Data center conference to be opened by Minister for Industry Christian Estrosi

Data Centres Europe 2010 is a 2-day international meeting that includes a content-led conference, the annual prestigious awards dinner, the European Green Initiative Awards which has been endorsed and will be presented by the Green Grid, an industry exhibition, and special workshops.

The former Mayor of Nice and now Minister for Industry in France, M Christian Estrosi, will officially open Data Centre Europe at Sophia Antipolis on 22 April 2010. The conference will set the agenda for those wanting to exploit green technologies over the coming year for green data centers.

Philip Low, managing director of BroadGroup explained, “We are delighted that M Estrosi will open this important European data center debate. This demonstrates the importance attached to the data center sector in France and across the region.”

M Estrosi who was previously the Secretary of State for Overseas, will deliver an address to the delegates at the opening of the event.

Speakers attending the conference includes data center experts, Christian Belady, Principal Infrastructure Architect Global Foundation Services, Microsoft Corporation, Michael Manos, Vice President, Service Operations, Nokia, Roy Zeighami, UCS Power and Cooling TME, Cisco and Laurent Vernerey, President & CEO IT Business, Schneider Electric; Europe’s data centre leaders, Anthony Foy, Managing Director, Interxion, Michael Tobin, CEO, TelecityGroup, Eric Schwartz, President, Equinix Europe, Bernard Geoghegan, Senior Vice President of International Operations, Digital Realty Trust and Guy Willner, Chairman, Data Gardens Russia.

APC by Schneider Electric, Interxion, TelecityGroup, XKL, H2O Networks, Euclyde SAS, Digital Realty Trust, eBRC, Migration Solutions, BL International Consultant, EQUINIX, CADWINfm for Data Centres, LAMDA Hellix Data Centers, ARUP, Scottish Development International, NDSL Cellwatch, ETDE, Brézillon, TELEHOUSE, DYMO, Chloride France, green ch, Etix Datacenter, CORNING, CATERPILLAR, APL France, Surf Telecoms, STULZ, CONTEG, Dataplex Ltd, Sentilla, Continent 8, Control Circle, Woods Bagot, Data IV, Invest in Sweden Agency, Computacenter, Infinity, CB Richard Ellis Ltd, Microsoft, The Green Grid, Noodlesoft Technologies, The Colocation Exchange, Gimélec, France for Datacenters, Data Centres News Search, IX Consulting, IT One, Econference, Telegeography, Telecom Deal Alert & Global Security Magazine are sponsoring the event.

Further details about Data Centres Europe 2010 can be found at www.datacentres.com/dce

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