TORONTO, May 9, 2018 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Attendance is building for CAPRE's Second Annual Canadian Data Centre Summit, the premier full-day conference for developers, investors, capital sources, end-users and engineers. If you are active in the data centre industry or looking to become more active, you will want to attend CAPRE's Second Annual Canadian Data Centre Summit. The event will feature 40+ speakers and 13 hours of combined informational panels and networking. Participating end-users will represent the leading financial institutions and most active firms. 425 senior-level executives participated in the summit in July 2017.

Agenda Coverage:

• Morning Keynote Presentation: Greater Toronto Demand-Supply in the Face of Growing Regional Canadian and U.S. Markets
• Greater Toronto Data Centre Market 360: What Firms are Actively Developing, Investing & Why?
• Life on The Edge: The Advent of 5G, Micro Data Centers & Evolution of the Next Generation
• Women in Mission Critical: Awareness, Leadership, Mentoring
• Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin: What are They and How Do They Impact Data Center Design, Construction & Development?
• Fireside Chat: Analytics for Logical Dependency Mapping: Leveraging Analytics to Reduce Risk in Data Centre Migration, Consolidation and Relocation
• Battle of the Red-Hot Canadian Markets in 2018: Comparing and Contrasting Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver from Site Selection, Connectivity and Incentives
• Best Practices For Planning And Managing Tenant Fit-Outs In Wholesale And Colocation Data Centers
• Data Center Management & Operations: Trends in Power & Cooling
• The End-User Approach to On-Prem, Hybrid, the Cloud, and Tomorrow's Compute Needs and Initiatives

Expert speakers will discuss trends, patterns, opportunities and challenges, including:

• The Growth of Hyperscale: How to Build Relationships for the Industry's Next Chapter
• The Future of Colocation: What Types of Tenants (Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs) Will Drive Colocation Demand?
• The Rise of Colocation Marketplaces
• The Edge and Ultra-Edge: Micro-Data Centers on Towers
• The Future of Hybrid Cloud and IT
• How to reduce costs while reducing risk
• Analysis of data center opportunities in the Americas vs. Europe
• Analysis of network reconfiguration to support evolving needs
• Analysis of competitive Canadian markets
• Best practices for site selection
• A capital markets perspective on the data center industry, including analysis of the most active private equity and venture capital firms
• Best practices for hiring data center employees and contractors

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Confirmed Speakers:

• Jeff Balsdon: Senior Director of Data Center Operations, Rogers
• Ghada Badawy: Principal Research Engineer at the Computing Infrastructure Research Center (CIRC), McMaster University
• Christof Hammerli: Digital Infrastructure, Landmark Dividend LLC
• Chris Balocco: Sr. Business Development Executive for Cloud and Content, Equinix
• John Bonczek: President, 1547 Realty
• Randy Brogle: Senior Vice President, Fiber Solutions, Central Region at Zayo
• Roger Brulotte: Sales Director, Zayo Canada
• Michel Chartier: President, Kelvin Emtech
• Todd Coleman: President and CEO, Estruxture Data Centers
• Sean Farney: Global Director, Infrastucture & Operations, The Boston Consulting Group
• Brian Ferris: Director - Real Estate Operations, Bell
• Henry Franc: Technology Solutions Architect, Belden
• Suvojit Ghosh: Co-Founder & Managing Director, Computing Infrastructure Research Centre (CIRC), McMaster University
• Carleton Hall: Business Development, Iron Mountain
• Mark Hurley: Solutions Architect (Data Centers), Schneider Electric
• Tom Jolly: Data Centre & Cloud Services, Rogers Communications
• Kanan Joshi: Telecom and Internet Infrastructure Investment Expert
• Roger Karam: Chief Executive Officer, Northern Investment Partners Inc.
• Jaime Leverton: General Manager, VP - Canada and APAC, Cogeco Peer 1
• Alda Licis: Senior Director - Fiber Solutions Central Region, Zayo
• David Lod: Vice President and General Manager, Shaw Data Centre and Cloud Solutions
• Cathy Logue: Managing Director - Toronto, Stanton Chase
• Sean Maskell: President, Cologix Canada
• Strahan McCarten: Senior Vice President, eStruxture Data Centers
• Dan McMullen: Business Unit Executive, Site and Facilities Services IBM Canada
• Scott Metcalfe: President, Globetech Realty
• Barb Mitchell: Vice President - Canadian Market & Business Strategy, JSA
• Donald Mitchell: Data Center Division Manager, Victaulic
• Roberto Montesi: Vice President & General Manager, INAP
• Chris Moon: Managing Director - Technology & Telecom Banking, ING
• Bernie Oegema: Data Centre Consultant, IBM Global Services
• David O'Reilly: Vice President of the IT Solution Division, Schneider Electric
• Kirby Peters: Director - Critical Facilities, BMO Financial Group
• Sergey Polak, P. Eng., LEED AP: Director – Critical Facilities, CBRE Limited | IBM Canada Account
• Duncan Puller: Vice President, Cloud Strategy, Ciena
• Aaron Reuther: Vice President of Real Estate Development, Ascent Corp.
• Eli Scher: Chairman and CEO, New Continuum
• Paul Schlattman: Senior Vice President, ESD
• Mike Segal: International Business Development, ROOT Data Center
• Philbert Shih: Managing Director - Canada, Structure Research
• Arelis S. Soto: Enterprise Data Center Marketing Manager, Corning
• Jabez Tan: Research Director, Data Centre Infrastructure – San Francisco, Structure Research
• Fadi Tarcha: National Solution Manager, Vertiv Co
• Larry Thompson: Global Offering Executive, IBM Resiliency Services
• Herb Villa: Sr. Applications Engineer, Rittal Corporation

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2018 Canadian Data Centre Summit Schedule:

May 22; 8:00am-5:00pm
Full-Day Conference at Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre: Panel sessions to focus on state of the market, new development/site selection, investment, financing, connectivity innovations

Telephone Registration/Questions: Ronnie Niederman | 646-829-7233

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Media Contact: Brian Klebash, CAPRE International Data Center Series, 917-460-3572, info@capremedia.com

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