Marriott Marquis, Times Square
Conference & Event Schedule
Celebrating 21 Years of Leading the Debate in New York
Every year the DCD production team builds a conference program that addresses the most important challenges facing the digital infrastructure community. We invite industry experts to share their insights with our audience and allow space for debates and interactive discussion.
The conference plays out alongside structured meetings and informal networking opportunities that guarantee a delegate is exposed to new ideas and that they make meaningful connections with their peer group.
Major themes for 2023 include:
- Supply chain disruption and transformation
- Sustainability and the carbon reporting challenge
- Workforce evolution and the talent collapse
- Impact of recession on digital infrastructure investment decisions
Schedule Overview
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Sessions
9:00 a.m.
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iMasons New York Local Chapter Meeting
11:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
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DCD>Debate: Is the digital infrastructure sector close to a talent collapse? – -
DCD>Debate: Is there a workload capability issue with the enterprise data center? – -
DCD>Debate: Grid-independent data centers - reality or fiction? – -
DCD>Debate: Are we at the tipping point for liquid cooling adoption - is 2023 the year? – -
Moving beyond PUE - a spotlight on data center resource usage –
3:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
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DCD>Debate: Supply chain - transformation or disruption? – -
DCD>Debate: Is there a killer app for the edge yet? – -
DCD>Debate: How big is the data center carbon reporting issue? -
DCD>Talks Industry-Academic Partnerships with Andrea Palmeri, Binghamton University -
DCD>Debate: How do we manage operational risk in a challenging economic environment? –
5:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Schedule Overview
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Sessions
8:00 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
10:45 a.m.
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Investment Panel: Digital infrastructure investment and M&A outlook for 2023 –- Speakers
- Jeffrey Ferry, Elea Digital Data Centers
- Joseph Junda, Capital One
- Karlton Holston, Landmark Dividend
- Miles Loo, Newmark
- Kanan Joshi, DIF Capital Partners
- Jonathan Schroth, 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence
- Valtin Gallani, Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking
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Major Panel: What have intensive supply chain disruptions taught us about data center design, deployment and sourcing? –
11:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
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Skills & Workforce Hosted Lunch Briefing –- Speakers
- Darren McGrath, DCD>Academy
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Enterprise Capacity Planning Hosted Lunch Briefing -
The Future of Cooling Hosted Lunch Briefing -
Sustainability Hosted Lunch Briefing –- Speakers
- Ron Spangler, P.E, Vertiv
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Management & Operations Hosted Lunch Briefing –- Speakers
- Patty Anderson, BGIS
2:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
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Brittany Miller Vice President of Construction and Critical Facilities Engineering and Design, NTT Global Data Centers
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Daniel Youssef Technical Business Developer III, Infrastructure Strategic Partnerships & Deals, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Dave Wildman Chair, iMasons NYC Chapter & Global Head Facilities, Sustainability Ops & MEP Infrastructure, Bloomberg
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Drew Thompson Associate Vice President, Data Center & Mission Critical Facility Solutions, Black & Veatch
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James Repass Vice President, Data Center Facilities Operations - Mid Atlantic Region, QTS Data Centers
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Jonathan Schroth Research Analyst - Datacenter Infrastructure & Services, 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence
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Julius Neudorfer CTO & Founder, NAAT & Chair of the Data Center Energy Effectiveness Workgroup, The Green Grid
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Robert Dugdale Sr Director Business Development, IPsoft & Vice Chair, NYC Chapter, Infrastructure Masons
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Stephanie Schmidt General Manager Platform Strategy and Market Intelligence, Intel Data Center & AI Group, Intel Corp
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Susanna Kass Energy Fellow, Stanford University | Data Center Advisor, UNSDG-EP | Operating Partner, Digital Gravity Infrastructure Partners
