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15th June, 2023
London
CXO SUMMIT: UNDERSTANDING THE JOURNEY TO SUSTAINABLE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Agenda
Agenda
DIGITAL INFRA XCHANGE THE ROADMAP TO SATISFY THE GROWING DATA DEMAND FOR A SUSTAINABLE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
9:00 - 9:10
Digital Infrastructure Network Summit
Opening Welcome, Introductions and Remarks
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough is the founder of RockScar an internationally recognised specialist consultancy working in the field of Sustainable Digital Infrastructure.
Dan holds a variety of advisory roles with both commercial and not-for-profit organisations operating in this space. He is the Publisher of the DigitalInfraNetwork and specialises in the transition to zero-carbon digital infrastructure from the application to the grid.
Dan is a highly experienced entrepreneur with Strong professional skills in Business Planning, Operations Management, Event Management, Publishing, Research, Real-estate Development, Sales and Marketing.
Through his variety of engagements, Dan has worked extensively in both sustainability, real-estate, cloud and data centre technology. He understands the end-to-end development process and the challenges of delivering and operating complex digital infrastructure projects in multiple international locations.
Dan is focused on helping companies in their transition toward Zero Carbon, enabling organisations to benchmark and monitor their carbon emissions on this journey
9:10 - 9:45
Opening Panel: Getting to Absolute Zero Carbon Digital Infrastructure while Meeting the insatiable future demand:
The ‘Knowledge Doubling Curve’ that’s driving Digital Transformation assumes that human knowledge doubles every 13 months. This insatiable need for data drives the growth in data centers, connectivity, storage, and edge computing. How can the industry get to real net zero while overcoming capacity constraints?
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough is the founder of RockScar an internationally recognised specialist consultancy working in the field of Sustainable Digital Infrastructure.
Dan holds a variety of advisory roles with both commercial and not-for-profit organisations operating in this space. He is the Publisher of the DigitalInfraNetwork and specialises in the transition to zero-carbon digital infrastructure from the application to the grid.
Dan is a highly experienced entrepreneur with Strong professional skills in Business Planning, Operations Management, Event Management, Publishing, Research, Real-estate Development, Sales and Marketing.
Through his variety of engagements, Dan has worked extensively in both sustainability, real-estate, cloud and data centre technology. He understands the end-to-end development process and the challenges of delivering and operating complex digital infrastructure projects in multiple international locations.
Dan is focused on helping companies in their transition toward Zero Carbon, enabling organisations to benchmark and monitor their carbon emissions on this journey
Serge Conesa
Founder and CEO, Immersion4 and CoolLabs
Serge Conesa
Founder and CEO, Immersion4 and CoolLabs
Serge Conesa brings over 30 years of experience in data communications and the IT networking industry,holding Executive key positions in both sales and marketing management with from Fortune 500 companies and over 20 start-ups. His experience ranges from working in the business of internationally expanding major telecommunications and civil infrastructure businesses coordinating all the key elements of a new business: including time, money, resources and technology throughout multiple geographies and cultures. His vision will help corporate and government customers assess, optimize, and manage the life cycle of resources utilization for enhanced efficiency and reduced energy consumption. At the highest levels of governments, energy independence is recognized as key to maintain a nation’s economic and political security. His work is giving now the ability to respond to the call from the White House, not only in addressing, but also in helping to solve the nation’s need for energy independence in a climate of greater demand and diminishing resources, and to replace the current inefficient industrial model of resources management with a new highly efficient model.
Marientina Laina
Director of Sustainability- NTT Global Data Centers
Marientina Laina
Director of Sustainability- NTT Global Data Centers
Marientina Laina is a force to be reckoned with in the world of sustainability. With extensive experience as a sustainability professional, she has honed her skills in consulting, policy analysis, research, engagement, communications, and project management. Her ability to articulate complex technical jargon to a non-technical audience sets her apart from others in the field, while her unwavering drive and enthusiasm make her a formidable competitor in any environment.
Marientina has worked in a variety of interdisciplinary environments, including global companies, international organizations, and international multi-partner projects. Her passion for sustainability has led her to tackle some of the world's most pressing environmental issues, working tirelessly to find solutions that balance economic, social, and environmental considerations.
Ashley Davis
Executive Board Member at Green
Ashley Davis
Executive Board Member at Green
Ashley has a significant cross discipline Technical and Management competency spanning Critical Infrastructure Assets (high performance data centres, corporate HQ / workspace transformation) and Cloud communities, serving both financial services and technology sectors.
Global in attitude, having led over 2,000,000ft² of data centre development, and ~5,000,000ft² of HQ design, leading corporate change programs for UBS, JP Morgan, Lehman, Deutsche & Morgan Stanley, and early-stage corporate development within the Data Centre sector - Green.CH.
Luke Davies
Managing Director, GlobalConnect
Luke Davies
Managing Director, GlobalConnect
Luke is Managing Director of GlobalConnect Datacenters. Part of the GlobalConnect Group, they own and operate 17 datacenters across the Nordics, closely integrated with GlobalConnect’s 150,000+km of fiber in the region. GlobalConnect is prioritizing ESG-centric infrastructure through its commitment to the UN Global Compact, science-based targets and ground-breaking technologies such as immersive cooling.
Hall 1
Climate Neutral Design and Construction.
Is it possible to build truly carbon-zero digital infrastructure? How can operators combat embodied carbon in the construction phase and become truly climate neutral?
Powering digital infrastructure: How can Energy Intensive industries Drive the renewable energy transition? Ways to develop a holistic energy strategy that contributes to grid stability and emissions reduction targets while improving resiliency and risk management, especially with respect to compliance and market exposure.
Hall 2
Can CIOs reduce their carbon footprint by migrating to the cloud?
Driven by the increasing focus on sustainable operations many organisations are looking to cloud migration as a solution. The many aspects of a cloud or hybrid strategy are well established but less understood are the environmental benefits. Cloud computing could eliminate a billion metric tons of CO2 emission over the next four years, and possibly more, according to a new IDC forecast. With Microsoft and AWS investing in energy-efficient data centres, cloud computing is set to impact carbon emissions positively. CIOs from various industries share their experiences on how migrating to the cloud has made a difference to the carbon footprint of their organisations.
Data centers and other digital infrastructure consume large amounts of electricity and are obligated to fully document the source of the power they are consuming. Documentation concerning the origin of the power that is consumed is increasingly becoming a prerequisite for the ESG obligations of both data center operators and their customers. How the electricity data centers consume has been produced remains a serious matter for the industry, and could have a huge impact on the renewable energy transition.
9:45 - 10:20
Panel: Zero-Carbon Capital.
How can investors underpin the transition to Absolute Zero Digital Infrastructure? With mounting pressure to ensure that capital is invested in companies with credible climate-neutral claims, how are investors ensuring that their portfolio meets their zero-carbon objectives?
Louise Bunting
Global CIO & Sustainability Leader, Carbon Net Neutral Technology Solutions
Louise Bunting
Global CIO & Sustainability Leader, Carbon Net Neutral Technology Solutions
As a Director of International Programmes for Cable and Wireless, I managed a global team delivering multiple capital projects in excess of £100m. The move to IT Consultancy in 2008 allowed me to gain exposure to multiple disciplines including data centre strategy, IT strategy, service management consulting, IT outsourcing, transformation, complex migration management and end to end programme management of IT deliverables.
I returned to establishing and running global programmes in 2010 with a move to Deutsche Bank (mass end user migration) and then Bank of Tokyo (new bank subsidiary formation). Both high value strategic programmes had very different focusses and complexities.
In 2013, I co-founded JLIT consulting on outsource, cloud based solutions within a multi-vendor environments. I invented Comms Cube, an innovative mobile networking solution that provisioned secure bandwidth instantly whilst at JLIT.
In November 2014, I joined Align which signaled a move back into corporate and financial services IT consulting. Leading the EMEA Migration Practice I was focused on complex migrations to the cloud, process automation and transformation consulting.
In January 2019, I moved to KPMG as a Director within CIO Advisory and led UK FS capabilities including the technical architecture, IT Effectiveness, IT Sourcing and ServiceNow.
In November, 2020 I joined Yondr Group as Group CIO responsible for group IT, Sustainability, H&S, Quality and Value Creation. I led international expansion into 21 countries, set up Sustainability, full SOC set up, DevSECOps set up for application development, JAML automated onboarding, API integration platform build, agile working, automated carbon accounting systems. Shortlisted for Women in Technology CIO of the Year.
In December 2022, wanting to use my sustainability and tech credentials, I joined Carbon Net Neutral Technology Solutions who focus on building Sustainability reporting frameworks and automated reporting systems.
Zahl Limbuwala
Operating Partner, DTCP
Zahl Limbuwala
Operating Partner, DTCP
A technology entrepreneur and corporate C-suite executive with +25 years of high-tech sector experience in data center operations, software development, automation, robotics and engineering.
True international experience having lived and worked in UK, Austria, USA and APAC establishing businesses, market presence and client bases globally.
Non-exec and advisory roles in various technology startups, former advisor to EU-JRC, US-EPA, UK Space Agency. Founder of the first data center special interest group and early advocate for energy efficiency and sustainability in the tech sector, regular technology futures speaker and technology evangelist/commentator.
Arnaud Jaguin
Investment Director, Digital 9 Infrastructure
Arnaud Jaguin
Investment Director, Digital 9 Infrastructure
Arnaud has over 15 years’ experience in telecoms and digital infrastructure, with a strong focus on fibre and wireless networks. He led D9’s acquisitions of Elio Networks and Arqiva.
Within the team, Arnaud leads on investment analysis, portfolio management and strategy, and engages actively with investors. He also sits on the Boards of Aqua Comms, Verne Global, Elio Networks and Giggle Broadband.
He began his career in telecoms M&A advisory at UBS Investment Bank in London, advising on £50bn of transactions. He then had a varied career in the industry with Level3 Communications (corporate development and strategy), CenturyLink (marketing), RETN (sales operations) and Ontix (finance). Arnaud holds a Master's degree in Finance from Sciences Po Paris.
Sam Anthony
Equity Analyst, Ninety One
Sam Anthony
Equity Analyst, Ninety One
Sam is an analyst in the Sustainable Equity team within Multi-Asset at Ninety One. He joined the team in 2018 and his primary responsibility is the coverage of environmental sectors. In addition to his focus on decarbonisation, he has been instrumental in the development of the team’s analysis of externalities.
Prior to joining the firm, Sam was part of the investment team at Arbuthnot Latham, with primary responsibility for the Natural Resources sector. He began his career as a Geologist, gaining experience in both iron ore exploration and mine development, whilst working for Roy Hill and Hancock Prospecting in Australia.
He graduated from Durham University with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Geology in 2011. Sam is a CFA® Charterholder and holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC). Sam has earned a Master’s Degree in Sustainability Leadership from the University of Cambridge, in which he specialised in the topic of biodiversity, subsequently publishing his work in the leading academic journal Business Strategy and the Environment.
Derek Webster
Managing Director, Andget Limited
Derek Webster
Managing Director, Andget Limited
Derek Webster is a Data Center sector consultant, advisory, client principle & advocate. He has over 25+years sector experience, leading teams and delivering global infrastructure strategy and solutions. He spans the gambit working with clients from funding rounds, pre-budget business case, DC strategy, to country and site selection, design & build and delivery. He has helped governments & development agencies to review and align their Foreign Direct Investors (FDI), attractiveness, ‘Value Propositions’ to National offer’s. Is, also a Conference speaker, report writer and evangelist.
10:20 - 10:55
Ensuring Compliance with Existing and Upcoming Regulations including CSRD
We are at a significant milestone for Sustainability Reporting, with the emergence of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The CSRD directive expands on non-financial reporting obligations beyond the existing Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) and will bring more than 49,000 Companies into the scope of this non-financial reporting. This move will bring sustainability reporting in line with financial reporting. Data centers that have not yet established clear and meaningful sustainability metrics and KPIs, need to act now. It is imperative that the data centre community moves beyond goal setting and starts acting swiftly to put policy and detailed plans in place and get ready for CSRD.
Colm Shorten
Data Center Global Strategy, JLL
Colm Shorten
Data Center Global Strategy, JLL
Highly Accomplished Corporate Real Estate and Business Strategist, with a progressive career spanning over 25 years delivering innovative solutions, exceeding targets, reducing costs and increasing revenue for major IT and Blue-Chip organisations on a global scale. An adaptable, and trusted consultant with consolidated expertise in programme management, property portfolio management, operations management, business transformation, new technology implementation, process engineering and improvement, excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Able to form positive relationships with customers, stakeholders. Proficient in financial management including short and long-term business plans. Experience in all aspects of facilities management, critical infrastructure, hard and soft services. I have exceptional commercial and strategic skills with wide-ranging experience in managing a complex estate, facilities portfolio, and Data Centres.
Hans Petter Kildal
CEO, Becour AS
Hans Petter Kildal
CEO, Becour AS
Hans Petter Kildal (HP) has been an active contributor in establishing the European market for Guarantees of Origin. He had a leading role in the Energy Trading & Environment 2020 research project, was member of the board of Sustainable Fashion Council, and an advisor for the UN initiative “The Responsible Ecosystems Sourcing Platform”. He also participated in developing the new Greenhouse Gas protocol scope 2 guidance document.
HP started working as a power trader at Østfold Energi back in 1999, and have since then held leading international positions in Fortum, Bergen Energi Green Services and Kinect Energy Group.
John Booth
Consultant, Carbon3IT
John Booth
Consultant, Carbon3IT
John Booth's Bio: Throughout his 30 year IT career, John has been privileged to visit many different industrial, commercial, government and military sites including steel works, car manufacturers, factories, offices, power stations, petro-chemical, and electrical, gas and water utility installations.
He has completed projects throughout Europe (The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg and Switzerland) India, and the Asia Pacific Region (Cambodia, and Australia).
His career started as a British Telecom apprentice in the 1980’s in the City of London and he has worked in many city financial institutions. In 1989 he left to join J.O. Grant & Taylor as a junior project manager, in 1990 he joined Electrical Installations Ltd as a project and bid manager in the structured data and voice cabling sector and worked on projects such as British Steel Scunthorpe and Redcar, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, and Cranfield Institute of Technology.
Working for himself in 1996, he installed servers, switches and desktops into UK Job Centres nationwide. 1997, saw him join Computacenter as a Systems Engineer and he worked at some notable clients including Lloyds TSB, HFC Bank, Mecca Bingo, HSBC, British Energy, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Severn Trent Water to name a few.
10:55 - 11:15
Morning Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:50
Data-Driven: Counting and reporting carbon footprint
Accurate and standardised emissions-reporting rules will not, in themselves, solve the climate crisis. But the transparency will help investors better understand how to allocate capital, enable stakeholders to put pressure on organizations to make meaningful changes to their environmental impact, and encourage companies to innovate and use more green technology to reduce their carbon footprints
Mark Butcher
Director, Posetiv Cloud
Mark Butcher
Director, Posetiv Cloud
Founder of Posetiv Cloud, specialists in DevOps, GreenOps and FinOps, spanning all aspects of IT from data centres, infrastructure, end user devices, cloud services and software development. These days most of my time is spent helping people modernise and transform their IT services, helping them accelerate towards their net-zero targets and reduce their digital carbon emissions.
Neil Clark
Planet Officer, TPXImpact
Neil Clark
Planet Officer, TPXImpact
Neil's Bio: I am passionate about helping to save the planet and everything that calls it home. I want my working life to be fully focussed on this mission. I am a systems thinker who thrives on purpose driven work. I take pride in defining the vision of the products and services I’m part of and am driven by uncovering the root causes of issues and the opportunities that arise from them.
As well as creating and driving the planet strategy at TPXimpact, I have been raising awareness of, and trying to address, the impact the digital industry has on the planet. Making the planet a stakeholder, and sustainability a success criteria, in all digital projects is central to addressing this problem.
I push to enable people to do stuff easily, which I think sums up the likes of service design, design thinking, business analysis, product ownership and agile methodologies, all of which I have practised for most of my career.
Noah Miller
Head of Data, Advanced Infrastructure
Noah Miller
Head of Data, Advanced Infrastructure
A sustainability expert and leader with a proven track record of delivering ESG projects covering low carbon technology planning, baselining, emissions reporting, corporate governance and data analysis. A respected public speaker and author with a PhD in Renewable Energy and an affiliation with the Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership. I am dedicated to bringing about a sustainable future.
I am a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC) having previously completed an integrated masters in chemistry (MChem) at the University of Oxford. I have taught extensively throughout my research and was awarded an Fellowship of Advance HE, formerly the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Outside of work, I love rugby, being a contracted player at Preston Grasshoppers RFC and an Oxford Rugby Blue (2017). I also enjoy cricket but as a far more social and less serious endeavour!
Louise Bunting
Global CIO & Sustainability Leader, Carbon Net Neutral Technology Solutions
Louise Bunting
Global CIO & Sustainability Leader, Carbon Net Neutral Technology Solutions
As a Director of International Programmes for Cable and Wireless, I managed a global team delivering multiple capital projects in excess of £100m. The move to IT Consultancy in 2008 allowed me to gain exposure to multiple disciplines including data centre strategy, IT strategy, service management consulting, IT outsourcing, transformation, complex migration management and end to end programme management of IT deliverables.
I returned to establishing and running global programmes in 2010 with a move to Deutsche Bank (mass end user migration) and then Bank of Tokyo (new bank subsidiary formation). Both high value strategic programmes had very different focusses and complexities.
In 2013, I co-founded JLIT consulting on outsource, cloud based solutions within a multi-vendor environments. I invented Comms Cube, an innovative mobile networking solution that provisioned secure bandwidth instantly whilst at JLIT.
In November 2014, I joined Align which signaled a move back into corporate and financial services IT consulting. Leading the EMEA Migration Practice I was focused on complex migrations to the cloud, process automation and transformation consulting.
In January 2019, I moved to KPMG as a Director within CIO Advisory and led UK FS capabilities including the technical architecture, IT Effectiveness, IT Sourcing and ServiceNow.
In November, 2020 I joined Yondr Group as Group CIO responsible for group IT, Sustainability, H&S, Quality and Value Creation. I led international expansion into 21 countries, set up Sustainability, full SOC set up, DevSECOps set up for application development, JAML automated onboarding, API integration platform build, agile working, automated carbon accounting systems. Shortlisted for Women in Technology CIO of the Year.
In December 2022, wanting to use my sustainability and tech credentials, I joined Carbon Net Neutral Technology Solutions who focus on building Sustainability reporting frameworks and automated reporting systems.
Marientina Laina
Director of Sustainability- NTT Global Data Centers
Marientina Laina
Director of Sustainability- NTT Global Data Centers
Marientina Laina is a force to be reckoned with in the world of sustainability. With extensive experience as a sustainability professional, she has honed her skills in consulting, policy analysis, research, engagement, communications, and project management. Her ability to articulate complex technical jargon to a non-technical audience sets her apart from others in the field, while her unwavering drive and enthusiasm make her a formidable competitor in any environment.
Marientina has worked in a variety of interdisciplinary environments, including global companies, international organizations, and international multi-partner projects. Her passion for sustainability has led her to tackle some of the world's most pressing environmental issues, working tirelessly to find solutions that balance economic, social, and environmental considerations.
11:50 - 12:25
Panel Discussion: Driving Credible Claims to Renewable Energy: How can Data centers more directly contribute to greening the grid?
Data centers and other digital infrastructure consume large amounts of electricity and are obligated to fully document the source of the power they are consuming. Documentation concerning the origin of the power that is consumed is increasingly becoming a prerequisite for the ESG obligations of both data center operators and their customers. How the electricity data centers consume has been produced remains a serious matter for the industry, and could have a huge impact on the renewable energy transition.
Hans Petter Kildal
CEO, Becour AS
Hans Petter Kildal
CEO, Becour AS
Hans Petter Kildal (HP) has been an active contributor in establishing the European market for Guarantees of Origin. He had a leading role in the Energy Trading & Environment 2020 research project, was member of the board of Sustainable Fashion Council, and an advisor for the UN initiative “The Responsible Ecosystems Sourcing Platform”. He also participated in developing the new Greenhouse Gas protocol scope 2 guidance document.
HP started working as a power trader at Østfold Energi back in 1999, and have since then held leading international positions in Fortum, Bergen Energi Green Services and Kinect Energy Group.
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough is the founder of RockScar an internationally recognised specialist consultancy working in the field of Sustainable Digital Infrastructure.
Dan holds a variety of advisory roles with both commercial and not-for-profit organisations operating in this space. He is the Publisher of the DigitalInfraNetwork and specialises in the transition to zero-carbon digital infrastructure from the application to the grid.
Dan is a highly experienced entrepreneur with Strong professional skills in Business Planning, Operations Management, Event Management, Publishing, Research, Real-estate Development, Sales and Marketing.
Through his variety of engagements, Dan has worked extensively in both sustainability, real-estate, cloud and data centre technology. He understands the end-to-end development process and the challenges of delivering and operating complex digital infrastructure projects in multiple international locations.
Dan is focused on helping companies in their transition toward Zero Carbon, enabling organisations to benchmark and monitor their carbon emissions on this journey
Pip Squire
Head of Energy & Sustainability, Ark Data Centres
Pip Squire
Head of Energy & Sustainability, Ark Data Centres
Pip Squire graduated in 1979 with a Geology Degree from Oxford University and then spent 3 years as an exploration geologist in southern Africa. He returned to Imperial College in 1982 where he gained an MSc in Engineering Geology with Distinction before embarking on a career in the construction industry.
Over the past 40 years Pip has moved from engineering geology and foundation design on large hydro-electric projects around the world, to nuclear waste management, airport engineering into the power industry in 1996 and then into data centres full time from 2007.
Over the last 14 years at Ark Pip has led the successful planning design and construction of over 100MW(IT) of Tier III data halls in 12 data centres across three data centre campuses. Two data centres 18MW(IT)) are currently under construction and a further three large data centres >100MW(IT) are in the planning phase on new campuses.
12:25 - 13:00
Heat Reuse & Powering digital infrastructure: How can Energy Intensive Industries Drive the renewable energy transition and encourage heat off-takers?
Ways to develop a holistic energy strategy that contributes to grid stability and emissions reduction targets while improving resiliency and risk management, especially with respect to compliance and market exposure heat reuse and district heating systems.
Philip Brooks
MD, theventguide.com
Philip Brooks
MD, theventguide.com
Philip’s early career focused on engineering and founding a successful contracting and services company. After 20+ years of engineering and completing an ICL course in main frame programming a new career with a publishing company lead him to the technical world of data center infrastructure and a new start up company which became Data Centre Dynamics (DCD)
Philip helped to build their global reputation for data center events and publishing over the next 25 years before leaving to start Digital Infra Partners (DIP) and take on the role of MD. The company was formed with Dan Scarbrough, previously a DCD founder and Steve Foley previously a sales director at DCD. In 2021 with sustainability being a long term passion, Philip took the Oxford University’s “Climate Change Emergency Programme” and is currently providing a consultancy service and a guide for global data center events through theventguide.com
Ed Ansett
Chairman, i3 Solutions Group
Ed Ansett
Chairman, i3 Solutions Group
Ed Ansett is a Co-Founder and Chairman of the i3 Solutions Group. Ed was one of the pioneers of the mission critical facilities industry. He has a technical background as a specialist in high reliability critical facilities. He has presented numerous technical white papers on data center design, testing and reliability and is often a key note speaker at data center industry events.
David Gyulnazaryan
Independent Consultant, Impleon
David Gyulnazaryan
Independent Consultant, Impleon
Subject matter expert in transformation from 100% air heat transfer to: 1) hybrid liquid & air, 2) 100% liquid heat transfer systems with cold plate and immersion using combinations of water plus single and two phase liquids.
David is committed to offer technical & ownership consulting services to clients, with a special focus on the data centre industry and heat reuse applications for different climates. His support based on carbon footprint analysis and climate profile to provide the transparency and avoid the “greenwashing”.
Keith Maclean-Martin
Technical Director, Piller
Keith Maclean-Martin
Technical Director, Piller
Keith Maclean-Martin is the Technical Director for Piller UK Ltd. He has more than 13 years of experience integrating high power rotary UPS solutions into new and existing mission critical facilities. During this time, he has developed his knowledge of not only the UPS, but also the supporting systems through industry recognised courses, enabling him to optimise solutions to best achieve client’s requirements.
Keith is responsible for developing and overseeing the solutions offered, delivered and supported by Piller UK Ltd. While ensuring we not only meet current standards, he assists with the integration and development of innovative market leading solutions.
Simon Prichard
Product Strategy Manager, Mitsubishi Electric
Simon Prichard
Product Strategy Manager, Mitsubishi Electric
Simon Prichard has a experience of 30 years working for leading HVAC manufactures, starting with AHU design / application, moving to ITC cooling 22 years ago. Simon has worked for several leading Close control & chillers manufactures and currently works for Mitsubishi Electric as Product strategy Manager, with multiple responsibilities for product design, leads the UK ITC sales team and sits within the Mitsubishi Electric Pan-European ITC team as Technical Lead.
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch and Networking in the Expo Area, sponsored by Immersion4 and CoolLabs
14:00 - 14:35
When will the digital infrastructure accelerate the adoption of immersion and liquid cooling?
What impact could this have on the carbon reduction journey? Practical examples of where immersion cooling and heat reuse are gathering momentum.
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough is the founder of RockScar an internationally recognised specialist consultancy working in the field of Sustainable Digital Infrastructure.
Dan holds a variety of advisory roles with both commercial and not-for-profit organisations operating in this space. He is the Publisher of the DigitalInfraNetwork and specialises in the transition to zero-carbon digital infrastructure from the application to the grid.
Dan is a highly experienced entrepreneur with Strong professional skills in Business Planning, Operations Management, Event Management, Publishing, Research, Real-estate Development, Sales and Marketing.
Through his variety of engagements, Dan has worked extensively in both sustainability, real-estate, cloud and data centre technology. He understands the end-to-end development process and the challenges of delivering and operating complex digital infrastructure projects in multiple international locations.
Dan is focused on helping companies in their transition toward Zero Carbon, enabling organisations to benchmark and monitor their carbon emissions on this journey
Brandon Peterson
SVP Product, CoolIT Systems
Brandon Peterson
SVP Product, CoolIT Systems
Brandon Peterson is Senior Vice President of Product at CoolIT Systems. Starting at CoolIT in 2016 as a Field Application Engineer, he now leads business development, marketing, product development, product management and customer service functions at CoolIT.
Focused on delivering industry-leading advanced cooling technology that enables customers to push new limits, Brandon has led teams behind the delivery of the industry’s leading advanced cooling products for data centers. Customers benefiting from CoolIT’s technology include server OEMs, processor manufacturers, hyperscale data centers and colocation data centers. CoolIT, recently acquired by KKR, continues to expand its product and service offerings, and is the industry recognized leader in liquid-cooling.
Edgar van Essen
Managing Director, Switch Datacenters
Edgar van Essen
Managing Director, Switch Datacenters
Edgar Van Essen has over 20 years of general and commercial leadership (P&L) in high-tech, global companies in the EMEA region. Successful consistent track record in leading structural business change and exponential growth in renowned high-tech and innovative companies. Before a.o. MT member AT&T/Lucent Technologies, VP/MD Western Europe, leading 20+ countries, 50+ people for high-end Swiss global cabling R&M, and owner/founder of a high-end strategic consulting firm. Mr. van Essen has held several influential (inter) national industry association board memberships and brings a strong network in data infrastructure. Edgar holds an MSc in Business from the Rijks Universiteit Groningen in the Netherlands and additional certificates from amongst other Thunderbird University, Phoenix AZ. Edgar has a natural interest in new, game-changing technologies and trends and gained a consistent track record of turning these changes into new sustainable business and revenue streams for the companies and customers he worked for. He is married and the proud father of three young daughters.
Luke Davies
Managing Director, GlobalConnect
Luke Davies
Managing Director, GlobalConnect
Luke is Managing Director of GlobalConnect Datacenters. Part of the GlobalConnect Group, they own and operate 17 datacenters across the Nordics, closely integrated with GlobalConnect’s 150,000+km of fiber in the region. GlobalConnect is prioritizing ESG-centric infrastructure through its commitment to the UN Global Compact, science-based targets and ground-breaking technologies such as immersive cooling.
Serge Conesa
Founder and CEO, Immersion4 and CoolLabs
Serge Conesa
Founder and CEO, Immersion4 and CoolLabs
Serge Conesa brings over 30 years of experience in data communications and the IT networking industry,holding Executive key positions in both sales and marketing management with from Fortune 500 companies and over 20 start-ups. His experience ranges from working in the business of internationally expanding major telecommunications and civil infrastructure businesses coordinating all the key elements of a new business: including time, money, resources and technology throughout multiple geographies and cultures. His vision will help corporate and government customers assess, optimize, and manage the life cycle of resources utilization for enhanced efficiency and reduced energy consumption. At the highest levels of governments, energy independence is recognized as key to maintain a nation’s economic and political security. His work is giving now the ability to respond to the call from the White House, not only in addressing, but also in helping to solve the nation’s need for energy independence in a climate of greater demand and diminishing resources, and to replace the current inefficient industrial model of resources management with a new highly efficient model.
Mark Bjornsgaard
Founder and CEO, Deep Green Technologies
Mark Bjornsgaard
Founder and CEO, Deep Green Technologies
Mark is the CEO of Deep Green https://deepgreen.energy/ and the founder & CEO of System Two Group, a venture capital business operating in Europe and the US. He has grown numerous businesses from scratch to scale with 7 exits so far. Over his career he's raised more than £100m of funding for 10+ businesses. His current portfolio includes Lifted (Senior care, UK), https://www.liftedcare.com/ Alligator (US healthcare) https://home.alligator.dental/find-a-dentist, Secret Source (Tech, Europe) https://www.secret-source.eu/, Caldera (Energy, Europe) https://www.caldera.co.uk/ and Colibri (Tech, US) https://colibriteams.com/. He holds a number of other board positions and consults to a range of FTSE 250s on innovation and venture development.
14:35 - 15:10
Climate Neutral Design and Construction.
Is it possible to build truly carbon-zero digital infrastructure? Can operators combat embodied carbon in the construction phase and become truly climate neutral? How can collaboration across industries move the needle and drive zero carbon?
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough is the founder of RockScar an internationally recognised specialist consultancy working in the field of Sustainable Digital Infrastructure.
Dan holds a variety of advisory roles with both commercial and not-for-profit organisations operating in this space. He is the Publisher of the DigitalInfraNetwork and specialises in the transition to zero-carbon digital infrastructure from the application to the grid.
Dan is a highly experienced entrepreneur with Strong professional skills in Business Planning, Operations Management, Event Management, Publishing, Research, Real-estate Development, Sales and Marketing.
Through his variety of engagements, Dan has worked extensively in both sustainability, real-estate, cloud and data centre technology. He understands the end-to-end development process and the challenges of delivering and operating complex digital infrastructure projects in multiple international locations.
Dan is focused on helping companies in their transition toward Zero Carbon, enabling organisations to benchmark and monitor their carbon emissions on this journey
Ed Ansett
Chairman, i3 Solutions Group
Ed Ansett
Chairman, i3 Solutions Group
Ed Ansett is a Co-Founder and Chairman of the i3 Solutions Group. Ed was one of the pioneers of the mission critical facilities industry. He has a technical background as a specialist in high reliability critical facilities. He has presented numerous technical white papers on data center design, testing and reliability and is often a key note speaker at data center industry events.
Sophia Flucker
MD, Operational Intelligence
Sophia Flucker
MD, Operational Intelligence
Sophia has worked on a variety of projects in several countries, delivering data centre design, commissioning and risk and energy assessments. She has worked alongside operations teams to help clients to manage their critical environments. Her experience includes developing low energy data centre cooling solutions, creating analytical and reporting tools, leading teams and business development. Sophia won the prize for Young Mission Critical Engineer of the Year at the Datacentre Awards 2007. She has been an active participant of various industry groups on data centre energy efficiency and has published and presented work in this area.
Alex Brew
Regional Director-Northern Europe, Vertiv
Alex Brew
Regional Director-Northern Europe, Vertiv
Alex is technically sound and highly motivated and results driven senior sales management professional with a strong business record in the mission critical and built environment sectors. His key experience includes technical design and specification, product and project management, sales management, sales strategy, sales transformation, accelerating sales growth, technical sales and key account management for Vertiv with a portfolio of superiorly engineered products and services.
Ian Whitfield
Chief Technology Officer, Pure Data Centres Group
Ian Whitfield
Chief Technology Officer, Pure Data Centres Group
Ian is a Chartered Engineer and a building services engineering industry Fellow having been the CEO of RED Engineering Design for the past 10 years before joining Pure in 2021. He has been designing and advising in the data centre sector for over 20 years.
Ian was one of the founders of RED and led them to become one of the leading authorities in data centre design with a number of his projects having been awarded for their sustainability and energy efficiency achievements. Under his leadership, RED delivered projects in over 70 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Ian also served on the global ExCom of ENGIE Impact head-quartered in New York. ENGIE Impact is the French energy actors’ sustainability and energy management business.
Ian now leads Pure’s strategic data centre engineering solutions, product standardization, R&D and their sustainability direction.
Eva Gkenakou
Founder, Prosperia Consulting
Eva Gkenakou
Founder, Prosperia Consulting
Eva's Bio: For 20 years, I have helped create ESG & sustainability strategies for 70+ projects worth £100B+, helping construction, real estate and technology businesses to transition to more sustainable operations and align their supply chains.
Before founding Prosperia in 2022, I was the Director of Sustainability at Logicor. A Blackstone and China Investment Corporation company and Europe’s leading logistics real estate asset owner. Before then, I spend 11 years as the Director of Sustainability at Brookfield-owned Multiplex.
I am a Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, a Chartered Environmentalist, a Chartered Waste Manager and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
I served on the Advisory Board for the UK Green Building Council and the Steering Committee for the anti slavery alliance Stronger Together. I am the co-author of several publications including “Resilient workspace: Climate risks and opportunities”, British Council for Offices, 2020 and “Minimising risks through responsible sourcing”, CIRIA, 2017. I am multilingual, an international speaker and the founder of UK Contractors Declare.
I was named in Top100Women in construction, 2020 and Sustainability Executive of the Year, Highly Commended, BusinessGreen Leaders, 2019.
I graduated from the University of Athens with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and went on to gain a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from The University of Manchester and a PhD from the University of Southampton.
15:10 - 15:45
What impact can IT Hardware efficiencies, extending end of life of it assets have on the transition to zero carbon digital infrastructure?
With data center design pushing the barrier of PUEs of 1.0 indicating the remaining gains in terms of energy efficiency will be found hidden in IT energy performance. The energy saved through IT reduces pressure elsewhere so how can these efficiencies be unlocked? What energy savings can Server Hardware, IT architecture, Chip Advancement, Better Utilisation, Energy-saving States, and Power Throttling unlock? How can we incorporate circularity into the equation and build a truly sustainable supply chain?
Mohan Gandhi
Senior Sustainability Consultant, Posetiv Cloud
Mohan Gandhi
Senior Sustainability Consultant, Posetiv Cloud
Mohan Gandhi is a Senior Sustainability Consultant at Posetiv Cloud. Mohan is spearheading the development of a Corporate IT Sustainability Maturity Model that will facilitate the journey of corporate IT towards net-zero. Previously Mohan was Head of Research & Policy at the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance where he led working groups in attempts to solve major technical barriers to a truly sustainable digital infrastructure.
Etienne Guerou
VP Europe, PowerShield Limited
Etienne Guerou
VP Europe, PowerShield Limited
Etienne is the VP Europe for PowerShield. Multi-skilled leader, his responsibility includes shaping and executing the growth strategies and customer offer orientation for the company. He is a highly capable and experienced in Engineering, Manufacturing, GTM and Customer Service.
Ben Tongue
Digital Net Zero Lead, NHS
Ben Tongue
Digital Net Zero Lead, NHS
Ben is Leading the NHS England Transformation Directorate's digital sustainability, net zero and climate resilience agendas. He is a Chartered Environmentalist and MIEMA working across the NHS to drive sustainability and climate resilience through digital development. Ben has broad experience across a wide range of award-winning sustainability and environmental projects. He also holds a PGCert in Innovation, Enterprise, and Circular Economy.
Deborah Andrews
Professor of Design for Sustainability and Circularity, London South Bank University
Deborah Andrews
Professor of Design for Sustainability and Circularity, London South Bank University
Deaborah's Bio: I have 20+ years experience in sustainable design and manufacture (including design for the Circular Economy) and Life Cycle Assessment; I research and teach, these subjects, as well as human-centred design, design communications and contexts. I am the academic lead for CEDaCI an Interreg NWE-funded project developing a Circular Economy for the Data Centre Industry with industry and academic partners in France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Ireland. See more at https://www.cedaci.org/ and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/cedaci and Twitter at https://twitter.com/cedaci_project
I am also involved in research and enterprise projects with British Blind and Shutter Association and some of our research output that quantifies the benefits of solar shading as aid to passive cooling and energy saving has been included in the UK Government Climate Change Committee publications, I also work with SMEs and start ups helping to develop sustainable products.
Eva Gkenakou
Founder, Prosperia Consulting
Eva Gkenakou
Founder, Prosperia Consulting
Eva's Bio: For 20 years, I have helped create ESG & sustainability strategies for 70+ projects worth £100B+, helping construction, real estate and technology businesses to transition to more sustainable operations and align their supply chains.
Before founding Prosperia in 2022, I was the Director of Sustainability at Logicor. A Blackstone and China Investment Corporation company and Europe’s leading logistics real estate asset owner. Before then, I spend 11 years as the Director of Sustainability at Brookfield-owned Multiplex.
I am a Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, a Chartered Environmentalist, a Chartered Waste Manager and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
I served on the Advisory Board for the UK Green Building Council and the Steering Committee for the anti slavery alliance Stronger Together. I am the co-author of several publications including “Resilient workspace: Climate risks and opportunities”, British Council for Offices, 2020 and “Minimising risks through responsible sourcing”, CIRIA, 2017. I am multilingual, an international speaker and the founder of UK Contractors Declare.
I was named in Top100Women in construction, 2020 and Sustainability Executive of the Year, Highly Commended, BusinessGreen Leaders, 2019.
I graduated from the University of Athens with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and went on to gain a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from The University of Manchester and a PhD from the University of Southampton.
Venessa Moffat
General Manager - Data Centers, QiO Technologies
Venessa Moffat
General Manager - Data Centers, QiO Technologies
Venessa's Bio- I help business owners to grow their companies in a digital world, by applying strategic vision, and innovative tactics. 20 years’ experience in helping organisations grow. - new business and business development - adapting sales / marketing efforts - out-reach for entering a new market - out-reach for bringing a new offering to market - innovative ways of setting companies up for sustainable growth - leveraging digital platforms for maximum results Specialities: Speaks Klingon and publishes Vogon poetry. Also likes running around in the mud and climbing mountains. Sandler and MEDDPICC friendly.
15:45 - 16:05
Afternoon Coffee Break
16:40- 17:15
The Digital Infrastructure Industries – Road to Net Zero.
What are the major challenges to tackling net-zero and how do you overcome them? What radical changes are required to become net-zero emissions for energy-intensive industries? How do we make circular thinking central to the net-zero agenda? How do I tackle the most challenging area of my emissions: Scope 3? What role does offsetting play in net-zero?
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough is the founder of RockScar an internationally recognised specialist consultancy working in the field of Sustainable Digital Infrastructure.
Dan holds a variety of advisory roles with both commercial and not-for-profit organisations operating in this space. He is the Publisher of the DigitalInfraNetwork and specialises in the transition to zero-carbon digital infrastructure from the application to the grid.
Dan is a highly experienced entrepreneur with Strong professional skills in Business Planning, Operations Management, Event Management, Publishing, Research, Real-estate Development, Sales and Marketing.
Through his variety of engagements, Dan has worked extensively in both sustainability, real-estate, cloud and data centre technology. He understands the end-to-end development process and the challenges of delivering and operating complex digital infrastructure projects in multiple international locations.
Dan is focused on helping companies in their transition toward Zero Carbon, enabling organisations to benchmark and monitor their carbon emissions on this journey
Ben Tongue
Digital Net Zero Lead, NHS
Ben Tongue
Digital Net Zero Lead, NHS
Ben is Leading the NHS England Transformation Directorate's digital sustainability, net zero and climate resilience agendas. He is a Chartered Environmentalist and MIEMA working across the NHS to drive sustainability and climate resilience through digital development. Ben has broad experience across a wide range of award-winning sustainability and environmental projects. He also holds a PGCert in Innovation, Enterprise, and Circular Economy.
John Booth
Consultant, Carbon3IT
John Booth
Consultant, Carbon3IT
John Booth's Bio: Throughout his 30 year IT career, John has been privileged to visit many different industrial, commercial, government and military sites including steel works, car manufacturers, factories, offices, power stations, petro-chemical, and electrical, gas and water utility installations.
He has completed projects throughout Europe (The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg and Switzerland) India, and the Asia Pacific Region (Cambodia, and Australia).
His career started as a British Telecom apprentice in the 1980’s in the City of London and he has worked in many city financial institutions. In 1989 he left to join J.O. Grant & Taylor as a junior project manager, in 1990 he joined Electrical Installations Ltd as a project and bid manager in the structured data and voice cabling sector and worked on projects such as British Steel Scunthorpe and Redcar, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, and Cranfield Institute of Technology.
Working for himself in 1996, he installed servers, switches and desktops into UK Job Centres nationwide. 1997, saw him join Computacenter as a Systems Engineer and he worked at some notable clients including Lloyds TSB, HFC Bank, Mecca Bingo, HSBC, British Energy, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Severn Trent Water to name a few.
Ed Ansett
Chairman, i3 Solutions Group
Ed Ansett
Chairman, i3 Solutions Group
Ed Ansett is a Co-Founder and Chairman of the i3 Solutions Group. Ed was one of the pioneers of the mission critical facilities industry. He has a technical background as a specialist in high reliability critical facilities. He has presented numerous technical white papers on data center design, testing and reliability and is often a key note speaker at data center industry events.
Marientina Laina
Director of Sustainability- NTT Global Data Centers
Marientina Laina
Director of Sustainability- NTT Global Data Centers
Marientina Laina is a force to be reckoned with in the world of sustainability. With extensive experience as a sustainability professional, she has honed her skills in consulting, policy analysis, research, engagement, communications, and project management. Her ability to articulate complex technical jargon to a non-technical audience sets her apart from others in the field, while her unwavering drive and enthusiasm make her a formidable competitor in any environment.
Marientina has worked in a variety of interdisciplinary environments, including global companies, international organizations, and international multi-partner projects. Her passion for sustainability has led her to tackle some of the world's most pressing environmental issues, working tirelessly to find solutions that balance economic, social, and environmental considerations.
Emma Fryer
Partner, ERM
Emma Fryer
Partner, ERM
Emma is a Partner in ERM’s EMEA Technology Team, specialising in data centre sustainability and resilience. Before joining ERM she spent over a decade providing a collective voice for data centre operators in matters of policy, compliance and reputation at techUK. During this time she led the UK policy dialogue on behalf of the sector, monitored regulatory developments, responded to consultations and has produced position statements on multiple legislative instruments ranging from data protection to air quality. She has a comprehensive understanding of the challenges facing this growing sector - from power provisioning to public perception. She has produced over 200 publications from guidance materials to data centre market overviews and has established a reputation for thought leadership, readability and clarity of expression. In 2021 she was elected to the Board of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact and appointed to the Infrastructure Masons Advisory Council. She is a regular speaker at industry events and a judge on international panels.
17:15 - 18:15
Networking Drinks Reception, sponsored by CoolIT Systems
18:30- 21:30
Networking Drinks at the Munich Cricket Club, sponsored by Filecoin
End of Digital Infra Xchange 2023
18:15
7:30 - 9:00
Registration open, Expo Hall Open, Continental Breakfast in Hall
DIGITAL INFRA XCHANGE THE ROADMAP TO SATISFY THE GROWING DATA DEMAND FOR A SUSTAINABLE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
9:00 - 9:10
Digital Infrastructure Network Summit
Opening Welcome, Introductions and Remarks
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough is the founder of RockScar an internationally recognised specialist consultancy working in the field of Sustainable Digital Infrastructure.
Dan holds a variety of advisory roles with both commercial and not-for-profit organisations operating in this space. He is the Publisher of the DigitalInfraNetwork and specialises in the transition to zero-carbon digital infrastructure from the application to the grid.
Dan is a highly experienced entrepreneur with Strong professional skills in Business Planning, Operations Management, Event Management, Publishing, Research, Real-estate Development, Sales and Marketing.
Through his variety of engagements, Dan has worked extensively in both sustainability, real-estate, cloud and data centre technology. He understands the end-to-end development process and the challenges of delivering and operating complex digital infrastructure projects in multiple international locations.
Dan is focused on helping companies in their transition toward Zero Carbon, enabling organisations to benchmark and monitor their carbon emissions on this journey
Introductions, and Remarks
TBC
9:10 - 9:45
Opening Panel: Getting to Absolute Zero Carbon Digital Infrastructure while Meeting the insatiable future demand:
The ‘Knowledge Doubling Curve’ that’s driving Digital Transformation assumes that human knowledge doubles every 13 months. This insatiable need for data drives the growth in data centers, connectivity, storage, and edge computing. How can the industry get to real net zero while overcoming capacity constraints?
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough is the founder of RockScar an internationally recognised specialist consultancy working in the field of Sustainable Digital Infrastructure.
Dan holds a variety of advisory roles with both commercial and not-for-profit organisations operating in this space. He is the Publisher of the DigitalInfraNetwork and specialises in the transition to zero-carbon digital infrastructure from the application to the grid.
Dan is a highly experienced entrepreneur with Strong professional skills in Business Planning, Operations Management, Event Management, Publishing, Research, Real-estate Development, Sales and Marketing.
Through his variety of engagements, Dan has worked extensively in both sustainability, real-estate, cloud and data centre technology. He understands the end-to-end development process and the challenges of delivering and operating complex digital infrastructure projects in multiple international locations.
Dan is focused on helping companies in their transition toward Zero Carbon, enabling organisations to benchmark and monitor their carbon emissions on this journey
Marientina Laina
Director of Sustainability- NTT Global Data Centers
Marientina Laina
Director of Sustainability- NTT Global Data Centers
Marientina Laina is a force to be reckoned with in the world of sustainability. With extensive experience as a sustainability professional, she has honed her skills in consulting, policy analysis, research, engagement, communications, and project management. Her ability to articulate complex technical jargon to a non-technical audience sets her apart from others in the field, while her unwavering drive and enthusiasm make her a formidable competitor in any environment.
Marientina has worked in a variety of interdisciplinary environments, including global companies, international organizations, and international multi-partner projects. Her passion for sustainability has led her to tackle some of the world's most pressing environmental issues, working tirelessly to find solutions that balance economic, social, and environmental considerations.
Ashley Davis
Executive Board Member at Green
Ashley Davis
Executive Board Member at Green
Ashley has a significant cross discipline Technical and Management competency spanning Critical Infrastructure Assets (high performance data centres, corporate HQ / workspace transformation) and Cloud communities, serving both financial services and technology sectors.
Global in attitude, having led over 2,000,000ft² of data centre development, and ~5,000,000ft² of HQ design, leading corporate change programs for UBS, JP Morgan, Lehman, Deutsche & Morgan Stanley, and early-stage corporate development within the Data Centre sector - Green.CH.
Luke Davies
Managing Director, GlobalConnect
Luke Davies
Managing Director, GlobalConnect
Luke is Managing Director of GlobalConnect Datacenters. Part of the GlobalConnect Group, they own and operate 17 datacenters across the Nordics, closely integrated with GlobalConnect’s 150,000+km of fiber in the region. GlobalConnect is prioritizing ESG-centric infrastructure through its commitment to the UN Global Compact, science-based targets and ground-breaking technologies such as immersive cooling.
Hall 1
Climate Neutral Design and Construction.
Is it possible to build truly carbon-zero digital infrastructure? How can operators combat embodied carbon in the construction phase and become truly climate neutral?
Powering digital infrastructure: How can Energy Intensive industries Drive the renewable energy transition? Ways to develop a holistic energy strategy that contributes to grid stability and emissions reduction targets while improving resiliency and risk management, especially with respect to compliance and market exposure.
Hall 2
Can CIOs reduce their carbon footprint by migrating to the cloud?
Driven by the increasing focus on sustainable operations many organisations are looking to cloud migration as a solution. The many aspects of a cloud or hybrid strategy are well established but less understood are the environmental benefits. Cloud computing could eliminate a billion metric tons of CO2 emission over the next four years, and possibly more, according to a new IDC forecast. With Microsoft and AWS investing in energy-efficient data centres, cloud computing is set to impact carbon emissions positively. CIOs from various industries share their experiences on how migrating to the cloud has made a difference to the carbon footprint of their organisations.
Data centers and other digital infrastructure consume large amounts of electricity and are obligated to fully document the source of the power they are consuming. Documentation concerning the origin of the power that is consumed is increasingly becoming a prerequisite for the ESG obligations of both data center operators and their customers. How the electricity data centers consume has been produced remains a serious matter for the industry, and could have a huge impact on the renewable energy transition.
9:45 - 10:20
Panel: Zero-Carbon Capital.
How can investors underpin the transition to Absolute Zero Digital Infrastructure? With mounting pressure to ensure that capital is invested in companies with credible climate-neutral claims, how are investors ensuring that their portfolio meets their zero-carbon objectives?
Louise Bunting
Global CIO & Sustainability Leader, Carbon Net Neutral Technology Solutions
Louise Bunting
Global CIO & Sustainability Leader, Carbon Net Neutral Technology Solutions
As a Director of International Programmes for Cable and Wireless, I managed a global team delivering multiple capital projects in excess of £100m. The move to IT Consultancy in 2008 allowed me to gain exposure to multiple disciplines including data centre strategy, IT strategy, service management consulting, IT outsourcing, transformation, complex migration management and end to end programme management of IT deliverables.
I returned to establishing and running global programmes in 2010 with a move to Deutsche Bank (mass end user migration) and then Bank of Tokyo (new bank subsidiary formation). Both high value strategic programmes had very different focusses and complexities.
In 2013, I co-founded JLIT consulting on outsource, cloud based solutions within a multi-vendor environments. I invented Comms Cube, an innovative mobile networking solution that provisioned secure bandwidth instantly whilst at JLIT.
In November 2014, I joined Align which signaled a move back into corporate and financial services IT consulting. Leading the EMEA Migration Practice I was focused on complex migrations to the cloud, process automation and transformation consulting.
In January 2019, I moved to KPMG as a Director within CIO Advisory and led UK FS capabilities including the technical architecture, IT Effectiveness, IT Sourcing and ServiceNow.
In November, 2020 I joined Yondr Group as Group CIO responsible for group IT, Sustainability, H&S, Quality and Value Creation. I led international expansion into 21 countries, set up Sustainability, full SOC set up, DevSECOps set up for application development, JAML automated onboarding, API integration platform build, agile working, automated carbon accounting systems. Shortlisted for Women in Technology CIO of the Year.
In December 2022, wanting to use my sustainability and tech credentials, I joined Carbon Net Neutral Technology Solutions who focus on building Sustainability reporting frameworks and automated reporting systems.
Arnaud Jaguin
Investment Director, Digital 9 Infrastructure
Arnaud Jaguin
Investment Director, Digital 9 Infrastructure
Arnaud has over 15 years’ experience in telecoms and digital infrastructure, with a strong focus on fibre and wireless networks. He led D9’s acquisitions of Elio Networks and Arqiva.
Within the team, Arnaud leads on investment analysis, portfolio management and strategy, and engages actively with investors. He also sits on the Boards of Aqua Comms, Verne Global, Elio Networks and Giggle Broadband.
He began his career in telecoms M&A advisory at UBS Investment Bank in London, advising on £50bn of transactions. He then had a varied career in the industry with Level3 Communications (corporate development and strategy), CenturyLink (marketing), RETN (sales operations) and Ontix (finance). Arnaud holds a Master's degree in Finance from Sciences Po Paris.
10:20 - 10:55
Ensuring Compliance with Existing and Upcoming Regulations including CSRD
We are at a significant milestone for Sustainability Reporting, with the emergence of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The CSRD directive expands on non-financial reporting obligations beyond the existing Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) and will bring more than 49,000 Companies into the scope of this non-financial reporting. This move will bring sustainability reporting in line with financial reporting. Data centers that have not yet established clear and meaningful sustainability metrics and KPIs, need to act now. It is imperative that the data centre community moves beyond goal setting and starts acting swiftly to put policy and detailed plans in place and get ready for CSRD.
Colm Shorten
Data Center Global Strategy, JLL
Colm Shorten
Data Center Global Strategy, JLL
Highly Accomplished Corporate Real Estate and Business Strategist, with a progressive career spanning over 25 years delivering innovative solutions, exceeding targets, reducing costs and increasing revenue for major IT and Blue-Chip organisations on a global scale. An adaptable, and trusted consultant with consolidated expertise in programme management, property portfolio management, operations management, business transformation, new technology implementation, process engineering and improvement, excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Able to form positive relationships with customers, stakeholders. Proficient in financial management including short and long-term business plans. Experience in all aspects of facilities management, critical infrastructure, hard and soft services. I have exceptional commercial and strategic skills with wide-ranging experience in managing a complex estate, facilities portfolio, and Data Centres.
Hans Petter Kildal
CEO, Becour AS
Hans Petter Kildal
CEO, Becour AS
Hans Petter Kildal (HP) has been an active contributor in establishing the European market for Guarantees of Origin. He had a leading role in the Energy Trading & Environment 2020 research project, was member of the board of Sustainable Fashion Council, and an advisor for the UN initiative “The Responsible Ecosystems Sourcing Platform”. He also participated in developing the new Greenhouse Gas protocol scope 2 guidance document.
HP started working as a power trader at Østfold Energi back in 1999, and have since then held leading international positions in Fortum, Bergen Energi Green Services and Kinect Energy Group.
10:55 - 11:15
Morning Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:50
Data-Driven: Counting and reporting carbon footprint
Accurate and standardised emissions-reporting rules will not, in themselves, solve the climate crisis. But the transparency will help investors better understand how to allocate capital, enable stakeholders to put pressure on organizations to make meaningful changes to their environmental impact, and encourage companies to innovate and use more green technology to reduce their carbon footprints
Mark Butcher
Director, Posetiv Cloud
Mark Butcher
Director, Posetiv Cloud
Founder of Posetiv Cloud, specialists in DevOps, GreenOps and FinOps, spanning all aspects of IT from data centres, infrastructure, end user devices, cloud services and software development. These days most of my time is spent helping people modernise and transform their IT services, helping them accelerate towards their net-zero targets and reduce their digital carbon emissions.
Neil Clark
Planet Officer, TPXImpact
Neil Clark
Planet Officer, TPXImpact
Neil's Bio: I am passionate about helping to save the planet and everything that calls it home. I want my working life to be fully focussed on this mission. I am a systems thinker who thrives on purpose driven work. I take pride in defining the vision of the products and services I’m part of and am driven by uncovering the root causes of issues and the opportunities that arise from them.
As well as creating and driving the planet strategy at TPXimpact, I have been raising awareness of, and trying to address, the impact the digital industry has on the planet. Making the planet a stakeholder, and sustainability a success criteria, in all digital projects is central to addressing this problem.
I push to enable people to do stuff easily, which I think sums up the likes of service design, design thinking, business analysis, product ownership and agile methodologies, all of which I have practised for most of my career.
Noah Miller
Head of Data, Advanced Infrastructure
Noah Miller
Head of Data, Advanced Infrastructure
A sustainability expert and leader with a proven track record of delivering ESG projects covering low carbon technology planning, baselining, emissions reporting, corporate governance and data analysis. A respected public speaker and author with a PhD in Renewable Energy and an affiliation with the Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership. I am dedicated to bringing about a sustainable future.
I am a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC) having previously completed an integrated masters in chemistry (MChem) at the University of Oxford. I have taught extensively throughout my research and was awarded an Fellowship of Advance HE, formerly the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Outside of work, I love rugby, being a contracted player at Preston Grasshoppers RFC and an Oxford Rugby Blue (2017). I also enjoy cricket but as a far more social and less serious endeavour!
Louise Bunting
Global CIO & Sustainability Leader, Carbon Net Neutral Technology Solutions
Louise Bunting
Global CIO & Sustainability Leader, Carbon Net Neutral Technology Solutions
As a Director of International Programmes for Cable and Wireless, I managed a global team delivering multiple capital projects in excess of £100m. The move to IT Consultancy in 2008 allowed me to gain exposure to multiple disciplines including data centre strategy, IT strategy, service management consulting, IT outsourcing, transformation, complex migration management and end to end programme management of IT deliverables.
I returned to establishing and running global programmes in 2010 with a move to Deutsche Bank (mass end user migration) and then Bank of Tokyo (new bank subsidiary formation). Both high value strategic programmes had very different focusses and complexities.
In 2013, I co-founded JLIT consulting on outsource, cloud based solutions within a multi-vendor environments. I invented Comms Cube, an innovative mobile networking solution that provisioned secure bandwidth instantly whilst at JLIT.
In November 2014, I joined Align which signaled a move back into corporate and financial services IT consulting. Leading the EMEA Migration Practice I was focused on complex migrations to the cloud, process automation and transformation consulting.
In January 2019, I moved to KPMG as a Director within CIO Advisory and led UK FS capabilities including the technical architecture, IT Effectiveness, IT Sourcing and ServiceNow.
In November, 2020 I joined Yondr Group as Group CIO responsible for group IT, Sustainability, H&S, Quality and Value Creation. I led international expansion into 21 countries, set up Sustainability, full SOC set up, DevSECOps set up for application development, JAML automated onboarding, API integration platform build, agile working, automated carbon accounting systems. Shortlisted for Women in Technology CIO of the Year.
In December 2022, wanting to use my sustainability and tech credentials, I joined Carbon Net Neutral Technology Solutions who focus on building Sustainability reporting frameworks and automated reporting systems.
Marientina Laina
Director of Sustainability- NTT Global Data Centers
Marientina Laina
Director of Sustainability- NTT Global Data Centers
Marientina Laina is a force to be reckoned with in the world of sustainability. With extensive experience as a sustainability professional, she has honed her skills in consulting, policy analysis, research, engagement, communications, and project management. Her ability to articulate complex technical jargon to a non-technical audience sets her apart from others in the field, while her unwavering drive and enthusiasm make her a formidable competitor in any environment.
Marientina has worked in a variety of interdisciplinary environments, including global companies, international organizations, and international multi-partner projects. Her passion for sustainability has led her to tackle some of the world's most pressing environmental issues, working tirelessly to find solutions that balance economic, social, and environmental considerations.
11:50 - 12:25
Panel Discussion: Driving Credible Claims to Renewable Energy: How can Data centers more directly contribute to greening the grid?
Data centers and other digital infrastructure consume large amounts of electricity and are obligated to fully document the source of the power they are consuming. Documentation concerning the origin of the power that is consumed is increasingly becoming a prerequisite for the ESG obligations of both data center operators and their customers. How the electricity data centers consume has been produced remains a serious matter for the industry, and could have a huge impact on the renewable energy transition.
Hans Petter Kildal
CEO, Becour AS
Hans Petter Kildal
CEO, Becour AS
Hans Petter Kildal (HP) has been an active contributor in establishing the European market for Guarantees of Origin. He had a leading role in the Energy Trading & Environment 2020 research project, was member of the board of Sustainable Fashion Council, and an advisor for the UN initiative “The Responsible Ecosystems Sourcing Platform”. He also participated in developing the new Greenhouse Gas protocol scope 2 guidance document.
HP started working as a power trader at Østfold Energi back in 1999, and have since then held leading international positions in Fortum, Bergen Energi Green Services and Kinect Energy Group.
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough is the founder of RockScar an internationally recognised specialist consultancy working in the field of Sustainable Digital Infrastructure.
Dan holds a variety of advisory roles with both commercial and not-for-profit organisations operating in this space. He is the Publisher of the DigitalInfraNetwork and specialises in the transition to zero-carbon digital infrastructure from the application to the grid.
Dan is a highly experienced entrepreneur with Strong professional skills in Business Planning, Operations Management, Event Management, Publishing, Research, Real-estate Development, Sales and Marketing.
Through his variety of engagements, Dan has worked extensively in both sustainability, real-estate, cloud and data centre technology. He understands the end-to-end development process and the challenges of delivering and operating complex digital infrastructure projects in multiple international locations.
Dan is focused on helping companies in their transition toward Zero Carbon, enabling organisations to benchmark and monitor their carbon emissions on this journey
12:25 - 13:00
Heat Reuse & Powering digital infrastructure: How can Energy Intensive Industries Drive the renewable energy transition and encourage heat off-takers?
Ways to develop a holistic energy strategy that contributes to grid stability and emissions reduction targets while improving resiliency and risk management, especially with respect to compliance and market exposure heat reuse and district heating systems.
Ed Ansett
Chairman, i3 Solutions Group
Ed Ansett
Chairman, i3 Solutions Group
Ed Ansett is a Co-Founder and Chairman of the i3 Solutions Group. Ed was one of the pioneers of the mission critical facilities industry. He has a technical background as a specialist in high reliability critical facilities. He has presented numerous technical white papers on data center design, testing and reliability and is often a key note speaker at data center industry events.
David Gyulnazaryan
Independent Consultant, Impleon
David Gyulnazaryan
Independent Consultant, Impleon
Subject matter expert in transformation from 100% air heat transfer to: 1) hybrid liquid & air, 2) 100% liquid heat transfer systems with cold plate and immersion using combinations of water plus single and two phase liquids.
David is committed to offer technical & ownership consulting services to clients, with a special focus on the data centre industry and heat reuse applications for different climates. His support based on carbon footprint analysis and climate profile to provide the transparency and avoid the “greenwashing”.
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch and Networking in the Expo Area
14:00 - 14:35
When will the digital infrastructure accelerate the adoption of liquid cooling?
What impact could this have on the carbon reduction journey? Practical examples of where immersion cooling and heat reuse are gathering momentum.
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough is the founder of RockScar an internationally recognised specialist consultancy working in the field of Sustainable Digital Infrastructure.
Dan holds a variety of advisory roles with both commercial and not-for-profit organisations operating in this space. He is the Publisher of the DigitalInfraNetwork and specialises in the transition to zero-carbon digital infrastructure from the application to the grid.
Dan is a highly experienced entrepreneur with Strong professional skills in Business Planning, Operations Management, Event Management, Publishing, Research, Real-estate Development, Sales and Marketing.
Through his variety of engagements, Dan has worked extensively in both sustainability, real-estate, cloud and data centre technology. He understands the end-to-end development process and the challenges of delivering and operating complex digital infrastructure projects in multiple international locations.
Dan is focused on helping companies in their transition toward Zero Carbon, enabling organisations to benchmark and monitor their carbon emissions on this journey
Luke Davies
Managing Director, GlobalConnect
Luke Davies
Managing Director, GlobalConnect
Luke is Managing Director of GlobalConnect Datacenters. Part of the GlobalConnect Group, they own and operate 17 datacenters across the Nordics, closely integrated with GlobalConnect’s 150,000+km of fiber in the region. GlobalConnect is prioritizing ESG-centric infrastructure through its commitment to the UN Global Compact, science-based targets and ground-breaking technologies such as immersive cooling.
Serge Conesa
Founder and CEO, Immersion4 and CoolLabs
Serge Conesa
Founder and CEO, Immersion4 and CoolLabs
Serge Conesa brings over 30 years of experience in data communications and the IT networking industry,holding Executive key positions in both sales and marketing management with from Fortune 500 companies and over 20 start-ups. His experience ranges from working in the business of internationally expanding major telecommunications and civil infrastructure businesses coordinating all the key elements of a new business: including time, money, resources and technology throughout multiple geographies and cultures. His vision will help corporate and government customers assess, optimize, and manage the life cycle of resources utilization for enhanced efficiency and reduced energy consumption. At the highest levels of governments, energy independence is recognized as key to maintain a nation’s economic and political security. His work is giving now the ability to respond to the call from the White House, not only in addressing, but also in helping to solve the nation’s need for energy independence in a climate of greater demand and diminishing resources, and to replace the current inefficient industrial model of resources management with a new highly efficient model.
14:35 - 15:10
Climate Neutral Design and Construction.
Is it possible to build truly carbon-zero digital infrastructure? Can operators combat embodied carbon in the construction phase and become truly climate neutral? How can collaboration across industries move the needle and drive zero carbon?
Ed Ansett
Chairman, i3 Solutions Group
Ed Ansett
Chairman, i3 Solutions Group
Ed Ansett is a Co-Founder and Chairman of the i3 Solutions Group. Ed was one of the pioneers of the mission critical facilities industry. He has a technical background as a specialist in high reliability critical facilities. He has presented numerous technical white papers on data center design, testing and reliability and is often a key note speaker at data center industry events.
Sophia Flucker
MD, Operational Intelligence
Sophia Flucker
MD, Operational Intelligence
Sophia has worked on a variety of projects in several countries, delivering data centre design, commissioning and risk and energy assessments. She has worked alongside operations teams to help clients to manage their critical environments. Her experience includes developing low energy data centre cooling solutions, creating analytical and reporting tools, leading teams and business development. Sophia won the prize for Young Mission Critical Engineer of the Year at the Datacentre Awards 2007. She has been an active participant of various industry groups on data centre energy efficiency and has published and presented work in this area.
Ian Whitfield
Chief Technology Officer, Pure Data Centres Group
Ian Whitfield
Chief Technology Officer, Pure Data Centres Group
Ian is a Chartered Engineer and a building services engineering industry Fellow having been the CEO of RED Engineering Design for the past 10 years before joining Pure in 2021. He has been designing and advising in the data centre sector for over 20 years.
Ian was one of the founders of RED and led them to become one of the leading authorities in data centre design with a number of his projects having been awarded for their sustainability and energy efficiency achievements. Under his leadership, RED delivered projects in over 70 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Ian also served on the global ExCom of ENGIE Impact head-quartered in New York. ENGIE Impact is the French energy actors’ sustainability and energy management business.
Ian now leads Pure’s strategic data centre engineering solutions, product standardization, R&D and their sustainability direction.
Eva Gkenakou
Founder, Prosperia Consulting
Eva Gkenakou
Founder, Prosperia Consulting
Eva's Bio: For 20 years, I have helped create ESG & sustainability strategies for 70+ projects worth £100B+, helping construction, real estate and technology businesses to transition to more sustainable operations and align their supply chains.
Before founding Prosperia in 2022, I was the Director of Sustainability at Logicor. A Blackstone and China Investment Corporation company and Europe’s leading logistics real estate asset owner. Before then, I spend 11 years as the Director of Sustainability at Brookfield-owned Multiplex.
I am a Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, a Chartered Environmentalist, a Chartered Waste Manager and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
I served on the Advisory Board for the UK Green Building Council and the Steering Committee for the anti slavery alliance Stronger Together. I am the co-author of several publications including “Resilient workspace: Climate risks and opportunities”, British Council for Offices, 2020 and “Minimising risks through responsible sourcing”, CIRIA, 2017. I am multilingual, an international speaker and the founder of UK Contractors Declare.
I was named in Top100Women in construction, 2020 and Sustainability Executive of the Year, Highly Commended, BusinessGreen Leaders, 2019.
I graduated from the University of Athens with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and went on to gain a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from The University of Manchester and a PhD from the University of Southampton.
15:10 - 15:45
What impact can IT Hardware efficiencies, extending end of life of it assets have on the transition to zero carbon digital infrastructure?
With data center design pushing the barrier of PUEs of 1.0 indicating the remaining gains in terms of energy efficiency will be found hidden in IT energy performance. The energy saved through IT reduces pressure elsewhere so how can these efficiencies be unlocked? What energy savings can Server Hardware, IT architecture, Chip Advancement, Better Utilisation, Energy-saving States, and Power Throttling unlock? How can we incorporate circularity into the equation and build a truly sustainable supply chain?
Mohan Gandhi
Senior Sustainability Consultant, Posetiv Cloud
Mohan Gandhi
Senior Sustainability Consultant, Posetiv Cloud
Mohan Gandhi is a Senior Sustainability Consultant at Posetiv Cloud. Mohan is spearheading the development of a Corporate IT Sustainability Maturity Model that will facilitate the journey of corporate IT towards net-zero. Previously Mohan was Head of Research & Policy at the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance where he led working groups in attempts to solve major technical barriers to a truly sustainable digital infrastructure.
Deborah Andrews
Professor of Design for Sustainability and Circularity, London South Bank University
Deborah Andrews
Professor of Design for Sustainability and Circularity, London South Bank University
Deaborah's Bio: I have 20+ years experience in sustainable design and manufacture (including design for the Circular Economy) and Life Cycle Assessment; I research and teach, these subjects, as well as human-centred design, design communications and contexts. I am the academic lead for CEDaCI an Interreg NWE-funded project developing a Circular Economy for the Data Centre Industry with industry and academic partners in France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Ireland. See more at https://www.cedaci.org/ and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/cedaci and Twitter at https://twitter.com/cedaci_project
I am also involved in research and enterprise projects with British Blind and Shutter Association and some of our research output that quantifies the benefits of solar shading as aid to passive cooling and energy saving has been included in the UK Government Climate Change Committee publications, I also work with SMEs and start ups helping to develop sustainable products.
Eva Gkenakou
Founder, Prosperia Consulting
Eva Gkenakou
Founder, Prosperia Consulting
Eva's Bio: For 20 years, I have helped create ESG & sustainability strategies for 70+ projects worth £100B+, helping construction, real estate and technology businesses to transition to more sustainable operations and align their supply chains.
Before founding Prosperia in 2022, I was the Director of Sustainability at Logicor. A Blackstone and China Investment Corporation company and Europe’s leading logistics real estate asset owner. Before then, I spend 11 years as the Director of Sustainability at Brookfield-owned Multiplex.
I am a Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, a Chartered Environmentalist, a Chartered Waste Manager and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
I served on the Advisory Board for the UK Green Building Council and the Steering Committee for the anti slavery alliance Stronger Together. I am the co-author of several publications including “Resilient workspace: Climate risks and opportunities”, British Council for Offices, 2020 and “Minimising risks through responsible sourcing”, CIRIA, 2017. I am multilingual, an international speaker and the founder of UK Contractors Declare.
I was named in Top100Women in construction, 2020 and Sustainability Executive of the Year, Highly Commended, BusinessGreen Leaders, 2019.
I graduated from the University of Athens with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and went on to gain a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from The University of Manchester and a PhD from the University of Southampton.
15:45 - 16:05
Afternoon Coffee Break
16:40- 17:15
The Digital Infrastructure Industries – Road to Net Zero.
What are the major challenges to tackling net-zero and how do you overcome them? What radical changes are required to become net-zero emissions for energy-intensive industries? How do we make circular thinking central to the net-zero agenda? How do I tackle the most challenging area of my emissions: Scope 3? What role does offsetting play in net-zero?
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough
Publisher, RockScar Media
Dan Scarbrough is the founder of RockScar an internationally recognised specialist consultancy working in the field of Sustainable Digital Infrastructure.
Dan holds a variety of advisory roles with both commercial and not-for-profit organisations operating in this space. He is the Publisher of the DigitalInfraNetwork and specialises in the transition to zero-carbon digital infrastructure from the application to the grid.
Dan is a highly experienced entrepreneur with Strong professional skills in Business Planning, Operations Management, Event Management, Publishing, Research, Real-estate Development, Sales and Marketing.
Through his variety of engagements, Dan has worked extensively in both sustainability, real-estate, cloud and data centre technology. He understands the end-to-end development process and the challenges of delivering and operating complex digital infrastructure projects in multiple international locations.
Dan is focused on helping companies in their transition toward Zero Carbon, enabling organisations to benchmark and monitor their carbon emissions on this journey
Ben Tongue
Digital Net Zero Lead, NHS
Ben Tongue
Digital Net Zero Lead, NHS
Ben is Leading the NHS England Transformation Directorate's digital sustainability, net zero and climate resilience agendas. He is a Chartered Environmentalist and MIEMA working across the NHS to drive sustainability and climate resilience through digital development. Ben has broad experience across a wide range of award-winning sustainability and environmental projects. He also holds a PGCert in Innovation, Enterprise, and Circular Economy.
John Booth
Consultant, Carbon3IT
John Booth
Consultant, Carbon3IT
John Booth's Bio: Throughout his 30 year IT career, John has been privileged to visit many different industrial, commercial, government and military sites including steel works, car manufacturers, factories, offices, power stations, petro-chemical, and electrical, gas and water utility installations.
He has completed projects throughout Europe (The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg and Switzerland) India, and the Asia Pacific Region (Cambodia, and Australia).
His career started as a British Telecom apprentice in the 1980’s in the City of London and he has worked in many city financial institutions. In 1989 he left to join J.O. Grant & Taylor as a junior project manager, in 1990 he joined Electrical Installations Ltd as a project and bid manager in the structured data and voice cabling sector and worked on projects such as British Steel Scunthorpe and Redcar, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, and Cranfield Institute of Technology.
Working for himself in 1996, he installed servers, switches and desktops into UK Job Centres nationwide. 1997, saw him join Computacenter as a Systems Engineer and he worked at some notable clients including Lloyds TSB, HFC Bank, Mecca Bingo, HSBC, British Energy, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Severn Trent Water to name a few.
Ed Ansett
Chairman, i3 Solutions Group
Ed Ansett
Chairman, i3 Solutions Group
Ed Ansett is a Co-Founder and Chairman of the i3 Solutions Group. Ed was one of the pioneers of the mission critical facilities industry. He has a technical background as a specialist in high reliability critical facilities. He has presented numerous technical white papers on data center design, testing and reliability and is often a key note speaker at data center industry events.
Marientina Laina
Director of Sustainability- NTT Global Data Centers
Marientina Laina
Director of Sustainability- NTT Global Data Centers
Marientina Laina is a force to be reckoned with in the world of sustainability. With extensive experience as a sustainability professional, she has honed her skills in consulting, policy analysis, research, engagement, communications, and project management. Her ability to articulate complex technical jargon to a non-technical audience sets her apart from others in the field, while her unwavering drive and enthusiasm make her a formidable competitor in any environment.
Marientina has worked in a variety of interdisciplinary environments, including global companies, international organizations, and international multi-partner projects. Her passion for sustainability has led her to tackle some of the world's most pressing environmental issues, working tirelessly to find solutions that balance economic, social, and environmental considerations.
Mark Bjornsgaard
Founder and CEO, Deep Green Technologies
Mark Bjornsgaard
Founder and CEO, Deep Green Technologies
Mark is the CEO of Deep Green https://deepgreen.energy/ and the founder & CEO of System Two Group, a venture capital business operating in Europe and the US. He has grown numerous businesses from scratch to scale with 7 exits so far. Over his career he's raised more than £100m of funding for 10+ businesses. His current portfolio includes Lifted (Senior care, UK), https://www.liftedcare.com/ Alligator (US healthcare) https://home.alligator.dental/find-a-dentist, Secret Source (Tech, Europe) https://www.secret-source.eu/, Caldera (Energy, Europe) https://www.caldera.co.uk/ and Colibri (Tech, US) https://colibriteams.com/. He holds a number of other board positions and consults to a range of FTSE 250s on innovation and venture development.
Marc Johnson
Environmental Solutions Architect File Coin Green
Marc Johnson
Environmental Solutions Architect File Coin Green
I'm an Environmental Solutions Architect for Filecoin Green, a Protocol Labs initiative to make environmental accounting a web3 superpower.
17:15 - 18:15
Drinks Reception, Networking in Expo Hall