Symposium 2011 Schedule


sessiontopicSession Key:
· UI/451 - Session presented by Uptime Institute or The 451 Group companies
· TIP - Short, factual presentation that explores Symposium's themes

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Tutorials: Monday, May 9 


  Monday, May 9
12:00 pm
Registration Open
 Mission City Pre-Function
1:00-3:15 UI/451 Presentation

Tutorial 1
Master Class
with Ken Brill


Part 1: The Business Case for Revolutionizing Data Center Effectiveness

Ken Brill
Founder, Uptime Institute

Will Forrest
Partner-Business Technology Office, McKinsey & Company

Room 206
UI/451 Presentation

Tutorial 2
The Economics-Based Need to Replace Typical Data Center Strategic Planning Practices
 
Steve Carter
Vice President-Digital Infrastructure Services, Uptime Institute

Shawn Novak
Principal-Digital Infrastructure Services, Uptime Institute

Amy Spellmann
Principal-Digital Infrastructure Services, Uptime Institute

Room 207
UI/451 Presentation

Tutorial 3
Using ITIL to Close the IT and Facilities Infrastructure Communications Gap
 
Mark Acton
Vice President and Director, Uptime Institute Network - EMEA, Uptime Institute

Tony Ulichnie
Vice President and Director, Uptime Institute Network - North America, Uptime Institute

Room 205
Tutorial 4
High-Density Computer Room Cooling and How to do it Efficiently
 
Robert (Dr. Bob) Sullivan
International Cooling Consultant, RFS

Room 201
Tutorial 5
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Why the Best Intentions Don’t Always Deliver the Best Results

Session A: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Physical Layer Impact on IT Processes

Brendan Doorhy
Director, Software Systems Research, Panduit

Room 209





Tutorial 6
Vantage Data Centers Tour

Phil Collerton Director, Thirlmere Solutions

Room 212














Tutorial 6
(continues)
Vantage Data Centers Tour

Phil Collerton Director, Thirlmere Solutions







 3:15-3:30 Afternoon Break

3:30-5:00
UI/451 Presentation

Tutorial 1
(continues)
Master Class
with Ken Brill


Part 2: Why Data Center PUE may be the Least Significant of Four Factors in Terms of Data Center CapEx, OpEx and Carbon Emissions - And Why This is Important

Ken Brill
Founder, Uptime Institute


UI/451 Presentation

Tutorial 2
(continues)
The Economics-Based Need to Replace Typical Data Center Strategic Planning Practices

   Steve Carter
Vice President-Digital Infrastructure Services, Uptime Institute

Shawn Novak
Principal-Digital Infrastructure Services, Uptime Institute

Amy Spellmann
Principal-Digital Infrastructure Services, Uptime Institute
UI/451 Presentation

Tutorial 3
(continues)
Using ITIL to Close the IT and Facilities Infrastructure Communications Gap

Mark Acton
Vice President and Director, Uptime Institute Network - EMEA, Uptime Institute

Tony Ulichnie
Vice President and Director, Uptime Institute Network - North America, Uptime Institute
Tutorial 4
(continues)
High-Density Computer Room Cooling and How to do it Efficiently

Robert (Dr. Bob) Sullivan
International Cooling Consultant, RFS
Tutorial 5
(continues)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Why the Best Intentions Don’t Always Deliver the Best Results

Session B: Good Intentions, Bad Results, and Ugly Consequences in your Data Center


Chad Ritsema
Director, Professional Services-Americas, Panduit
5:00-6:30 Welcome Reception
Sponsored by Emerson Network Power, i/o, Panduit, and Schneider Electric
 Terra Courtyard (Hyatt)

Day 1: Tuesday, May 10 

  Tuesday, May 10
7:00-8:00 Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by Eaton

Registration Open
 Mission City Pre-Function
8:00-8:30 UI/451 Presentation
Welcome
plus, Exclusive Preview!
Uptime Institute Survey on Data Centers Today and Tomorrow


Martin McCarthy
Chief Executive Officer, The 451 Group
Andy Lawrence

Program Director, Uptime Institute Symposium 2011
Bruce Taylor
Executive Producer, Uptime Institute Symposium 2011
Pitt Turner
Executive Director, Uptime Institute Symposium 2011

Mission City Ballroom
8:30-9:00  Keynote
Six Reasons Why Modular Power and Cooling Plants Will Make Traditional Data Center Designs Obsolete

Neil Rasmussen
Senior Vice President of Innovation, IT Business, Schneider Electric

Mission City Ballroom
9:00-9:30 Keynote Interview
Keeping Your Aim on the Business

Jack Tison
Chief Technology Officer, Panduit
Tom Dorwart
Enterprise Technology Center Manager, Cabela's

Mission City Ballroom
9:30-9:50 Break
Sponsored by GE Digital Energy
 Mission City Pre-Function
9:50-10:20 UI/451 Presentation
Top Data Center Design and Operations Issues for 2011-2012

Vince Renaud
Vice President and Managing Principal, Professional Services Uptime Institute

Room M1/M2 
UI/451 Presentation
Cloud Computing and Virtualization: How the Global 2000 are Evolving their IT Infrastructure

Ken Male
Founder, TheInfoPro

Room 203/204
GEIT Winner Case Study
Intelligent Containment - Beyond Hot and Cold


Eric Swanson
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Room 206
 
 GEIT Winner Case Study
Global Data Center -
Smart Energy Management


Juan Murguia
CEMEX

Room 207
10:30-11:00 UI/451 Presentation and Panel
Today's Data Center Designs: Phased Build-outs and Multi-Tier Solutions

Vince Renaud
Vice President and Managing Principal, Professional Services, Uptime Institute

Room M1/M2
UI/451 Presentation
Cloud Phase 2: Moving from the Playground to Enterprise Production

William Fellows
Principal Analyst, The 451 Group

Room 209/210
GEIT Winner Case Study
Distributed Heating Using Data Center Waste Heat

Markku Vieri
Tieto

Room 201
 GEIT Winner Case Study
Computer Room Functional Efficiency, a Study in Raised Floor Optimization

Orlando Castro
Steve Press

Kaiser Permanente

Room 212
11:10-11:40
How ASHRAE's Latest Data Center Cooling Guidelines Affect Your Data Center

Don Beaty
former Chair, Technical Committee 9.9, ASHRAE

Room 203/204
GEIT Winner Case Study
Reduction and Reuse of Energy in Institutional Data Centers (RARE-IDC)

 Steve Bowes-Phipps
University of Hertfordshire

Room 206

 GEIT Winner Case Study
You've Got ...
AOL Cloud Computing


Aaron Lake
Jacob Rosenberg

AOL

Room 207
11:50-12:20 Keynote
 Using Efficient DCIM Practices to Prepare for the Cloud Transition

Steve Hassell
President of Avocent, a Division of Emerson Network Power

Mission City Ballroom
12:20-1:50 Buffet Lunch
(All delegates; Sponsored by SynapSense Corporation)
 Mission City Ballroom

Uptime Institute Network Member Luncheon (by invitation only) -  Magnolia (Hyatt)
Executive Invitational Luncheon Discussion, Sponsored by i/o (by invitation only) -  Cypress (Hyatt)
Executive Invitational Luncheon Discussion, Sponsored by Schneider Electric (by invitation only) -  Stevens Creek (Hyatt)

Exposition Hall Open
1:50-2:20 TIP
Power Monitoring, Management and Control Solutions

Calvin Nicholson
Server Technology

Room 206
TIP
Modular Data Centers: Rapidly Deploy Built-to-Order Data Centers to Extend the Lifecycle of Your Current Infrastructure and Reduce Total Cost of Ownership

David Shepard
i/o

Room 201
TIP
Data Centers and the Smart Grid - Preparing Data Centers for Smart Consumption

 Charles O'Donnell Siemens

Room 212
TIP
Beyond Efficiency toward Asset Utilization


Jakob Carnemark Skanska

Room 207
TIP
Reclaiming Data Center Capacity Through Integrated IT and Facilities Operations

Akhil Docca
Future Facilities

Room 205
TIP
Industrial Sector Lessons: Gaining Operational Insights by Leveraging a Data Collection and Information Management Strategy

Andrew Fanara
OSIsoft

Room 208
2:30-3:00
TIP
Facility Module Architecture for Data Centers in Four Parking Spaces

 Kevin Brown Schneider Electric

Room 206
TIP
The Evolution of Modular Data Centers

Evan Owen
PDI

Room 201
TIP
Hybrid IT Infrastructure As-A-Service

Denoid Tucker RagingWire

Room 212
TIP 
Fit for the Cloud - Data Center Design

Wouter Kok
Deerns Consulting Engineers

Room 207
TIP
Power Distribution and Conversion: From ‘Edison vs. Westinghouse/Tesla’ All the Way to a 0.5V Processor

Doug Ping
Vicor

Room 205
TIP
Solutions for Cooling High Density, Diverse and Variable Load Raised Floor Environments

Herb Villa
Tate

Room 208
3:00-3:20 Break
Sponsored by SynapSense Corporation
 Mission City Pre-Function
3:20-3:50 TIP
HP Intelligent Power Discovery

David Chetham-Strode
HP

Room 206
TIP
Using Airflow Simulation to Meet Cooling Challenges in Data Centers

Amir Radmehr
TileFlow

Room 201
TIP
An Exploration of DCIM Standards and How They Will Define the Management of Data Center Environments

Matt Lane
Geist Manufacturing

Room 212
TIP 
Quantifying Your Containment Strategy - A Phased Approach to Achieve Success

Carl Cottuli
Eaton

Room 207

TIP
Isolated Parallel UPS System Topology at DuPont Fabros' Santa Clara Data Center

Scott Davis
Dan Hopkins
DuPont Fabros Technology

Room 205
TIP
Rationalizing The Use of Cloud Computing

Tony Iams
Ideas International

Room 208
4:00-4:30 Keynote
Balancing Metrics in the Data Center: Don't Under-Optimize by Over-Optimizing

Ron Noblett
Vice President, Datacenter Infrastructure and Storage, HP

Mission City Ballroom  
4:30-5:00 Keynote
The Last Snowflake

George Slessman
Chief Executive Officer, i/o

Mission City Ballroom
5:00-6:00 Keynote and Panel Discussion
Facility Energy Efficiency at Any Scale:
Best Practices Small, Medium, and Large Sites Can Implement Today!


Chris Malone
Thermal Technologies Architect, Google

Mission City Ballroom
6:00-7:30 Opening Reception
Sponsored by Emerson Network Power, i/o, Panduit, and Schneider Electric
 Exposition Hall

Exposition Hall Open
7:30-11:00 After-Expo Reception (Delegates Only)
sponsored by
CoreSite and Uptime Institute
 Terra Courtyard (Hyatt)

Day 2: Wednesday, May 11 

  Wednesday, May 11
7:00-8:00 Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by STULZ-ATS
 Mission City Pre-Function

Registration Open
8:00-8:10 Opening Announcements 

Mission City Ballroom
8:10-8:40 Keynote
Facebook's Latest Innovations in Data Center Design

Paul Hsu, Senior Electrical Engineer, Facebook
Dan Lee, Datacenter Mechanical Engineer, Facebook

Mission City Ballroom
8:40-9:10 Keynote
Building Data Centers for Today’s Demands

Jim Trout
President and Chief Executive Officer, Vantage Data Centers

Mission City Ballroom
9:10-9:40 Keynote Interview
Designing a Cloud-Friendly Data Center

Peter Panfil
Vice President and General Manager, Liebert AC Power
James Kennedy
Director - Data Center Operations and Construction, RagingWire Enterprise Solutions

Mission City Ballroom
9:40-10:00 Break
Sponsored by STULZ-ATS
 Mission City Pre-Function
10:00-10:40
 Panel Discussion
Organizational Changes Needed: Strategies to Cut Data Center TCO  
 
Mission City Ballroom
10:50-11:20 UI/451 Presentation and Panel
Containers, Prefab and Modular Data Centers

Jason Schafer
Senior Analyst-Datacenters, Tier1 Research

Room M1/M2
UI/451 Presentation
Frontline Operations Issues from the Uptime Institute Networks

Rick Schuknecht
Vice President for Global Networks, Uptime Institute

Room 206
GEIT Winner Case Study
Achieving 99% Free Cooling and Tier III Certification in a Modular Enterprise Data Center

Nick Vaney
Red Engineering Design

Room 201
GEIT Winner Case Study
Multi-Billion Dollar Business Deploys Viridity DCIM Software – Saves Over $1M

Michael Tresh
Viridity Software

Room 212
11:30-12:00 GEIT Finalist Presentations
Smarter IT

Shruthi Rao, Akamai Technologies
Michael Hirahara, Brocade Communication Systems
Sergio Siqueira,
HP Brasil

Wilson Okamoto, Bradesco

Room 207
GEIT Winner Case Study
Multi-Zone Water Containment: A Breakthrough in Site Sustainability

Brian Ice
Renee Collins
Tuan Hoang
  Lee Technologies

Room 201
TIP
Developing CapEx-Efficient Free Cooling Strategies and Evaluating their Impact on OpEx and Total Cost  of Ownership

Joerg Desler
STULZ-ATS

Room 205
TIP
Take Your Data Center Optimization Projects from Basic to Advanced with Real-time Power and Cooling Intelligence

Craig Compiano
Modius

Room 208
12:00-1:30 Buffet Lunch
(All delegates; Sponsored by Federspiel Controls) - Mission City Ballroom
Executive Invitational Luncheon Discussion, Sponsored by Jones Lang LaSalle (by invitation only) - Magnolia (Hyatt)
Executive Invitational Luncheon Discussion, Sponsored by NetApp (by invitation only) - Cypress (Hyatt)

 Exposition Hall Open
1:30-2:00 TIP
The Challenge with Economizers

Fred Stack
Emerson Network Power

Room 206
TIP
Taming the Beast: Data-Enabled Strategies for Effective Cost Management of your Electrical Infrastructure

Kevin Meagher
Power Analytics

Mickey Zandi
Sungard Availability Services

Room 207
 TIP
A New Best Practice: Combining Environmental, Power and Asset Data

 Chris Gaskins
RF Code

Room 205
TIP
Regimented Standards, Operational Sustainability and Economic Efficiencies Through Modular Data Center Technology

David Shaw
i/o

Room 212

TIP
Ethernet Exchanges: Expanding Interconnection Options For Advanced Services

Paul Unbehagen
Alcatel-Lucent

Lane Patterson
Equinix

Room 208
 
TIP
A Better Approach to Asset Management at eBay

Henry Hsu
Raritan

Dean Nelson
eBay

Room 201
2:10-2:40

TIP
Journey to Consolidation

Doug Hunter
Panduit

Mark Howard
Alegent Health

Room 212
TIP
Power Management in a Legacy Data Center

Ray Pfeifer
SynapSense Corporation

David Edgar
LBNL

Room 207
TIP
Making Uninterruptible Utility Power A Reality

Brad Roberts
Troy Miller

S&C Electric

Room 201
TIP
Achieving Instant Energy Savings While Improving Uptime

Clifford Federspiel
Federspiel Controls

Room 206
 
TIP
Energy and Efficiency in the Data Center:  Practical Innovations to Deliver Real Efficiencies

Rob Coupland
TelecityGroup

Room 208
TIP
The Original Air Conditioner: Using Fog to Evaporatively Cool your Data Center

Eric Adamson
Mee Industries

Room 205
2:50-3:20 TIP
Data Center Efficiency: More Than Just A Good PUE

 David Dunn
Billie Haggard

CoreSite

Room 205
TIP
How Reliable Smart Grids and High Efficiency UPS Improves Data Center Efficiency

Brad Thrash
GE  Digital Energy

Room 201
TIP
Find Business Value and Green Efficiencies in Your Data Center

Andrew Dominey
1E

Room 206
TIP
Data Center Energy Management: Analyzing and Improving Your Efficiency

Clemens Pfeiffer
PowerAssure

Room 212
TIP
Standby Power Generation Ensures Nonstop Operation at Communications Data Center

John Kilinskis
Cummins Power Generation

Michael Mosman
CCG Facilities Integration

Room 207
TIP
Procurement Methods and Forms of Contract for Engineering and Construction of Efficient, Available and Cost Effective Mission Critical Facilities

Vello Ehvert
Ehvert Engineering

Room 208
3:20-3:40 Break
Sponsored by PDI
 Mission City Pre-Function
3:40-4:10
UI/451 Presentation
Applying Uptime Institute's Operational Sustainability Tier Standard to Real Life Data Centers


David Humphrey
Senior Consultant, Uptime Institute

Room M1/M2
UI/451 Presentation
Evolutionary Events Impacting the Past, Present and Future Survival of Data Centers

 Steve Carter
Vice President-Digital Infrastructure Services, Uptime Institute

Room 209/210
 GEIT Finalist Presentations
Facilities and Beyond

Darren McGann, KPMG
Rick Cuevas, Yahoo!
Ray Pfeifer, SynapSense Corporation

Room 201
4:20-5:00 UI/451 Presentation
Creating and Managing a High Reliability Organization: Year One
 

Ken Brill
Founder, Uptime Institute

Mission City Ballroom 
GEIT Panel Discussion
What Happened Next?
2010 Green Enterprise IT Award Winners Panel


Room M1/M2 
5:10-5:40 Keynote
Preparing for the Cloud: A Data Center Survival Guide

Mike Manos
Senior Vice President of Technologies, AOL

Mission City Ballroom
5:40-6:15 2011 Green Enterprise IT Awards Ceremony

Mission City Ballroom
6:15-7:30
Reception

Sponsored by Emerson Network Power, i/o, Panduit, and Schneider Electric
Mission City Ballroom

Day 3: Thursday, May 12 


Special Focus: The Disrupted Enterprise: Efficiency, Energy and Carbon

Thursday, May 12 will focus on the intertwined issues of efficiency, energy use, carbon management and compliance
as they relate to data centers and enterprise IT.

  Thursday, May 12
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by Panduit and Power Analytics
 Mission City Pre-Function

Registration Open
8:30-8:40 Opening Announcements 

Mission City Ballroom
8:40-9:10 Keynote
Smart Grid and Data Centers: Interactions and Opportunities

Bob Gilligan
Vice President-Digital Energy, GE Energy Services

Mission City Ballroom
9:20-9:50 Banking on Fresh Air:
Deutsche’s 100% Free Cooled New York Data Center Design


Andrew Stokes
Chief Infrastructure Architect, Deutsche Bank

Mission City Ballroom
Panel Discussion
EDF Climate Corps: Saving Money in Your Data Center and Beyond

Room M1
9:50-10:10  Break
Sponsored by Panduit and Power Analytics
 Mission City Pre-Function
10:10-10:40    Keynote Panel Discussion
Your Corporate Power Grid in 2016: A Sneak Preview

  Mark Ascolese
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Power Analytics
Kfir Godrich
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, HP Technology Services
Kevin Meagher
Chief Technology Officer, Power Analytics
Byron Washom
Director of Strategic Energy Initiatives, UC San Diego

Mission City Ballroom
10:50-11:20 The Role of IT: Enabling the Sustainability/Performance Nexus

David Struhs
Vice President for Sustainability Strategy, C3

Mission City Ballroom
UI/451 Presentation
Brawny or Wimpy? Will Low-Powered CPUs Disrupt the Data Center?

John Abbott
Chief Analyst, The 451 Group

Room D
TIP
Planning the Power and Cooling Efficiency of Your Data Center

Todd LaCognata
Panduit

    Paul E. Schlattman
Environmental Systems Design

Room F
11:30-12:00  Panel Discussion
Energy:
Green It, Shift It, Store It


Room C
UI/451 Presentation
Carbon Management Software: Making Sense of a Crowded Market

John Stanley
Research Analyst for Eco-Efficient IT, The 451 Group

Room D
IP-Enabled Energy Management:  Administering Energy as a Service

Rob Aldrich
Principal Energy Services Architect, Cisco Systems

Room E
TIP
What Works and What Doesn't: Maximizing Capacity Through Energy Insight

Joe Polastre
Sentilla

Timo Stelzer
SAP

Room F
12:00-1:30 Buffet Lunch
Sponsored by Panduit and Power Analytics
Mission City Ballroom

Executive Invitational Luncheon Discussion, Sponsored by Panduit and Power Analytics (by invitation only) - M2/M3
1:30-2:00 TIP
Understanding Airflow: The Single Most Critical Factor in Achieving Data Center Cooling Efficiency

Rajesh Nair
 AdaptivCool

Room C
TIP
Getting to the Cloud – a Cross-Domain Strategy for Data Centers

Joseph Bondi
N(i)2

Room B
TIP
Modular Central Utility Plants

Terry Moses
 Systecon

Room D
TIP
Power Design Innovations to meet Data Center Design Requirements

Roland Ignacio
QTS

Room E
TIP
Power Distribution: Finger‐Safe Design and Circuit Breaker Coordination

Anthony Pinkey
LayerZero Power Systems

Room F
2:10-2:40 Panel Discussion
In Practice: Metrics and Priorities for Green IT and Organizational Sustainability

Mission City Ballroom
TIP
Ensuring Visibility into a Cloudy Network

Patrick Leong
Gigamon

Room E
2:50-3:20 Panel Discussion
The Future of Energy


Room C
TIP   
Reducing Server Power Consumption by 75 Percent:  A Mozilla Case Study

Andrew Feldman
SeaMicro

Justin Fitzhugh
Mozilla

Room F
3:20-3:40 Break
Sponsored by Panduit and Power Analytics
 Mission City Pre-Function
3:40-4:10  UI/451 Presentation
Data Center Infrastructure Management Software: The Analyst Take


Andy Lawrence
Research Director for Eco-Efficient IT, The 451 Group

Room D    
UI/451 Presentation and Panel
Breaking News: The Disrupted Data Center


Mark Acton
Program Director of Uptime Institute Network-EMEA, Uptime Institute

Room B
4:20-4:50 UI/451 Presentation and Panel
Data Center Trends 2011: Research Results from Uptime Institute

Matt Stansberry
Director of Content and Publications, Uptime Institute

Room M1
UI/451 Presentation
Is Cloud Computing Energy Efficient?


Amy Spellmann
Principal - Digital Infrastructure Services, Uptime Institute

Room C
5:00-5:45  Panel Discussion
The Greening of IT: Successes, Failures, and the Future

George Goodman, Executive Director, Climate Savers Computing Initiative
Jon Haas
, Board Member and Technical Committee Chairman, The Green Grid
KC Mares, Chair-Data Center Efficiency Program & Summit, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Bruce Myatt
, Founder, Critical Facilities Round Table
Pitt Turner
, Executive Director, Uptime Institute
Andy Lawrence
, Research Director for Eco-Efficient IT, The 451 Group

Mission City Ballroom
5:45-6:00 Closing Remarks

Mission City Ballroom
6:00-7:30
Reception

Sponsored by Panduit and Power Analytics

Mission City Ballroom