7:30 - 9:00
Registration open, Expo Hall Open, Continental Breakfast in Hall
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
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
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.
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.
Sustainability Manager, Green Mountain
Torkild’s Bio: As Sustainability Manager in Green Mountain, Torkild Follaug is responsible of developing corporate sustainability strategies and coordinating internal and external resources to execute and meet targets and objectives. His background is business development, with 25 years of experience in various roles as advisor, consultant, entrepreneur and investor. He is founder and co-founder of business networks and clusters in Norway, focused on ICT and Cleantech. He has served as expert advisor for the European Commission Horizon 2020 program and has a broad experience in promoting Norwegian tech-SMEs in Europe and USA. Follaug holds an economics degree from BI Norwegian Business School.
Managing Director, Global Connect Data Centers
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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
Technical Director, Socomec
Experienced Technical Director with a demonstrated history of working in the electrical and electronic manufacturing industry. Skilled in Service Delivery, Power Meters, ITIL, Strategic Partnerships, and IT Service Management. Strong professional graduated from Cardiff University.
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”.
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
Senior Vice President, 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.
Managing Director, Global Connect Data Centers
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.
MD, Operational Intelligence
Data centre specialist; experience includes low energy cooling design, commissioning, risk and energy assessments, capacity management, training
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.
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.
Senior Sustainability Consultant, Posetiv Cloud
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Founder and CEO, Deep Green Technologies
Environmental Solutions Architect File Coin Green
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.
Networking Drinks Reception, sponsored by CoolIT Systems
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
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
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.
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.
Sustainability Manager, Green Mountain
Torkild’s Bio: As Sustainability Manager in Green Mountain, Torkild Follaug is responsible of developing corporate sustainability strategies and coordinating internal and external resources to execute and meet targets and objectives. His background is business development, with 25 years of experience in various roles as advisor, consultant, entrepreneur and investor. He is founder and co-founder of business networks and clusters in Norway, focused on ICT and Cleantech. He has served as expert advisor for the European Commission Horizon 2020 program and has a broad experience in promoting Norwegian tech-SMEs in Europe and USA. Follaug holds an economics degree from BI Norwegian Business School.
Managing Director, Global Connect Data Centers
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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
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”.
Partner and Co Founder – VIPA Digital Ltd
A chartered energy engineer with over 25-years’ experience of mission critical environments across the aviation, telco, banking and technology sectors and specialising in Power, Sustainability, Compliance and Operational Risk
Having held senior roles in BAA, WSP, Vodafone, UBS and Digital Realty, Paul has significant experience in design and operational performance of Data Centre facilities. Paul has managed teams of compliance professionals delivering excellence across Energy, Environment, Security, Business Continuity and Supply Chain.
With specific focus on the Technology sector, VIPA Digital specialises in providing commercial and technical support to investors, developers, operators and end-users of Data Centre infrastructure.
Paul holds a BEng (Hons) in Energy Engineering and is a member of the Energy Institute (CEng, MinstE).
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
Managing Director, Global Connect Data Centers
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.
MD, Operational Intelligence
Data centre specialist; experience includes low energy cooling design, commissioning, risk and energy assessments, capacity management, training
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.
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.
Senior Sustainability Consultant, Posetiv Cloud
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Founder and CEO, Deep Green Technologies
Environmental Solutions Architect File Coin Green
