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Data Center World 2022
Data Center World delivers expert strategy and insight on the technologies and concepts you need to know to plan, manage, and optimize your data center. Data Center World 2022 educational conference programming is focused on the rapidly advancing data center technologies like edge computing, co-location, hyperscale, and predictive analytics - all within a rapidly changing global business climate -- in order to give attendees a leg up on their competitors to become the new trailblazers of the data center. Click on session titles for full session descriptions. All times noted are in CST (Austin, Texas time zone).
Timothy Hebrink, Senior Staff Scientist, 3M
Tim Hebrink, Senior Staff Scientist in 3M Corporate Research Lab, graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BS in Chemical Engineering, and has 38 years of polymer product development experience at 3M. His expertise, and innovations, in polymer properties and polymer processing has earned him 71 issued US patents and 79 pending patent applications covering novel optical polymers, optical film designs, polymer films with improved properties, and novel applications of polymer films. Polymer films produced by his inventions have enabled significant 3M polymeric film sales resulting in 6 Golden Step Awards for individual products achieving sales greater than $15million/year and cumulative sales of greater than $12billion. While at 3M Company, Tim has also been recognized with 6 Circle of Technical Excellence awards. He has held several positions ranging from polymer synthesis and polymer processing to environmental engineering and polymer film application development. He has also co-authored 10 research publications including a book chapter on Durable Polymer Films. His passion for clean energy technologies can also be seen at his home where he has been generating electricity with photovoltaics and a small wind turbine, storing that renewable energy in batteries, heating domestic water with solar thermal panels, and fueled a commuter car with recycled cooking oil for 16 years.