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Palace of Festivals and Congresses of Cannes
Palace of Festivals and Congresses of Cannes, Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, 1 Bd de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes, France

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Event Date Wed Jun 5 CEST - Thu Jun 6 CEST (6 months ago)
In your timezone (EST): Tue Jun 4 6:00pm - Wed Jun 5 6:00pm
Location Palace of Festivals and Congresses of Cannes
Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, 1 Bd de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes, France
Region EMEA
Details

Join us for the premier leadership gathering of senior executives in the digital infrastructure space, including data centres, cloud providers, and edge providers.

The event brings together finance and tech leaders, enterprise representatives, terrestrial and subsea fibre providers, energy companies, and government agencies.

Hear from industry leaders on some of the most pressing topics for data centers including, M&A, managing power constraints, future proofing for AI, cooling and much more.

Be a part of shaping the future of digital infrastructure.

Speakers

2024 Speakers

John Booth
MD, Carbon3IT Ltd

Aman Khan
CEO, International Business Consultants (IBC)

Dalia Adib
Director, Consulting, STL Partners

Susanna Kass
Operating Partner, Digital Gravity Infra Partners

Yves Durant
Director of Technology, Thales Alenia Space

Cyre Denny
Strategic Account Executive, Schneider Electric

Svein Atle Hagaseth
CEO, Green Mountain

Sanjay Kumar Sainani
Senior Vice President & CTO - Global Data Center Business, Huawei

Spiros Liolis
Managing Consultant and Chief Technologist, Ramboll

Miranda Gardiner
Executive Director, iMasons Climate Accord

Diarmid Massey
CEO, Data Centres, ESR

Randy Brouckman
Co-Founder and CEO, EdgeConneX

Adam Bennett
Area Vice President, Nalco Water

Neil Cresswell
CEO, Virtus

Thomas Weber
Co-Founder & CSO, etalytics GmbH

Gour Saha
Global Head Data Center Vertical Grid Technologies, Siemens Energy

Aleksandar Grbic
Global Data Center Solution Manager, Hitachi Energy

François Stérin
Chief Operating Officer (COO), DATA 4 Service

Harro Beusker
CEO, nLighten

Amar Khan
Head of Network Site Investments, Meta

Jennifer Weitzel
President, Ada Infrastructure

George Do
CISO, Ada Infrastructure

Joe Hughes
Solutions Engineer, XYZ Reality

Petter M. Tømmeraas
Managing Director Data Center Services, Aker Horizons

Ciaran Flanagan
VP & Global Head of Datacenter Business, Siemens AG

David Hayhow
Partner, Lockton Companies LLP

Michillay Deone Brown
VP, ESG, STACK Infrastructure

Justin Dustzadeh
Chief Technology Officer, Equinix

Ilona Koprowska
Network Site Investments Manager, Meta

Joseph Kava
Vice President - Data Centers, Google

Dame Dawn Childs
CEO, Pure Data Centres Group

Eric Boonstra
CEO, KEVLINX

Jon Mauck
Senior Managing Director, DigitalBridge

Doug Adams
CEO and President, NTT Global Data Centers

David Bloom
Chairman, Kao Data

Matt Pullen
EVP - Managing Director, Europe, CyrusOne

Shirin O'Connor
Corporate Vice President, Microsoft

Luisa Cardani
Head of Data Centres Programme, techUK

Duncan Clubb
Senior Partner, Cambridge Management Consulting

FERNANDO GARCIA
Managing Director, IDP

Shawn Novak
Chief Revenue Officer, TECfusions

Val Walsh
VP, Cloud Operations & Innovation, Microsoft

Josiah Sullivan
Head of Infrastructure Partnership, AWS

Tinboat Arslanouk
Senior Director – Partnerships and Growth Strategy, Khazna Data Centers

Steven Kenny
Manager, Architecture & Engineering Program – EMEA, Axis

Ciarán Forde
Vice President, Strategic Clients & Alliances, Eaton EMEA

Jussi Vihersalo
Head of Business Development, Critical Power Solutions & Datacenters, Eaton

Gary Watson
Country Manager, Keppel DC REIT

Simon Allen
Consultant, Data Centre sector

Jonathan Atkin
Managing Director, RBC Capital Markets

Louis Charlton
CEO, Global CXM

Sjors van de Rijt
Global Head of Sustainability Partnerships – Technology & Energy, Shell Energy

Ira Panov
Director, CPP Investment Board

Lex Coors
Chief Data Centre Technology and Engineering Officer, Digital Realty

Andreas Myr
CEO Norway, AQ Compute

Peter Hannaford
Senior Partner, Portman Partners

Roger van Buuren
Partner, Bird & Bird (Netherlands) LLP

Niraj Shah
Director - Sales & BD, iXAfrica

Robert Mullins
CEO, Raxio Data Centres

Noelle Walsh-Elwell
CVP, CLOUD OPERATIONSS AND INNOVATION, Microsoft

Isabelle Kemlin
Vice Chair of the Board // Business and Innovation Executive, Swedish Datacenter Industry // RISE - Research Institutes of Sweden

Paul Manning
Co-CEO, NovoGrid

Philipp Guth
CTO, Rittal

Jamie Hughes
Head of Technical - Data Centers, Equans Data Centers

Frank VAN CAENEGEM
VP Cybersecurity, CISO EMEA, Schneider Electric

Chris Moon
Managing Director, Credit, DigitalBridge Investment Management

Maurizio Frizziero
Cooling Innovation and Strategy Director, Schneider Electric

Natalia Akst
Managing Director, Macquarie

SEBASTIEN CRUZ-MERMY
Data Center Innovation League Leader, Schneider Electric

Andrew Lawrence
Executive Director of Research, Uptime Institute

Lee Kirby
Chairman & Co-Founder, Salute Mission Critical

Nancy Novak
Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Datacenters

Alexander Thomas
Head of European Communications Infrastructure, RBC Capital Markets

Tarek Ghaoui
Portfolio Director, GDH

Antonio Ramos
Vice President Cyber Security, Uptime Institute

Victor Elm
Strategic Segment and Partners Director, Colo & Hyperscale, NE, Vertiv

Ian Paul
Colocation & Hyperscale Strategic Segments Director, Vertiv

Andrea Ferro
VP Channel, IT & Edge Applications for EMEA, Vertiv

Tassos Peppas
Regional Director, Middle East, Turkey & Central Asia, Vertiv

Mark Acton
Head of Technical Due Diligence, Future-tech Ltd

Giordano Albertazzi
Chief Executive Officer, Vertiv

Deborah Graham-Wilson
Head of Communications & ESG, Eland Cables

Chester Reid
Chief Financial Officer, Yondr Group

Colby Cox
Managing Director - Americas, DC Byte

Chris Crosby
CEO, Compass Datacenters

Xavier Matagne
Chief Development Officer, Africa Data Centres

Garry Connolly
Founder, Host in Ireland

Douglas Loewe
CEO, Kao Data

Mark Moulton
VP, Global Accounts, Panduit

Matthieu Bourguignon
Vice President European Sales, Nokia

Jade Nester
Director, Data Public Policy, TikTok

Rebecca Yates
VP Advanced Lubricants Products, Castrol

Daniel Pope
Co-founder and CTO, Submer

Mohammad Royapoor
Head of R&D, RED Engineering Design Ltd

Fabio Nouchy
Product Manager - Small Modular Reactors, Tractebel Engie

Benjamin Lépineux
BD Green Data Centers, ENGIE

Thomas Volder
Owner, Volder Consult

Rangu Salgame
Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, Princeton Digital Group

Dean Nelson
Founder and Chairman, Infrastructure Masons

Phil Reid
Head of Energy Transition, Red Engineering Design

Matt Bamforth
Senior Consultant, STL Partners

Fabio Fontana
CEO ZeroPoint DC | Chief Growth Officer Tonomus.NEOM, Tonomus.NEOM

Danielle Rossi
Global Director – Mission Critical Cooling, Trane

Russell Poole
CEO, Apto

Shilpa Kolhatkar
Head of Global AI Nations, Nvidia

Mark Flanagan
Chief Executive Officer, Kirby Engineering Group

Luke Neville
Managing Director, i3 Solutions Group Ltd

Josh Joshi
Executive Chairman, AtlasEdge; Operating Partner, DigitalBridge

Catriona Shearer
Global Head of Data Centre Consulting, JLL

Patrick Quirk
Chief Technology Officer, Nautilus

Eyjólfur Magnús
CEO, atNorth

Ranjith Cherickel
Founder and CEO, iColo: A Digital Realty Company

Loren Long
Managing Director, Clear Sustainability

Ali Moinuddin
Chief Corporate Development Officer & MD, Uptime Institute

Anna Klaft
Chairwoman, German Data Centre Association

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

Andrew Jay
Executive Director, CBRE

Simon Shooter
Senior Partner, Bird & Bird LLP

Kemal Hawa
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Dr. Antonio Coccia
VP Business Development DC Market - RPS S.p.A, Riello UPS

Dr. Christopher Stief
Chief Executive Officer, DATA CASTLE

Mark Acton
Head of Technical Due Diligence, Future-tech

Tony Grayson
General Manager, Compass Quantum

Rhea Williams
Chief Commercial Officer, E3 Platforms

Colm Shorten
Senior Director- Data Centers, JLL

Simon Allen
Digital Infrastructure Consultant, Verisi

MARIE CHABANON
Chief Technical Officer, DATA4

Suzanne O'Toole
GM Cloud Operations & Innovation, Strategy & Planning, Microsoft

Carlos García
Business Development, IDP

Philippe Perrot
EMEA Power Quality, Critical Power System Business Unit Manager, Eaton

David Joseph Bloom
CEO, Goldacre

Loren Long
Managing Director, Clear Sustainability

Steven Kenny
Manager, Architect & Engineering Program - Emea, Axis Communications

Eoin Doherty
Vice President, EMEA Regional Leader, Microsoft CO+I

Mark Andrew Moulton
Vice President Worldwide Accounts, Panduit

Harro Beusker
CEO, nLighten

Hervé Amossé
EVP Energy Storage Division, Saft

Karim Ait-Younes
Senior Regional Sales Manager, STULZ GmbH

Sponsors & Partners

2024 Sponsors

PATRON SPONSORS:
• Huawei
• Vertiv

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• CBRE | Data Center Solutions
• Mercury Engineering
• NTT DATA
• Riello UPS
• Siemens
• Winthrop Technologies Ltd

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Ada Infrastructure
• CyrusOne
• DigitalBridge
• Eaton
• Equans Data Centers
• Equinix
• Kirby Group Engineering
• Nalco Water
• Rittal
• TotalEnergies

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Eland Cables
• ENGIE
• Global Commissioning
• Hitachi Energy
• Host in Ireland
• KEVLINX Data Centers
• Legrand
• Nautilus Data Technology
• Panduit
• Princeton Digital Group
• Red and Engie
• Schneider Electric
• Shell Energy
• Siemens Energy
• STACK INFRASTRUCTURE EMEA LIMITED
• STULZ
• Submer
• Trane

SILVER SPONSORS:
• AdaniConnext
• AFL
• Air Movement Supplies
• Apto
• AQ Compute
• atNorth
• Bird & Bird
• CapitaLand
• Chubb Group Security Ltd
• Console Connect
• Control Equipment Limited
• CtrlS
• Datalec Precision Installations
• DC Data Castle Gmbh
• Datavita
• DcByte
• EAE
• Eiffage
• Exyte
• GreenbergTraurig
• Grundfos
• i3 Solutions Group
• ING
• Itrium
• Kao Data
• Kelvion Thermal Solutions
• Lockton
• Locke Lord
• Nokia
• Ramboll
• RED
• RBC Capital Markets
• RiT Tech
• Simmons + Simmons
• TSL
• Uptime Institute
• VID FIREKILL