KICKSTART EUROPE 2020 PROGRAM

27 JANUARY - WELCOME EVENING - SAME VENUE AS CONFERENCE DAY

Pick up your badge and informally meet the other attendees of KickStart Europe 2020 over a drink and some bites. 
Start: 18.00 / 6 PM, at the Amsterdam RAI - Entrance D (Elicium). End: 22.00 / 10 PM.

The Welcome Evening is sponsored by:

28 JANUARY  - CONFERENCE DAY 

09:00 | DOORS OPEN

Grab a cup of coffee before the conference starts.

Host of KickStart Europe 2020: Greg Shapiro

Comedian. American. Dutchman. Celebrating 25 years in comedy; Shapiro came to the Netherlands in 1994 to help establish comedy theater Boom Chicago. ​Greg will be the morning host of KickStart Europe 2020.

10:00 - 12:00 | MORNING PROGRAM

10.00 - 10:10 | KICKSTART EUROPE 2020 OPENING WITH STIJN GROVE (KICKSTART EUROPE)

Stijn Grove (Managing Director of Digital Gateway to Europe & initiator of KickStart Europe) will open KickStart Europe 2020 and present the newly released 2020 KickStart Europe Outlook with the latest trends & insights on digital infrastructure.
All attendees will receive a copy at the conference.

10:10 - 10:30 | OUTLOOK EUROPEAN ​DATA CENTER MARKET 2020 - BY CBRE

Mitul Patel  Associate Director  CBRE 
Mitul Patel is Head of EMEA Data Centre Research at CBRE,  and will share his insights on existing & emerging hubs in Europe, wholesale versus colocation versus hyperscale and the impact of global developments on the market.

10:30 - 11:10 |  EUROPEAN ​DATA CENTER MARKET - panel discussion

10:30 - 11:10  | Data Center C-Level Panel 
The keynote is followed by a panel in which market leading data center companies reflect on the shared insights.

Panel members:
* Simon Ford  Area Vice President EMEA  CyrusOne
* Dick Theunissen  EMEA President  EdgeConneX
* Jan Daan Luycks  Managing Director European Operations  QTS
* Eric Boonstra  Vice President & GM Western Europe   Iron Mountain Data Centers
* Matt Roche  Chief Operation Officer  Yondr

The panel is moderated by Mitul Patel​  CBRE

11:10 - 11:30 | OUTLOOK: EUROPEAN CLOUD MARKET 2020 - BY GARTNER

Rene Buest  Sr. Director Analyst  Gartner

11:30 - 12:10 | CONNECTIVITY & CLOUD MARKET - PANEL DISCUSSION

The keynote is followed by a panel in which market leading connectivity & cloud companies reflect on the shared insights.

Panel members:
* Steven Bryen  Senior Cloud Technologist  Amazon Web Services
* Caroline Puygrenier  Director Strategy & Business Development, Connectivity  Interxion
* Frans ter Borg CEO  Quanza
* Peter van Burgel CEO  AMS-IX

​The panel is moderated by Christophe Thioux  Sr. Director Corporate Sales EMEA  Equinix.

​12:10 - 13:15 | LUNCH BREAK - SPONSORED BY DATAPORT EEMSHAVEN

Track A - Technology developments
moderated by cara mascini (edge infra)

13:15 - 13:35  | How data centers can help the energy transition BY Efficient resourcing

Panel members include:
​* Karim Ait-Younes Head of Sales EMEA  STULZ
* Derek Allen  Group Director Operations  Global Switch
* Lee Kirby  Chairman  Salute Mission Critical

13:35 - 13:55  | Digital Twin for Data Center Design and Operations 

Louise Hewitt  Business Development Manager   Future Facilities 

13:55 - 14:15  | The importance of latency

Michael Gallagher  Global Senior Business Development Manager Data Center  Panduit

In collaboration with:
Hidde van der Heide  Head of R&D   Serverius IT Infrastructure

14:15 - 14:35  | Cooling optimization – multiplying benefits through integration

Tobias Spilker  Global Marketing Manager for Verticals of Data Center and Life Science  Siemens

Track b - STRATEGY & INVESTMENTS
moderated by DAvid Gilbey (rbc)

13:15 - 13:35  | EUROPE AND THE UK: THE STATE OF BREXIT

Ros Kellaway  Head of Competition, EU and Trade Group   Eversheds Sutherland

13:35 - 13:55  | MINIMIZING PEOPLE RISK WITHIN A DATA CENTER

Panel session on minimizing risk in a data center with the right qualified staff

Panel members:
* Andrew Stevens CEO  CNet Training
* James Wilman Chief Executive Officer, Data Centre Consultancy  Future Tech
* Martin Murphy  Global Chief Operating Officer  CBRE Data Centre Solutions
* Tom Kingham  Director Solutions Engineering  CyrusOne 

13:55 - 14:15  | Finance & Investment Forum by NIBC

Panel session on finance and investments in the digital infrastructure, with a focus on data centers and fiber networks in the Nordics.

Moderator:
Arnoud de Ridder Associate Director Infrastructure Coverage Nordics  NIBC

Introduction by:
Timo Buijs  Vice President Infrastructure Coverage NL NIBC

Panel members:
* Paul Chaffey State Secretary at the Ministry of Digitalisation Norway
* Fredrik Jansson Chief Strategy and Marketing & Communications Officer  DigiPlex
* Petter Tømmeraas  Senior Vice President  Basefarm Data Centre Business
* Jon Gravråk  CEO Bulk Infrastructure

14:15 - 14:35  | THE NEW DATA CENTER ARMS RACE. WHAT'S AHEAD AND HOW TO PREPARE

Hear more about the DC arms race and Vertiv’s other just released datacenter trends for 2020.

Peter Lambrecht  Vice President Key Accounts  Vertiv

14:35 - 14:55 | BREAK

Track A - Technology developments
​MODERATED BY CARA MASCINI (EDGEINFRA)

14:55 - 15:15 | A customer journey: the advantage of plastic piping systems in data centers

Mark Bulmer  Head of Data Centers Global Market  Georg Fischer

15:15 - 15:35 | Security in the Data Center 

Niek van der Pas  Data Center Lead  Legrand Data Center Solutions 

How to shape the security model to comply to standards like the “Payment card standard” PCI DSS. Be prepared in case of a real security breach.     

15:35 - 15:55 | The what, why and how of future data center design

Bart Sarneel  Project Manager Engineering  Unica Datacenters

Data Center Design of the future by using VR

15:55 - 16:15 | RIGHTSIZING & RESILIENCE THROUGH MODULARITY – THE NEXT GENERATION OF UPS

Jérémie Pleynet  Segment Development Manager  SOCOMEC

The Ultimate Modularity!

Track b - STRATEGY & INVESTMENTS
​MODERATED BY David Gilbey (RBC)

14:55 - 14:15 |  SECURITY RISKS

Panel discussion on Security Risks

Panel members:
​* Octavia de Weerdt  Managing Director  Stichting NBIP
* Martin Matse   Founder & Owner  Perf-IT
* Scott Roots   Business Development Director EMEA  Uptime Institute

15:15 - 15:35 | Edge computing for the new digital economy

Dave Sterlace  Global Head of Data Center Technology   ABB

15:35 - 15:55 | EU trade associations: Developments in local policy

Panel session on local policies and developments by EU trade associations.

Moderator: 
Michael Winterson  Board Member  EUDCA - European Data Center Association

Panel members:
* Emma Fryer  Associate Director  techUK
* Garry Connolly  Founder and President  Host in Ireland
* Roland Broch  Sr Project Manager Digital Infrastructure   eco
​* Pekka Järveläinen ​Board Member  Finnish Data Center Forum

15:55 - 16:15 | DAta center growth & the energy transition: The Dutch Perspective 

* Robert van Tuinen  Strategy & Business Development DataPort Eemshaven
​* Martin Prins  Quarter Master NeXt Delta  Innovation Quarter
* Erik Barentsen  Sr. Policy Officer Sustainability  Dutch Data Center Association

16:15 | CLOSING NETWORK RECEPTION - powered by rovisys