Join 400+ Data Center Real Estate, Connectivity and End-User Executives on April 19 to Discuss Greater Calgary, Alberta and Emerging Western Canadian Markets Trends and Patterns
CALGARY, Alberta, April 4, 2018 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- CAPRE, organizer of The Greater Calgary & Alberta Data Centre Data Center Summit, has confirmed 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 Greater Calgary, Alberta and Western Canadian markets.
The conference will be held on April 19 at Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre, a state-of-the art event facility.
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, Greater Calgary & Alberta Data Centre Summit will bring new topics under the radar, including:
- Best practices for hiring data center employees and contractors;
- How to reduce costs while reducing risk;
- Analysis of data center opportunities in the Americas vs. Europe;
- Analysis of network reconfiguration to support evolving needs;
- Analysis of competitive markets;
- 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.
Expert speakers will discuss trends, patterns, opportunities and challenges, including:
- What are the implications of new consolidators emerging in the data center arena?
- What firms were most active in 2017?
- What types of industry changes might we expect in 2018?
- How will political changes around the globe impact the data center industry in 2018?
- What are the new innovations relative to connectivity and data center design?
- What is the global outlook in 2018 for data center investment and development?
- Why is there such a huge valuation differential between the "haves" and "have nots" – i.e., scale, cash flow, strategic relevance?
Who should attend and participate?
- Data center colocation, wholesale and cloud customers
- Data center developers
- Data center investors
- Data center debt and/or equity sources
- Engineers
- Architects
- Power/UPS firms
- Telecom/fiber companies
- Consultants/researchers
- Public sector executives
- Commercial real estate brokers
View detailed agenda & registration >
https://www.capremedia.com/events/capres-greater-calgary-alberta-data-centre-summit
Confirmed Speakers, as of April 4:
- Chad Arnold: Senior Account Executive, Equinix
- Larry Baker: Director, BTECH
- Orlando Dolojan: Director - Client Engagement, Uptime Institute
- Robert Feeney: Data Center Manager, SHAW
- Mei Huang: Senior Director - Invest Alberta, Government of Alberta
- Conan Lee: Managing Director, JLL
- Donald Mitchell: Data Center Division Manager, Victaulic
- David O'Reilly: Vice President of the IT Solution Division, Schneider Electric
- Vance E. Peterson: Solutions Architect, Schneider Electric
- Joseph Reele: Vice President, Datacenter Solution Architects, Schneider Electric
- Fadi Tarcha: National Solution Manager, Vertiv Co
- Andre van Zijl: General Manager - Canada, Cologix, Inc.
2018 Greater Calgary & Alberta Data Centre Summit Schedule:
April 19, 2018; 8:00am-5:00pm
Full-Day Conference at Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre: Panel sessions to focus on state of the market, new development/site selection, investment, financing, connectivity innovations
Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre
Calgary Airport
6620 36th ST NE
Calgary, AB, T3J 4C8
This event is produced by CapRate Events, LLC (CAPRE)
Telephone registration/questions: Ronnie Niederman | +1-646-829-7233
For exhibiting/sponsorship: Brian Klebash | +1-646-331-8777 | info@capremedia.com
Media Contact: Brian Klebash, CAPRE | International Data Center Series, 917-460-3572, info@capremedia.com
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