
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​
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09.05
Staying ahead of the curve: Tracking global data center energy demand
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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
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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
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What is the future energy consumption look like?
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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?
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How can we ensure sustainability and energy efficiency of the electrification of our society? what does it mean for sustainability and renewable energy sourcing?
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Renewable energy and the decarbonising of the grid vs. fossil fuel drivers?
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Standardised metrics on emissions?
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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
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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
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16.20
Plenary panel: How is speed-to-market transforming sustainable data center design and construction globally?
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Moderator: Thomas Volder, Chairman, Danish Data Center Industry
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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
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17.00
Networking drinks​
17.30
End of conference