NICE, FRANCE — The 8th annual Datacenters Europe event – www.datacenters2012.com – will take place again this year in Nice, France 23-24 May 2012. Demonstrating the resilience of and growth in the sector, overseas firms are vying for the attention of enterprise and third party datacenter and cloud executives who will gather in Nice’s largest convention center at this event by the sea, in the south of France.
Uniquely the event presents opportunities for investors and vendors in Asia to network with senior executives from more than 35 countries in one location. With more than 800 expected to attend this year’s event, the conference takes place across three theatres which features a Cloud Theatre and Energy Theatre, a datacenter Cinema, user case studies, master classes by industry experts, training sessions, workshops and a large industry exhibition.
Key speakers include Christian Belady, General Manager, Data Center Services, Global Foundation Services, Microsoft; Aaron Davis, Chief Marketing Officer, Schneider Electric; Michael Manos, Senior Vice President of Technology Operations at AOL; Jack Pouchet, Director Energy Initiatives, Emerson Network Power and Board Director, Green Grid; Ken Baker, Senior Consultant, Critical Facilities Services, Hewlett Packard Company and many others.
The event will also host the European Commission awards for the Code of Conduct in Datacenters, and the official launch of the European Datacenter Association. Schneider Electric is the Patron of the event, and Hewlett Packard is the Global Platinum sponsor.
For overseas vendors, the event is a one-stop shop for networking with the leadership of Europe’s multi-billion dollar datacenter and cloud industry. “As the only regional Datacenter and Cloud meeting of its kind, Datacenters2012 is an opportunity for companies in Asia wishing to network with players in this high growth sector,” commented Warwick Dunkley, vice president at BroadGroup, the consulting firm who research and produce the event. “Datacenters who are publicly quoted have consistently out-performed against FTSE and Nasdaq, and the European-CEE region continues to see demand and growth over the coming years.”
Datacenters2012 is the largest regional event of its kind, and showcases the latest in markets and technologies, attended by the leadership of end users, datacenter and cloud service providers, industry technical specifiers and influencers, vendor organizations, consulting companies, professional intermediaries, investors and financiers.
