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Speakers and Panels
Opening Keynote
Updates on the Illinois Incentive Package and Future Opportunities for Data Center Development
Roger Fahnestock
CIO
Kane County, IL
Adel Haddad
CIO
Chicago State University
Tom Lynch
CIO
Cook County, IL
Anthony McPhearson
CIO
DuPage County, IL
Michael Pegues
CIO
City of Aurora, IL
State of the Midwest Market
Regional Activity and Future Outlook in Chicago and the Midwest
John Day
Chief Commercial Officer
CleanArc Data Centers
Daniel English
Managing Partner
Legacy Investing
Phill Lawson-Shanks
Chief Innovation Officer
Aligned Data Centers
Phillip Koblence
Co-Founder & COO
NYI
Avner Papouchado
CEO
ServerFarm
Sean Reynolds
Regional Director
JLL
Kemal Hawa
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis
Construction & Development:
Building Trends Across Regions of the Midwest States Amidst Chronic Supply Chain Challenges
Kristen Bejarano
Director, Global Supply Chain - AMER Region
Microsoft
John Diamond
VP, Engineering
Evoque Data Center Solutions
Joshua Fluecke
Principal
Syska Hennessy Group
Jonathan Gibbs
Senior VP, Design & Construction
Prime Data Centers
Kurt Lindorfer
Founding Principal
PARADIGM Structural Engineers
Dave Rooke
Project Manager, Data Centers
Mortenson Construction
Matthew O'Hare
Director, Design & Construction
Element Critical
Alan Lurie
Project Executive
Clayco
Edge-to-Cloud Operations and DCIM:
Optimizing Operations for Efficiency and Sustainability
Mohammed Alrob
Sr Mechanical Engineer
Microsoft
Geoff Hubbard
Manager, ATC Data Center Operations
World Wide Technology
Rod Elder
Global Principal
Equinix
Mitchell Fonseca
COO
Edged
Kevin Lynch
Senior Data Center Operations Manager
CoreSite
Dave Meadows
Director, Technology
STULZ Air Technology Systems
David Klein
Founder & CEO
ChilliRack
Joe Reele
VP, Solution Architects
Schneider Electric
Site Selection & Tax Incentives
Bringing on New Capacity in a Constrained Environment
Chris Curtis
Global Head of Data Centers
Prologis
Josh Grodzin
Director, Business Development & Marketing
Elk Grove Village
David Horowitz
Head of Leasing
T5 Data Centers
Angela Imming
Director, Technology & Innovation
City of Highland
Judy Ring
Business Recruitment Executive
Xcel Energy
Ed Sitar
Manager, Economic & Business Development
ComEd
Future Drivers of Demand
What Major Trends Will Shape The Industry and How to Prepare for It
Erin Braddock Guthrie
Senior Director, Cloud & AI Strategy
Microsoft
Mark Houpt
CISO
DataBank
Nabeel Mahmood
Co-Founder
Nomad Futurist Foundation
Raymond Parpart
Director, Data Center Strategy & Operations
University of Chicago
Gordon Kellerman
EVP
Skybox Datacenters
Michael Hafner
Engineering Solutions - Critical Power & Data Center
Rehlko
Innovations around Designing a Network Architecture for Today’s Dynamic Needs
How Are Providers and Enterprises Building and Designing their Infrastructure for Current and Future Workloads?
Vasu Gupta
Head of Customer Engineering
Nina Bhatti
Director, Product Management - Cloud Compute
Target
Judy Berglund
Senior Systems Engineer
Dell EMC
Ben Scudder
Senior Cloud Architect
Bill Kleyman
CEO & Co-Founder
Apolo.us
Why You Can't Miss This Midwest Data Center Conference
What You'll Learn From Local Data Center Leaders:
Chicago is America's 3rd largest city and is home to over 40 Fortune 500 Companies. What do cloud end users want as new technologies continue to push for cloud services?
With large lease signings taking up more absorption, what will the data center supply look like given speed to market challenges?
What is the cost of entry in the data center midwest market? What new investment potential is there?
What demand and requirements are we seeing from the enterprise end users in the midwest?
What governmental changes are ahead for Chicago as colocation continues to build in the dense city?
How You'll Do More Business From Attending This Event:
Dive into leasing trends driving interest in the Chicago market, how vacancy rates are at all time lows and how providers are planning long-terms investment intentions for the midwest with high-density in mind.
Who You’ll Network With:
Owners, providers, brokers, contractors, director of operations, director of operations, CIOs, investors, engineers, lawyers, CEOs, vice president of design and construction
For questions, interest in becoming a speaker or sponsor, please email our DICE Global Director, Adam Knobloch, adam.knobloch@bisnow.com
Agenda
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1:00 PM
1:50 PM
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Registration, Breakfast and Networking
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1:50 PM
1:55 PM
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Opening Remarks: Welcome to DICE Midwest
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1:55 PM
2:15 PM
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Opening Keynote Presentation: The Public Perspective: City of Aurora's IT Strategy and Evolving Priorities
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2:15 PM
3:00 PM
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State of the Midwest Market: Regional Activity and Future Outlook in Chicago and the Midwest
With favorable tax incentives passed in 2019 in Chicago, America’s third largest city and home of dozens of Fortune 500 companies, the region is well positioned to benefit from the incoming data center demand. With that, what trends are we seeing in this market? Where are the opportunities and the challenges? |
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3:00 PM
3:25 PM
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Networking Break
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3:25 PM
3:40 PM
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ChilliRack Presentation
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3:40 PM
4:30 PM
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Edge-to-Cloud Operations and DCIM: Optimizing for Efficiency and Sustainability
With the continued acceleration of data growth, iteration and innovation is needed in today's dynamic environment. How are data center operators and engineers optimizing operations with sustainability and client demands in mind? |
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4:30 PM
5:15 PM
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Site Selection & Tax Incentives: Bringing on New Capacity
With the recently passed tax incentive in 2019 and heightened competition for real estate across Chicago, data center vacancy rates are now close to record lows. What has the impact been of these tax incentives? How has the benefit extended to various stakeholders? How are local economic development players and data center developers working together to bring more space online? |
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5:15 PM
6:15 PM
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Networking Lunch
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6:15 PM
7:00 PM
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Construction & Development: Building Trends Across Regions of the Midwest States Amidst Chronic Supply Chain Challenges
From downtown to suburban areas, land is limited and comes at a premium. Given the high demand for capacity, how are data center players keeping up with the pace in the face of supply chain challenges and increasing costs? What are the differences across regions and between downtown and suburban builds? How does sustainability impact the design, construction and development process? |
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7:00 PM
7:25 PM
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Coffee Break
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7:25 PM
8:00 PM
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Innovations around Designing a Network Architecture for Today’s Dynamic Needs: How Are Providers and Enterprises Building and Designing their Infrastructure for Current and Future Workloads?
With enterprises continuing to shift to a hybrid IT model and data center environments increasing in complexity, how are enterprises and colocation providers designing their IT infrastructure with current and future requirements and workloads in mind? What are some of the innovations taking place to ensure uptime, reliability and cost efficiency? How have strategies shifted, if at all? |
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8:00 PM
8:30 PM
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Future Drivers of Demand: What Major Trends Will Shape The Industry and How to Prepare for It
Now more than ever, the digital infrastructure industry has demonstrated its critical role in our everyday lives, enabling increases in productivity and connectivity that have unlocked new killer applications. As we continue with digital-first strategies, what trends are going to continue to shape and influence the data center industry? What will be the major growth drivers of the industry, what IT architecture will be prioritized and how can we prepare for it? |
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8:30 PM
10:00 PM
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Post-Event Cocktails and Networking Presented by Clayco!!
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Our Commitment To Your Safety
We hosted more than 72,000 attendees live, in-person around the globe in 2021. Our commitment to safety is no different in 2022. Our events follow all local Covid-19 regulations and protocols. In the interest of the safety of all our guests, we recommend taking a rapid or PCR test for proof of negative results before attending any gathering.
We will update attendees should any regulations be updated before this event is held. We look forward to hosting you soon to do what we do best: network, connect, and engage to do more business.