The Annual Kickstart Europe Conference 2024 | Kickstart Europe Conference | 25 February 2024 | Amsterdam RAI, Europaplein 24, 1078 GZ Amsterdam, Netherlands

The conference on trends and investments in tech and digital infrastructure.

By bringing together an array of industry professionals at the start of the year, it helps to explore the emerging trends and technology shaping the digital industry and digital infrastructure of cloud, connectivity and data centers.

2024 Speakers

Twan Huys
Chairman

Dick Theunissen
MD EMEA, EdgeConneX

Kevin Restivo
Research Director, CBRE

Olivier Michelli
CEO, Data4 Group

Natascha Geraedts
Partner, Eversheds Sutherland

Eugene Bergen
President, Equinix EMEA

Joerg Dessler
Global Director Technology, STULZ

Lucas Ruland
Director Infrastructure & Renewables NIBC

Sanjay Kumar Sainani
Senior Vice-President & CTO, Huawei Digital Power

Holger Holle
Partner Eversheds Sutherland

Stijn Grove
Managing Director, Dutch Data Center Association

Jan Willen van Roggen
Managing Director, NIBC

Xenia Sarri
Managing Director, Digital Bridge

Eric Boonstra
CEO, KEVLINX

Danel Turk
Solution Portfolio Manager, ABB

Danny Quinn
Managing Director, DataVita

Robert Felisi
EMEA Senior Director, Vertiv

Erik van Den Berg
Director, IPI

Andreas Herden
Senior VP, Green Mountain

Jim Simonelli
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Schneider Electric

Waldemar Maurer
Partner, DTCP

Ivan Bekavac
Technical Sales Manager, Delta Electronics

Michael Winterson
Managing Director, EUDCA

Vincent in 't Veld
Managing Director, Digital Realty

Arno Uiterweerd
Managing Director, UNICA

Melissa Scholten
Sr. Communications Manager, Digital Realty

Konstantin Hartman
NTT Global Data Centers, Vice President Sales & Commercial

René Olde Olthof
Managing Director, Global Switch

Michael Wall
SVP Development and Construction, Prime Data Centers

Martijn Koning
Digital & Consumer Advisory, ABN AMRO

Alex Bakker
CEO, Penta Infra

Craig MacFayden
Director, ffer Strategy and Portfolio Management, Munters

Laura Beukers
Manager Public Affairs, DDA

David McLean
Global Sales Development Director, Grundfos

Dieuwke van Buren
Managing Director, Equals

Jakob Jul Jensen
Head of Business Development, Danfoss

John Dunkley
Business Development Manager, WATTS

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

Nicola Corradin
Product and Strategic Marketing Manager, FIAMM

Sławomir Koszołko
CEO, Altman

Lieke Hamers
Chief Technology Officer, DELL

Peter van Burgel
CEO, AMS-IX

Andrew van der Haar
Advisor Energy & Sustainability, DDA

Thomas Volder
Chairman Of The Board, Danish Data Center Industry

Martin Vos
VP Business Development, Eurofiber

Maarten Goeman
Vice President Corporate Development, NorthC Datacenters

Emma Fryer
European director of Public Policy, Cyrus One

Frank de Fremery
Head of Data Centers & Colocation, EXA infrastructure

Matthieu Wieczorek
Data Centre development Lead, Goodman

Stuart Lunt
Business Unit Director, CBRE

Jeff Safovich
CTO, RiT Tech

Guy Willner
Chairman and CEO, International Data Centre Group

Joao Marques Lima
Managing Editor, The Tech Capital

Miglena Mladenova
Data Center Hardware Operations Manager, Google

Sicco Boomsma
Managing Director EMEA Technology, ING

Kees Verhoeven
Advisor, Bureau van Digitale Zaken

Friso Haringsma
Managing Director, DataCenter United

Gary Tinkler
VP of Global Business Development, Legrand

Peter Struik
Managing Director, Fujifilm

James Coughlan
Data Centre Partner Manager, Console Connect

Ofer Markman
VP Business Development, Filo Systems

Jonathan Atkin
Managing Director, RBC Capital

Keith Sullivan
Director of Strategic Innovation, AFL

Richard Kaak
VP Business Development, QTS Datacenters

Jelle Slenters
Sims Lifecycle Services, Commercial Director

Gerd Simon
Independent, Data Center Consultant

Paul Williams
Key Account Manager, AFL

2024 Partners

PLATINUM PARTNERS:
• Stulz
• Schneider Electric

GOLD PARTNERS:
• Eversheds Sutherland
• Legrand Data Center Solutions
• Watts
• CBRE
• Grundfos
• Vertix
• Unica Datacenters
• NIBC
• Engineering Tomorrow Danfoss
• FAFL
• Mercury
• Huawei
• ABB
• Commscope
• Euro Fibe Cloud Infra
• Delta
• Armstrong
• Eaton
• Munters
• Global Switch

WELCOME EVENING PARTNER:
• Rovisys

SILVER PARTNERS:
• FIAMM
• Panduit
• Fuji Film
• SIMS Lifecycle Services
• Goodman
• Coolgradient
• Austin Hughes
• Beveco
• Sunbird
• Tuvit TUV NORD GROUP
• Zwart
• Hilti
• Wibe Group
• Rittal
• Kevlinx Data Centers
• Honeywell
• Green Mountain
• Kohler
• Huber + Suhner
• Rovisys
• P&V Group
• Enterprise Ireland
• DEIF
• Console Connect
• Asperitas Immersed Computing

LUNCH PARTNER:
• QTS

NETWORKING PARTNER:
• Maunt

CLOSING SPONSOR:
• CircleB

BRONZE PARTNERS:
• EdgeConnex
• DC Smarter
• CSB
• FNT
• Prime Data Centers
• ABN AMRO
• DataVita
• FILO
• Rit

COFFEE PARTNER:
• NTT Data