PROGRAMME - 22 NOVEMBER 2007
     
  0900 Opening
Nicola Hayes, Vice President, BroadGroup
     
  0900-0920 Setting the scene: Data Centre Market Perspective
Steve Wallage, Managing Director, BroadGroup Consulting
     
  0920-0940 European Market Outlook: A Bull Market for Data Centres?
Tim Anker, Founder and Director, The Colocation Exchange
     
  Chair: Jane Bird, Independent Journalist
     
  0940-1020 Investor Perspective
Why has sentiment changed towards the sector?
What is the scale of investment needed?

Christophe Fournage, Managing Director, Colony Capital
Guy Willner, President, Equinix Europe
     
  1020-1110 Property View
Is the model changing for Data Centres?
What are the constraints?
Is it becoming risky to operate a wholesale model?

Adam Levine, European Director, Digital Realty Trust
Andrew Jay, Director, CB Richard Ellis
Patrick Fogarty, Director, Norman Disney & Young
     
  1110-1140 Networking Break
     
  Chair: Rupert Robson, Director, Torch Partners
     
  1140-1230 Data Centre Operator Response
Will demand be sustained?
What is the forecast ROI?

Finlay Macleod, Head of Data Centre Transformation, BT Operate
Anthony Foy, Group Managing Director, Interxion
     
  1230-1300 Disruptive Players
Can new market entrants change the model again through cloud computing?

Tony Lucas, CEO, FlexiScale
     
  1300-1400 Lunch
     
  Chair: Frank Booty, Journalist
     
  1400-1500 Finance and Investment Panel
Is the Data Centre sector able to avoid boom and bust this time round?
Will finance be available to sustain future growth?
Which instruments will be favoured?

Rupert Robson, Director, Torch Partners
Ian Spence, IS Research
     
  1500-1530 Where is the best place to invest?
Which markets offer the best in tax, security and growth
Government and regional authorities propose the case

Thordur Hilmarsson, Managing Director, Invest in Iceland
Martin Jenkins, Project Manager - IT & Comms, International Business Wales
     
  1530-1600 Assessing Critical Operational Costs of Data Centres
Power costs over next 5 years
Mitigating power costs through new technologies
Total financial impact of power, cooling and green

Ian Bitterlin, International Sales Director, Chloride
     
  1600-1630 Networking Break
     
  Chair: Steve Wallage, Managing Director, BroadGroup Consulting
     
  1630-1700 Public Market Valuations of Data Centres

A. Bryant, Technology investment analyst, Edison Investment Research
     
  1700-1715 Wrap Up and Summary
     
     
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