Conference agenda

The schedule will be updated in the coming months. Please check back for the latest updates. For any further enquiries about the agenda, please contact merima@datacenterindustrien.dk.

08.00

Registration, breakfast coffee, exhibition, networking & 1-1 meetings

08.30

Welcome

08.35

Achieving climate neutrality by 2050: European Commission’s path towards climate-neutral data centers

09.05

Staying ahead of the curve: Tracking global data center energy demand

09.10

From data centers to AI factories: Building sustainable infrastructures to support future growth

09.30

How can data centers support the electric grid in a boost to global renewable energy and sustainability initiatives?

09.50

Rethinking the data center and designing towards circularity

10.10

Coffee break, exhibition, networking & 1-1 meetings

11.20

Towards net zero: Mapping out Scope 3 emissions from data center operations

11.50

How AI and automation make data center operations greener and more sustainable

12.10

The big cooling shift: mapping the road towards water-cooled AI

12.30

Heat reuse: Lessons learnt from the world’s biggest data center heat reuse case

12.50

Energy resiliency and the future of power supply in Denmark

13.10

Lunch break, exhibition, networking & 1-1 meetings

14.20

Tech Talk: The sustainable data center of the future

Kurt Vahlun Sørensen, Managing Director, Coromatic A/S

14.40

Tech Talk: “EC+” world’s` most energy efficient cooling solution for data centers

Speakers: Daniel Wiesenfeller, Global Key Accounts, Danfoss & John Jørgensen, Director, Global Sales, Novenco Building & Industry

15.00

Keynote: Future of data center energy demand- trends and challenges in global data center energy use and why efficiency gains are not enough

Eric Masanet, Head, Industrial Sustainability Analysis Lab, Institute for Sustainability & Energy, UC Santa Barbara

15.20

Plenary panel: The big “power” debate; keeping up with next generation IT infrastructure

What is the future energy consumption look like?
What impact will cloud, 5g and the “Internet of Sense” (virtual reality) have on energy demand in the next 5 years given the absorption during the pandemic?
How can we ensure sustainability and energy efficiency of the electrification of our society? what does it mean for sustainability and renewable energy sourcing?
Renewable energy and the decarbonising of the grid vs. fossil fuel drivers?
Standardised metrics on emissions?

Moderator: Tomas Rahkonen, Research Director, Uptime Institute

George Kamiya, Digital/Energy Analyst, International Energy Agency

Jesper Koch, Analysechef, Danish District Heating

Peder Bank, Managing Director, Nordics, Interxion, A Digital Realty Company

Luke Davies, Head of Strategy, GlobalConnect A/S

16.05

Keynote: Green IT procurement in the public sector and the demands on data centers

Frederik Nøhr Brünner, Special Consultant, Danish Agency for Digitisation

16.20

Plenary panel: How is speed-to-market transforming sustainable data center design and construction globally?

Moderator: Thomas Volder, Chairman, Danish Data Center Industry

Amy Daniell, Senior Director - Hyperscale Design & Build, NTT Global Data Centers

Brian Conroy, Group Technical Director, Moy

Stephen Griffin, Director, Arup

Rasmus Brandt, Associate Project Director, Data Centers & Industry, COWI

17.00

Networking drinks

17.30

End of conference