Data Center World 2023 | Informa Tech | 8 May 2023 | Austin Convention Center, 500 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701, USA

The Essential Connection for Optimizing Data Center Strategy – The Only Global Industry Event that Brings Together the Entire Data Center Industry.

Data Center World is the leading digital infrastructure event designed for data center professionals, technology business leaders, and innovators that are shaping the future of the digital industry. Our event delivers expert insight and strategies on the technologies and concepts you need to know to plan, manage, and optimize your data center.

• Featuring 100+ speakers, 70+ sessions, and 200+ solution providers, Data Center World is designed to provide the most up-to-the-minute industry education and networking for technology professionals dealing with a rapidly changing landscape.
• Data Center World offers four days of programming covering all the hottest topics dominating the industry: edge computing, colocation, hyperscale, predictive analytics, 5G, DCIM, cloud, security, AI, sustainability, cooling and much more.
• Data Center BUILD – NEW two-day construction and design summit taking place at Data Center World Monday, May 8 - Tuesday, May 9. The summit will bring together operators, decision-makers, experts, and implementers to help you drive smart decisions for data center growth. This executive-level summit will provide you with the information and connections you need to design and build your data center.
• Data Center Awards – NEW at the 2023 event, we'll be recognizing and celebrating exceptional leaders in the Data Center Community! Join us as we celebrate the Data Center Manager of the Year and honor the Data Center World Lifetime Achievement Award Winner.

2023 Speakers

Sam Allen
Director Of Mission Critical, Burns & Mcdonnell

Don Anderson
Owner, Portfolio Solutions

Mike Andrea
CEO, Oper8 Global

Robert Baird
Dell

Anke Beyer-Lout
Associate Principal, CPP, Inc.

Christian Bingham
Product Manager, Aptum

John Booth
MBCS, CDCAP, CDCSP, Carbon3it Ltd

Tiffany Boston
Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Manager, Mortenson

Richard Bralley
Director, Global MTDC Accounts, Vertiv

Kyle Burton
President, NZE (Net-Zero Edge)

Joseba Calvo
Managing Partner, EPI

Hugh Carspecken
Founder, New Stage Ventures

Josh Claman
CEO, Accelsius

Michail Clutter
Technical Program Manager, Casne Engineering Inc.

Craig Compiano
President, Modius

Rob Coyle
Community Technical Program Manager, Open Compute Project Foundation

Michael Crabb
VP Finance, Last Energy

Chris Crosby
CEO, Compass Datacenters

Chris Curtis

Rob Curtis
IT Hardware Thermal Architect

Nikhil Dalvi
Nam Manufacturing Senior Solution Architect, Dassault Systèmes

Bill Doty
I.T. Group Manager - Data Center Services, CH Robinson

Vello Ehvert
President, Ehvert Mission Critical

Mark Evanko
Principal - Engineer, Bruns-pak Worldwide, Inc.

Guy Finley
Founder, Mesa

Jacques Fluet
Director, Data Center Program, TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association)

Andrew Ford

Carlos Francisco
Regional Security Leader (Noram), Meta

Brian Frazier

Joseph Furmanski
Director, Data Center Facilities And Technologies, UPMC

Vlad Galabov
Head Of Cloud And Data Center Research Practice, Omdia

Jean-Marc Gaufrès
Solution Director, Dassault Systèmes

Mark Germagian
Chief Executive Officer, Gateview Technologies

Marcin Geroch
ICT Pre-Sales, Comarch

Kian Gohar
Founder, Geolab

Constantine Goltsev
Partner, Themind

Tony Grayson
General Manager, Compass Quantum

Ali Greenwood
Executive Director - Data Center Advisory Group, Cushman & Wakefield

John Gross
Owner, JM Gross Engineering

Peter Gross
Managing Partner, PMG Associates

Ryan Gruver
IT Directory, Banner Heatlh

Umaima Haider
Lecturer -computer Science & Digital Technologies, University Of East London

Nichole Hanus
Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Andrei Hari
Business Development Manager, Armstrong Fluid Technologies

Bill Hassel
Data Center Sustainability Program Manager, Turner Construction

Jörg Hesselink
CEO, DC Smarter

Kevin Hilton
Advancing Ironworking Contractors And Ironworkers, Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (Impact)

Skyler Holloway
Product Engineering, Switch

Alan Howard
Principal Analyst, Omdia

Jane Hsieh
Sr. Director, Sales, Aligned Data Center

Geoff Hubbard
Sr. Manager- Data Center Operations, World Wide Technology

Eric Hyland
Acclaim Program Manager, Legrand

Roy Illsley
Chief Analyst, Omdia

Hashem Izadi Moud
Data Center Sustainability Engineer, Turner Construction

Brian Jabeck
Vice President - Sales, Enchanted Rock

Jad Jebara
CEO, Hyperview

Szymon (Simon) Jonca
Director Of Business Development, Comarch

Ben Kaplan
Senior Vice President, Turner Construction

Burcin Kaplanoglu
Vice President, Oracle

Greg Kemper
PSP, Regional Director, Enterprise, Genetec, Inc.

Kirk Killian
President, Partners National Mission Critical Facilities

Rich Kilmer
CEO, Cargosense

Martin Kipping
Vice President IT Director, Rittal

Bill Kleyman
Board Member, Neu.ro

Phillip Koblence
Co-founder, Nomad Futurist

Garima Kochhar
Senior Distinguished Engineer, Dell

Dominika Koncewicz
Senior Analyst, Cloud Services And SD-WAN, Omdia

Phill Lawson-Shanks
Chief Innovation And Technology Officer, Aligned Data Centers

Moises Levy
Phd, Data Center Power And Cooling Research, Omdia

Brad Luyster
Director, Battery Storage At Vertiv, Vertiv

Nabeel Mahmood
Co-founder, Managing Director, Nomad Futurist

Rob Makin
SVP Global Sales & Client Services, Iron Mountain

Genevieve Maltais-Boisvert
Managing Director, Digital Bridge

Jeff Martin
VP, Business Development, Ascent Mission Critical

Keith Meierhofer
Founder Of Itascapoint, Itascapoint Inc.

Don Mitchell
Mission Critical Division Manager, Opencomputeproject, Victaulic

Todd Murren
General Manager – Data Centers, Bluebird Network

Al Nichols
Executive Consultant, Silverback Data Center Solutions

Calvin Nicholson
Senior Director Of Product Management, Legrand

Nancy Novak
Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Datacenters

Vicki O'leary
Director Of Diversity, Ironworkers International

Arnold Offner
Strategic Marketing Manager, Phoenix Contact

Chrissy Olsen
Senior Manager - Global Data Center Solutions, Wesco Anixter

Peter Panfil
Vice President Of Global Power, Vertiv

John Parker
Global Data Center Management, Esri

Raymond Parpart
Director Data Center Operations & Strategy, University Of Chicago

Rowan Parris
Embodied Carbon Program Manager, Turner Construction Company

Ravi Pendekanti
SVP Product Management And Marketing, HDD BU, Western Digital

Dondra "Dre" Pitts
Data Center Engineer, World Wide Technology

Jack Pouchet
VP Sales And Marketing, Natron Energy

Steve Pullins
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Alphastruxure

Anubhav Raj
CFO, Aligned Data Centers

Jaden Richardson
Critical Facility Engineer, Meta

Doug Ridley
Director Of Engineering For Professional Services, ATX Networks

Buddy Rizer
Executive Director, Loudoun County Economic Development

Jemma Robertson
Engineering Incident Management Team Lead, Bloomberg

Maja Rosenquist
Senior Vice President, Mortenson

Shweta Saraf
Director Of Platform, Netflix

Angel Say
CEO, Resolve

Mark Schultz
Project Executive, Gray

Joshua Seawell
Director Of Product Management, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave

Tejas Shah
Principal Engineer, Intel

Arman Shehabi
Energy/Environmental Policy Staff Scientist/Engineer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

CY Sinclair
Infrastructure Support Team Leader, Bloomberg

Lee Smith
Data Center Industry Consultant, Datacenterdna

Uri Soroka
CEO, Neu.ro

Vova Soroka
Partner, Themind

Ed Spears
Technical Marketing Manager, Eaton

Ben Stewart, Phd
SVP Ops, NTT

Greg Stover
Global Director, Hi-tech Development, Vertiv

Haynes Strader
Chief Development Officer, Skybox Datacenters

Lars Strong, P.E.
Senior Engineer And Company Science Officer, Upsite Technologies

Julian Styles
Director, Business Development, Gan Systems

Sean Tajkowski
Technical Director, Medca

Sarah Telford
MEP Coordinator / OFE Lead, DPR Construction

Dennis Thankachan
CEO And Co-founder, Lightyear

Rick Thissen
Sr. Advisor, Itascapoint Inc.

Trenton Thornock
Founder | Managing Member, Wyoming Hyperscale White Box

Ron Vokoun
Data Center Construction Professional, OAC Services

Jeff Wabik
Chief Technology Officer, DC Blox

Brett Walkenhorst
CTO, Bastille Networks

Rebecca Weekly
Vice President- Hardware Systems Engineering, Cloudflare

Bill Winsininski
CEO, Cofluence Llc

Grace Wu
Sr. Manager, Data Center Infrastructure Strategic Sourcing, Google

Ali Zafar
Vice President Of Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Dropbox

Ryan Zoldan
Integrated Construction Manager, Mortenson