...GREATER ATLANTA & SOUTHEAST REGION'S MOST IMPORTANT DATA CENTER CONFERENCE OF 2018: JOIN ALL OF THE MOST ACTIVE INVESTORS, DEVELOPERS, ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS,
ATLANTA, July 11, 2018 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Is Atlanta the "Ashburn of the South"? After all, the state of Georgia has a balanced budget. They never go into debt. And it has the fourth-largest and fastest growing port and the busiest airport. However, as in many industries, there might be resistance to crowning a new king of the mountain. Join CAPRE on August 21 in Atlanta as we bring together 400+ executives to discuss and debate why and how the Atlanta market has heated up and why it will continue to do so.
Possible topics in the full-day event:
- Cost of development: Competing in the Atlanta market and emerging southeast submarkets and obstacles (lack of space and demand for other property types)Describing the changing nature of supply: Hyperscale/"Super wholesale" vs colo
- Traditional data centers rebranding/repositioning strategies to compete in 2018
- Is there too much capital entering the space and not enough opportunity?
- Analysis of demand levels for IT service provider vs. infrastructure provider
View detailed agenda & registration > https://www.capremedia.com/events/capres-third-annual-greater-atlanta-southeast-data-center-summit
Confirmed Speakers:
- Senator John Albers
- Tim Caulfield: Chief Executive Officer, The ANTARA Group
- Missy Young: Chief Information Officer, Switch
- Melvin Greer: Chief Data Scientist - Public Sector, Intel Corporation
- Tim Huffman: SVP - Director of Data Center Solutions, CBRE
- Ryan Dirocco: Chief Technology Officer, Total Server Solutions
- Mike Higgins: Senior Vice President, Business Development, INAP
- Ken Heimbach: Managing Director - Southeast, Winthrop Resources
- Jeff Hill: Enterprise Data Center Services, CyrusOne
- Travis Howick: Business Development, zColo by Zayo
- Joseph Junda: Managing Director, CIT
- Timothy Kiser: Owner, Colo Atl, a JT Communications Company
- Ben Lorber: CEO, Circbit
- Scott Macintire: Director - Client Engagement, Uptime Institute
- Pete Marin: President & CEO, T5 Data Centers
- Greg McGraw: CEO, MacStadium
- Dave Meadows: Director of Industry, Standards and Technology, Stulz
- Nathan Porter: Partner, Cryptos Managed
- Ross Rebraca: Vice President - Technology Sector, HITT Contracting Inc.
- Emil Sayegh: CEO, Hostway Services, Inc
- Jake Sherrill: Founder and Chairman, Tier 4 Advisors
- Michael Shaw: Founding Partner, Principal Real Estate Partners, LLC
- David Spiewak: Managing Principal, DJS Group LLC / Next Tier HD
- Jeff Uphues: Chief Executive Officer, DC BLOX
- Allan Williamson: Principal, At Home Crypto LLC
- Dallas Whitaker: Chief Portfolio Manager, Carter Validus
AGENDA:
7:45 am – 8:45 am Registration, Breakfast & Networking
8:45 am – 8:50 am Opening Remarks
8:50 am – 9:20 am Morning Keynote Address: Modernization of Data Center through AI
9:00 am – 10:20 am Greater Atlanta Data Center Market 360: What Firms are Actively Developing, Investing & Why?
10:20 am – 10:30 am Networking Break
10:30 am – 11:15 am Life on The Edge: The Advent of 5G, Micro Data Centers & Evolution of the Next Generation
11:15 am – 12:00 pm Up-Close with MacStadium
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Networking Lunch
12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Luncheon Keynote Address: State of the Greater Atlanta Market in 2018
1:20 pm – 2:10 pm Best Practices For Planning And Managing Tenant Fit-Outs In Wholesale And Colocation Data Centers
2:10 pm – 2:20 pm Networking Break
2:20 pm – 3:10 pm Hybrid Cloud Enablement: Solving the Business Challenges Facing Operators and Users
3:10 pm – 3:55 pm Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin: What are They and How Do They Impact Data Center Design, Construction & Development?
3:55 pm – 4:20 pm Post-Event Networking & Reception
BEYOND THE HEADLINES: As global data center markets continue to see new demand due to migration of enterprise end-users to cloud service, CAPRE will bring new topics under the radar, including:
- GREATER ATLANTA DEMAND-SUPPLY IN THE FACE OF GROWING REGIONAL U.S. MARKETS
- DEVELOPMENT & INVESTMENT TRENDS: WHAT FIRMS ARE ACTIVELY DEVELOPING, INVESTING & WHY?
- LIFE ON THE EDGE: THE ADVENT OF 5G, MICRO DATA CENTERS & EVOLUTION OF THE NEXT GENERATION
- BLOCKCHAIN, CRYPTOCURRENCY AND BITCOIN: WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW DO THEY IMPACT DATA CENTERS?
- HOW TO MITIGATE THIRD-PARTY RISK IN THE DATA CENTER SUPPLY CHAIN
- BLOCKCHAIN & DATA CENTERS: HOW BLOCKCHAIN AND DIGITAL CURRENCIES ARE TRANSFORMING ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND CLOUD PLATFORMS
- THE IMPACT OF EUROPE: DATA CENTER DEMAND-SUPPLY AND FORECASTING THE FACTORS AT PLAY ACROSS THE POND, INCLUDING: BREXIT AND GDPR
- DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS: NEW STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING COST WITHOUT INCREASING RISK
- THE END-USER APPROACH TO ON-PREM, HYBRID, THE CLOUD, AND TOMORROW'S COMPUTE NEEDS AND INITIATIVES
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE EVOLUTION OF DATA CENTERS: THE IMPACT ON DATA CENTER DEMAND
- BEST PRACTICES FOR SITE SELECTION IN COLORADO: COST OF LAND, COST OF POWER AND PUBLIC SECTOR INCENTIVES
View detailed agenda & registration > https://www.capremedia.com/events/capres-third-annual-greater-atlanta-southeast-data-center-summit
Who should attend and participate?
- Data center colocation, wholesale and cloud customers
- Data center developers
- Data center investors
- Data center debt and/or equity sources
- Engineers
- Architects
- Power/UPS firms
- Telecom/fiber companies
- Consultants/researchers
- Public sector executives
- Commercial real estate brokers
This event is produced by CapRate Events, LLC (CAPRE)
Telephone registration/questions: Ronnie Niederman | +1-646-829-7233
For exhibiting/sponsorship: Brian Klebash | +1-646-331-8777 | [email protected]
Media Contact: Brian Klebash, CAPRE | International Data Center Series, 917-460-3572, [email protected]
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