August 24-27, 2020
Browse and sort the growing list of Data Center World 2020 sessions by pass type, topic, and format.
Agenda at a Glance5G and the Edge - It's Complicated!
Speaker: Suresh Krishnan (Kaloom)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center Planning for Innovation
Session Type: Vault
A Deep Dive Look at Open19 for Data Centers of All Sizes
Speaker: Dolly Wu (Inspur Systems)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Design, Build, Operate & Automate
Session Type: Vault
Academic Research: Breakthrough Adiabatic Cooling to Lower Data Center PUE
Speakers: Charles Culp (Texas A&M University), Dave Claridge (Texas A&M University)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Mission Critical Facilities & Energy Management
Session Type: Vault
Backhaul Bypass: The Real Killer App for the Edge
Speaker: Keith Rutledge (Compass Edge Point)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Optimizing Data Center Delivery & Performance
Session Type: Vault
Building a Cloud Interconnect Fabric to Move Up the Value Chain
Speaker: Jay Gill (Pluribus Networks)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Optimizing Data Center Delivery & Performance
Session Type: Vault
Case Study: Deciding on the Right Models for Your Company and How to Make Those Decisions
Speakers: Wendy Stewart (Databank), Richard Sargent (Georgia Institute of Technology), Justin Marchan (Georgia Institute of Technology), Evan Grimmett (DataBank)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Optimizing Data Center Delivery & Performance, Case Studies
Session Type: Vault
Case Study: Designing an Energy-Efficient Supercomputing Center
Speakers: Michael Strevell (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Adam Brendamour (ESD Consulting)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Design, Build, Operate & Automate, Case Studies
Session Type: Vault
Case Study: Hyperscalers' Fight for Sites
Speaker: Jennifer Reininger (ESD)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Design, Build, Operate & Automate, Case Studies
Session Type: Vault
Case Study: Power and Performance - Increasing Data Center Efficiency
Speaker: Farooq AlJwesm (Saudi Aramco)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Mission Critical Facilities & Energy Management, Case Studies
Session Type: Vault
Case Study: Using DCIM Tools to Manage and Measure Multiple Data Centers and 122+ Network Closets
Speaker: Ralph Wescott (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Design, Build, Operate & Automate, Case Studies
Session Type: Vault
Chiller Assisted Cooling for Mission Critical Facilities
Speaker: Stephen Spinazzola (BALA|SVA)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Mission Critical Facilities & Energy Management
Session Type: Vault
Speaker: Lars Strong (Upsite Technologies)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Mission Critical Facilities & Energy Management
Session Type: Vault
Climate Change and the Need for Efficient Data Centers
Speaker: Kevin Kent (The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Mission Critical Facilities & Energy Management
Session Type: Vault
Cooling Optimization 101: A Beginner's Guide to Data Center Cooling
Speakers: Lars Strong (Upsite Technologies Inc.), Dean Boyle (EkkoSense)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center Essentials
Session Type: Vault
Critical Facilities Solutions - Live Data Center Floor Replacement and Infrastructure Services
Speakers: Randy Bishop (Critical Facilities Solutions), Kevin Beck (Jerry L. Johnson & Associates)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Mission Critical Facilities & Energy Management
Session Type: Vault
Data Center Evaluation Next - Facility Awareness in IT Systems in the Data Center
Speakers: Roxy Gong (VMware), Gavin Lu (VMware)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center IT Infrastructure & Platforms
Session Type: Vault
Data Center Site Risk Metric: An Important Tool for Data Center Due Diligence
Speaker: Moises Levy (DCMETRIX)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Design, Build, Operate & Automate
Session Type: Vault
How Much Time Do You Have When Your Cooling System Fails?
Speaker: Paul Bemis (Applied Math Modeling)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Mission Critical Facilities & Energy Management
Session Type: Vault
How Upgrading your Legacy Data Center Infrastructure Can Save Thousands in OpEx
Speaker: Paul Thornton (1&1 IONOS)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Optimizing Data Center Delivery & Performance
Session Type: Vault
ISO 55000: Overview of Asset Management with a Focus on Industrial and Commercial Equipment
Speaker: Bhanu Srilla (Grace Engineered Products)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Design, Build, Operate & Automate
Session Type: Vault
Integrating Distributed Generation into Data Centers
Speaker: Rajan Battish (RSP Mission Critical Group)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Mission Critical Facilities & Energy Management
Session Type: Vault
Leveraging Direct Contact Evaporative Cooling to Densify Data Center Retrofits and New Builds
Speakers: Kelly Morgan (451 Research), Udi Paret (ZutaCore Inc.), Matt Koukl (Affiliated Engineers), Ameya Soparkar (Rittal)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center Planning for Innovation
Session Type: Vault
Mitigating Insider Physical and Cyber Threats in Data Centers Using Sensors and Real-Time Analytics
Speakers: Bruno Riegl (Swiftsure Group, LLC/rfidCollect, LLC.), Tim Buckley (rfidCollect LLC), Andy Jimenez (Anixter)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Design, Build, Operate & Automate
Session Type: Vault
Speaker: Tanja Lewit (Alternate E Source)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center Planning for Innovation
Session Type: Vault
Speakers: Andrew Graham (Critical Environments Group), Cam Rogers (RLE Technologies)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Optimizing Data Center Delivery & Performance
Session Type: Vault
Salute Mission Critical - Data Center Careers for Veterans
Speaker: Scott MacIntire (Salute Mission Critical)
Location: Session On-Demand
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center Essentials
Session Type: Vault
Software-Defined Power - The Final Frontier of the Software Defined Data Center
Speaker: Carrie Goetz (Strategitcom)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center Planning for Innovation
Session Type: Vault
State of the Data Center Industry: Texas & Beyond (and Other Fun Snippets)
Speaker: Ali Greenwood (Cushman & Wakefield)
Location: Vault
Track : Data Center Essentials
Session Type: Vault
Stormproof Your Facility: Strategies to Ensure 100% Uptime When the Power Grid Goes Down
Speaker: Jeremy Whiddon (Atlas Oil Company)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Mission Critical Facilities & Energy Management
Session Type: Vault
Speaker: Dan Maxcy (P3 Power Protection)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Mission Critical Facilities & Energy Management
Session Type: Vault
The Importance of Automation and Predictive Maintenance at the Edge
Speakers: Christopher Papp (Engineering Excellence), Eric Bartlett (Iconicx Critical Solutions), Stuart Spohn (Power Solutions Group)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center Planning for Innovation
Session Type: Vault
UPS Energy Storage - Look Out! Changes are Coming to a Data Center Near You
Speaker: Dan Lambert (ZincFive)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center IT Infrastructure & Platforms
Session Type: Vault
Unified Cyber-Physical Protection (UCP) for Data Centers
Speaker: Scott Rye (CyberSecure IPS)
Location: Vault
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center IT Infrastructure & Platforms
Session Type: Vault
Welcome to Data Center World 2020!
Presenter: Brian Gillooly (Data Center World)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Keynote Programming
Session Type: Keynote
Keynote: State of the Data Center Report - 2020 Vision
Speaker: Bill Kleyman (Switch)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Keynote Programming
Session Type: Keynote
Workshop - "Yes, And…" – Using Improvisation and Collaboration as a Leadership Strategy.
Facilitators: Ray Attiyah (Chief Innovation Officer, Clark Schaefer Hackett Advisors), Joe Boyd (Rebel Pilgrim)
Pass Type : All Access
Session Type: Workshop
Workshop: Cloud, Edge, AI, ML, and 5G Applications: How Fast to Adopt, How Much to Spend?
Speakers: Cliff Grossner (Omdia (Informa Tech)), Lucas Beran (Omdia (Informa Tech)), Alan Howard (Omdia (Informa Tech))
Pass Type : All Access
Session Type: Workshop
Keynote: Theory of Creativity: Embedding Innovation Into Everyone's DNA
Speaker: Duncan Wardle (Formerly Disney & Founder of iD8 and innov8)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Keynote Programming
Session Type: Keynote
Case Study: One Company's Journey to a Modern Disaster Recovery Solution- DRaaS
Speaker: Craig Rhodes (Structured)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center IT Infrastructure & Platforms, Case Studies
Session Type: Session
Who Pulled the Plug? Navigate the Yellow Brick Road to the Cloud
Speakers: Keith Meierhofer (Itascapoint), Rick Thissen (Itascapoint)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Optimizing Data Center Delivery & Performance
Session Type: Session
Workshop - A Crash Course in Innovation!
Speaker: Duncan Wardle (Formerly Disney & Founder of iD8 and innov8)
Pass Type : All Access
Session Type: Workshop
BREAK | VISIT EXPO HALL, NETWORK
Session Type: Networking
Edge Data Centers - Lessons Learned
Speaker: Hector Diaz (Servtech, Inc.)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Optimizing Data Center Delivery & Performance
Session Type: Session
Renewing Colocation Contracts: Getting More and Spending Less
Speaker: Kirk Killian (Partners National Mission Critical Facilities)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center IT Infrastructure & Platforms
Session Type: Session
Entertainment Break - Master Mixologist! Sponsored by IBM
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Session Type: Networking
Physical vs. Cybersecurity: Working Together to Better Protect Data Centers
Speakers: Daniel Braden-Astbury (Stanley Security), Joe Morgan (Axis Communication Inc.)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center IT Infrastructure & Platforms
Session Type: Session
Skin in the Game - Investigating Outages in Mission Critical Data Centers
Speaker: Lee Smith (DataCenterDNA)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Optimizing Data Center Delivery & Performance
Session Type: Session
Workshop - Can You Really Have Great Ideas “On-Demand”?
Facilitator: Duncan Wardle (Formerly Disney & Founder of id8 and innov8)
Pass Type : All Access
Session Type: Workshop
Speakers: Clemens Pfeiffer (Tier44 Technologies, Inc.), Larry Osakwe (PayPal), Shawn Tugwell (PayPal)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center IT Infrastructure & Platforms, Case Studies
Session Type: Session
Top 10 Ways to Boost Capacity with Better Data Center Power and Networking Management
Speakers: Ashish Moondra (Chatsworth), Jonathan Davis (Sunbird)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Optimizing Data Center Delivery & Performance
Session Type: Session
Women in the Data Center Meet-Up with AchieveUnite
Speaker: Theresa Caragol (AchieveUnite Inc.)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Session Type: Networking
Keynote: How Dropbox Reduced Costs Significantly by Optimizing its Data Center Footprint
Speaker: Latane Garetson (Dropbox)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Keynote Programming
Session Type: Keynote
Cloud, Colocation, Enterprise Data Center Optimization
Speaker: Mark Evanko (BRUNS-PAK)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Design, Build, Operate & Automate
Session Type: Session
Managing and Securing the "Open Edge" Data Center
Speakers: Cliff Grossner (Omdia), Martin Olsen (Vertiv), Bill Carter (Open Compute Project Foundation), Sanjay Aiyagari (RedHat)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center Planning for Innovation
Session Type: Session
Speaker: Paul Mott (Raritan)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center Planning for Innovation
Session Type: Session
The Ins and Outs of Procurement - Get More Bang for your Buck
Speaker: Carrie Goetz (StrategITcom, LLC)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Design, Build, Operate & Automate
Session Type: Session
Workshop - Creating a Data Center Energy Efficiency Program
Facilitator: Kevin Kent (Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions)
Pass Type : All Access
Track : Data Center IT Infrastructure & Platforms
Session Type: Workshop
Entertainment Break - Poker Playing Pro-Tips with Ray Attiyah!
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Session Type: Networking
Case Study: Consolidating and Upfitting Legacy Data Centers with Green Technologies
Speaker: John Parker (Esri)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Design, Build, Operate & Automate
Session Type: Session
Liquid Immersion - Overcoming Final Obstacles to Mainstream Adoption
Speaker: Jack Kolar (TAS)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center Planning for Innovation
Session Type: Session
Case Study: Next-Gen Monitoring - IT Operations Analytics
Speaker: Ryan Gruver (Banner Health)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center Planning for Innovation, Case Studies
Session Type: Session
Data Center Infrastructure Management: Forget the tools, think about the process
Speaker: Mark Haag (Critical Space & Planning Operations)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Design, Build, Operate & Automate
Session Type: Session
Keynote: Apollo 11 Computing - Lessons for Today's Data Centers
Speaker: Frank O'Brien (NASA Historian)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Keynote Programming
Session Type: Keynote
Leveraging Vendor Management to Improve Resiliency - The Hard and Soft Sides
Speakers: Tad Davies (Fodere), Bill Doty (CH Robinson)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center Essentials
Session Type: Session
The Next Generation of Data Center Cooling
Speaker: Jim Treadway (MITRE Corporation)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Mission Critical Facilities & Energy Management
Session Type: Session
A Brief History of the Data Center
Speaker: Christian Pruett (Arrow Electronics)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center Essentials
Session Type: Session
Energy Storage Technology Trends and Implications for Mission Critical Infrastructure
Speaker: Jack Pouchet (Natron)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Mission Critical Facilities & Energy Management
Session Type: Session
Facilitators: Jeff Clark (Michaud Cooley Erickson Engineering Solutions), Brian Pate (ConstructivMC)
Pass Type : All Access
Session Type: Workshop
The Importance of Facility Documentation
Speaker: Michael Balles (Murphy Company)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center Essentials
Session Type: Session
The New Reality: Why Data Centers are Turning to Microgrids for Power Resiliency
Speakers: Kevin Normandeau (Microgrid Knowledge), Allan Schurr (Enchanted Rock), Bill Kleyman (Switch Data Centers), Brian Jabeck (Power Solutions International Inc.)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Mission Critical Facilities & Energy Management
Session Type: Session
Predicting Energy Consumption in Data Center Design and Operation
Speaker: Paul Bemis (Applied Math Modeling)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Mission Critical Facilities & Energy Management
Session Type: Session
Using Technology to Enhance Plant Electrical Safety and Maintenance Operations
Speaker: Bhanu Srilla (Grace Engineered Products)
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Track : Data Center Essentials
Session Type: Session
Colocation Trends: Supporting Enterprises and Hybrid Cloud Adoption"
Speaker: Kirk Killian (Partners National Mission Critical Facilities)
Location: Session On-Demand
Pass Type : All Access, Standard
Session Type: Session
Session Type: Networking