Siemon Company
Wisetek
View detailed agenda and registration > http://cre-events.com/dctx2016/
Event Speaker/Sponsor Contact: Brian Klebash | 646-331-8777 | info@cre-events.com
Telephone Registration/Questions: Ronnie Niederman | 646-829-7233
Media Contact: Brian Klebash, CapRate Events, LLC | The National Data Center Summit Series, 9174603572, info@cre-events.com
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