Acropolis Convention Centre
Nice, France

Datacentres 2012, Europe’s leading content driven event for end users, telcos, datacenter operators, cloud players, energy specialists and companies engaged in the sector.

Taking place at the Acropolis convention center in Nice, France 23-24 May, the event brings together users, specifiers and providers to discuss key themes including energy efficiency, cloud evolution, DCIM, convergence, finance and investment, market outlook and opportunities among other topics.

Uniquely the two-day event will contain a series of five masterclasses in the largest programme so far that includes 100 speakers across 3 theaters. The event this year features a series of roundtable discussions with the leaderships of European datacenters, cloud operators, telcos and CIOs.

The event also features datacentre training programmes, a datacentre Cinema, industry exhibition and unparalleled networking opportunities.

Attendance cost: See Website

Event organizer: BroadGroup

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Novotel Nice Centre, Nice, France

As clinical trials become more complex and there is increasing demand for efficiency and cost effectiveness, the knowledge and skills required to manage all aspects of a clinical project are critical.

This course provides a comprehensive foundation in clinical project management. Using the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) as a guide, participants will be taught how to apply project management strategies, tools and techniques to their clinical trial projects.

In two independent modules of three days each, the following topics will be covered:

Part I:

Project Definition and Organisational Context
Project Management Tools and Techniques
Scope Management, Resource Estimating and Budget Management of a Clinical Trial

Part II:

Project Quality Management
Project Risk Management
Communication and Stakeholder Management
Procurement Management
Team Management and Leadership Skills

Clinical Project Management I and II are taught as two independent modules. Participants will gain the most benefit from the course if they enrol in both modules.

This course includes many practical examples and case studies which will enable participants to successfully implement and manage their own clinical trial projects effectively.

The course is based on Alexander Gissler’s (PMP, Project Management Consultancy and Training) concept for Clinical Project Management.

Key Topics

Quality Management
Procurement Management
Leadership Skills
Project Team Management
Communication and Stakeholder Management
Risk Management
Lessons Learned

Target Audience:

This training course is geared toward professionals who desire a comprehensive foundation in clinical project management. Participants should have at least two years of clinical trial experience, or have completed the DIA training course “Essentials of Clinical Study Management”.

This “Clinical Project Management” training course is targeted at an intermediate/advanced level.

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Palais des Congres Acropolis, Nice, France

DataCentres 2012 has as its theme Energizing the Future of Information Technology Delivery, which reflects both the business intent of enterprise users and providers, and the increasing importance of Cloud delivery technologies.

Insight and educational content remain at the forefront of the event with unique user and provider perspectives of data centres, the latest technological developments, sustained challenges of power, cooling architectures and energy management, green advancement, Cloud business models, finance and investment.

Combining 3 conference theatres, over 70 speakers, 5 masterclasses, outstanding international networking, more than 70 exhibitors and 750+ attendees from 30 countries, DataCentres 2012 is the premier Regional industry meeting point.

Attendance cost: Price: GBP + VAT Quantity: Total: GBP

Event organizer: BroadGroup

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2011 will be the year of the Enterprise and a year of further industry change. We have reflected the focus on enterprise markets and in the outlook and content of the event. Not only that – now in its 7th year, the data centres event for Europe has transformed into a Global meeting place and forum. With more than 30 countries represented in 2010, we have teamed up with organizations in Europe and North American whose memberships comprise of this valuable audience to extend the breadth of audience and the horizon of opportunity.

Who will attend?

Data Centres 2011 uniquely brings together key segments engaged in the sector including: Enterprises seeking insight into efficiency, cost reduction, and innovation but also how to increase agility and business opportunity; Third party data centre and outsourcing providers, managed services and Cloud service providers; Solutions and equipment vendors, offering products and services to the enterprise and data centre markets; Consulting firms, professional intermediaries, law firms; and Financiers and investors in the data centre sector.

Benefit from the learning experience – Data Centre management and operations insights

Data Centres 2011 delivers an extensive educational programme that assembles many of the critical technical, operational, and commercial topics that confront day to day management of facilities. A host of topics and key speakers will be provided across 4 theatres offering a mix of educational insight tracks, solution sessions, plenary sessions and workshops. It will also provide inspiring perspectives of markets, finance and business models, vertical markets, in-house versus outsourcing, new developments in modular data centres, location issues, and emerging markets.

More than 30 sessions addressing critical topics

Join Europe’s premier data centre conference, exhibition, solution sessions, insight tracks and workshops and experience a comprehensive educational insight into technology, service and business futures for data centres. Network with peers, and gain value from the largest exhibition and trading floor for European and international firms.
Discover the right Cloud opportunities for your business

Event Organizer: BroadGroup

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The 6th Data Centres Europe 2010 will include a special focus on enterprise customers of data centres and their evolving outsourcing needs as emerging private clouds, new technologies and market shift impact across the sector. Uniquely the conference is provided each year with results of new research conducted by BroadGroup
Consulting. Special workshops will cover Data Centre Security, Architecting and Building new Data Centres and the implementation of the European Code of Conduct.

Data Centres Europe provides a networking platform for end users, services and solution providers, investors, and professional intermediaries. The event includes the conference, special workshops, exhibition and the annual Awards Ceremony.

Attendance cost: euros 600

Event Organizer: BroadGroup

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The 6th Data Centres Europe 2010 will include a special focus on enterprise customers of data centres and their evolving outsourcing needs as emerging private clouds, new technologies and market shift impact across the sector.
Government and the public sector
Financial Services organizations and Managed Service
Leadership and Competition – CXO Roundtable
2010 Review of State of the Market
Sustainability and Green in the Data Centre
Private Cloud and impact on Data Centres
Raising finance – options, opportunities and structure
Increasing Efficiency
Digital Media, Video Storage and CDN Strategies
Fibre and Connectivity
Reducing Data Centre Power Costs
Special Workshop : Data Centre Security
Implementing the European Code of Conduct in Data Centres

6th Data Centres Europe 2010

Towards Enterprise Clouds? – Data Centre Services Change, User Requirements, and Sustainability

DAY 1 – 22 April 2010
0900hOfficial Opening
0915hSpecial Guest Keynote :
Dr Christian Belady P.E., Principal Infrastructure Architect, Microsoft
The Context of Change: Key User Requirements0945hSESSION 1 GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR [Data Centre User Requirements]
Topics :
Consolidating data centres
Outsourcing data centres to third parties
Security requirements
European Government/US Government attitude to Cloud
Growth and outlook of third party outsourcing in the sector
Expert Panel
1045hNetworking Break & ExhibitionLeadership and Competition : Managing Business and Customer Change
1115hSESSION 2 : LEADERSHIP CXO ROUNDTABLE
Leadership and Competition : Managing Data Centre Business and Customer
Change Leaders of data centre provider businesses address key issues for future growth and development
Managing the changing data centre business environment
Emerging cloud and impact
Competing with Green
Regional and International competition
Leadership Panel
The coming Enterprise Cloud1215hSESSION 3 : PRIVATE CLOUD AND THE IMPACT ON MANAGED SERVICES
The emergence of private cloud has profound implications for data centres and the services they offer. What makes private, public, hybrid clouds attractive (or not) to enterprise users? Current thinking about cloud services by enterprise users in Europe
Impact of IaaS deployment on enterprise commercial / IT business models and operations
Market evolution for hosted services and cloud’s impact on enterprise data centres
Results of new research by BroadGroup presented by Marion Howard Healy, Senior Associate,
BroadGroup
Followed by Panel discussion
1315hLunchMarket Change – Data Centres in Europe: a workable forward perspective1415hSESSION 4 : STATE OF THE MARKET – REVIEW OF TRENDS AND FORECASTS FOR DATA CENTRES IN EUROPE
Current trends in demand in data centre markets across Europe, eastern and central Europe
What has changed and how will this impact?
Where are the new markets?
Key dependencies
Growth Forecasts
Results of new research by BroadGroup presented by Steve Wallage, Managing Director, BroadGroup Consulting The post-recession data centre opportunity? Financial services and third party outsourcing 1445hSESSION 5 : FINANCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATIONS AND OUTSOURCED SERVICES STRATEGIES [Data Centre User Requirements]
A user panel from the sector discussed the forward perspective of requirements for data centres following market turmoil over the past twelve months
To what extent has the criteria for selecting managed services changed one year on?
Has the sector focused shifted to consolidation and cost reduction? If so, how will this impact managed services
How have managed services portfolios adapted to new needs of financial services user organisations?
Facilitated User Panel discussion Investing in Data Centres1515hSESSION 6 : RAISING FINANCE, OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES, ROI FOR DATA CENTRES
Panel discussion of the opportunities and challenges for investment in data centres and Comparative Analysis of IT Infrastructure outsourcing regionally and internationally The Developer View: How developers approach investment costs in building Data Centres
Investor Perspective: Why has sentiment changed towards the sector?
Property View: Is the model changing for Data Centres? What are the constraints?
Market structure over the next year
Expert Panel Presentations 1545hNetworking Break & Exhibition Data Centre Capacity Growth and Challenges1615hSESSION 7 : DIGITAL MEDIA, VIDEO STORAGE AND CDN STRATEGIES
As user transactions grow exponentially, the need for viable metrics and rate of growth forecasts is increasing. The implications for storage and distribution and fibre connectivity represent key challenges. Expert presentations provide insight into planning and implementing best practice for data centresThe forward view for Data Centres 1715hSESSION 8 : VISIONARY KEYNOTE: TOWARDS THE ENTERPRISE CLOUD?

1745hNetworking at the Exhibition Floor1800hGala Reception
1930h6th Data Centres Europe Awards Ceremony & Dinner

DAY 2 – 23 April 2010Power and Place
0900h SESSION 9 : THE ANSWER TO POWER?
Special Guest Keynote
Is power now more important than location?
0945hSESSION 9 – REDUCING DATA CENTRE POWER COSTS
Power is the ultimate dollar guzzler. What are
What are the real practical opportunities to mitigate power consumption in the data centre?
Are there any Innovations in power technologies emerging that will truly support a reduction in power consumption
How will future power supply impact data centre design now?
Lead Presentations 1045hNetworking Break and Exhibition1115hSESSION 10 : SUSTAINABILITY AND GREEN IN THE DATA CENTRE
Almost everyone agrees on the benefits of enhancing computing power while curtailing energy consumption. The greening of data centres represents a promising opportunity, but whose ever-increasing energy needs continue to result in higher operating costs.
How to achieve more stable energy consumption?
How will carbon emissions from data centres – projected to quadruple by 2020 – be curtailed?
How effective are Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and its inverse, Data centre Efficiency (DCE) as benchmarks and is there an alternative?
Lead Presentations and Expert Panel discussion 1215hGuest Keynote
1245hLunchWORKSHOP THEATRE
23 April 2010Special Workshop I1115-1215hData Centre Security
Leader: Stuart Bonell, Senior Associate, BroadGroup Special Training Workshop II1400-1600hEuropean Code of Conduct
Leaders: Bernard Lecanu, President, BLIC Consultants
Alex Rabbetts, Managing Director, Migration Solutions 1600hClose of Workshop

Event Organizer: BroadGroup

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Agenda
Day One
09.00 Registration
09.30 Chair’s opening remarks
Massimo Leo, Director, Product Marketing, Optics Product Division, Alcatel-Lucent
09.40 Examining key developments in the optical marketplace – a carrier viewpoint
·          Identifying key market developments in the different operator segments, considering:
-          carrier, telco, mobile, content services, enterprise and cable
·          Examining key demand drivers in mobile – the growth of wireless broadband
·          Examining key growth trends in the enterprise optical marketplace –considering managed services and owned networks segments:
-          How will the increasing availability of dark fibre affect this marketplace?
·          Examining key trends in the content provider marketplace
-          what solutions are required to support the rapid growth of video content in this market?
·          Examining the regional split for key optical products and comparing trends across APAC, EMEA and USA

·          Examining the evolution of the optical Ethernet systems marketplace, considering:
- Opportunity for POT Packet Optical Transport marketplace
- Best of breed – separate optical and Ethernet boxes
- Next Generation integrated products
Daniel Sjöberg, Head of Strategy & Business Development, Teliasonera

Event Focus

• Reducing Friction in the Digital Economy: Exploiting latent telco capabilities. Industry next steps towards realizing the $350bn ‘two-sided’ telecoms market opportunity (Part 2).

Event Themes

• New Industry ‘Platform’ Strategies; Business Model for ‘Network-as-a-Service’; Retail Services for ‘Digital Natives’; New Wholesale and Enterprise Services; Telco 2.0 Technical Architectures; Winning with Edge Devices; Commercial Model for Open APIs and ‘Smart Pipes’.

Unique Interactive Format

Telco 2.0′s unique interactive format, called “Mindshare”, gathers together representatives from across the telecoms, media, internet and technology sectors to explore opportunities to exploit telecoms assets and capabilities to grow business in the digital economy. It is run as a large scale structured brainstorm comprising roughly: 30% Stimulus presentations; 22% Interactive brainstorming with peers; 13% Panel discussions; 35% Networking.

Participants

Up to 250 invited senior executives from across the telecoms, media, internet and technology sectors.

Who Should Attend

Executives from the Mobile, FixedLine, Cable, Media, Entretaimment industries and Technology Sectors

Website:

• http://www.telco2.net/event/may2009/

Featuring key industry experts, IIR conferences provide up-to-date information direct from practitioners who have found solutions to the challenges facing today’s business. Speakers include senior representatives from the world’s biggest, most forward-looking organizations – market leaders in their various fields.
By staying close to each industry or functional sector, Conference Directors identify issues – or opportunities – as soon as they arise, and launch IIR’s unique production process to ensure that the event takes place at exactly the right time to provide delegates the information when it’s hot, while it’s hot.

• Subject area – Optical systems and services. Metro WDM, 100G WDM, Ethernet-Optical integration, wavelength services, flexible optical networks OTN, GMPLS, ASON, optical access, storage networks and enterprise optical networks.
• Measurable Objectives of Show – 500+ senior professionals, over 50% from service providers.
• History – 12+ years as EMEA’s premier conference and exhibition for optical networks, systems and services.

Target audience – 500+ senior professionals responsible for optical networks and services within fixed and mobile service providers from EMEA and beyond.

Who Should Attend

Senior level networking professionals from service providers in the optical networking and services industry.

Alcatel -Lucent Workshop: Transport Innovations for Sustainable Business in New Network Applications

Date: Monday, 22 June, 09.30-12.30 (Followed by lunch)

About the technical briefing: The role of transport networks is becoming more and more crucial as operators seek effective ways to support rapid traffic increases while controlling associated network investments. Bandwidth growth, power consumption, operational simplicity and quality assurance are key factors which can concur in successfully achieving an enduring, sustainable business model – if properly placed into the right equation.

This workshop will examine current market trends in both mobile and fixed services and provide an insight on technology and product innovations that position transport, networks as a key component of services providers business plan for sustainable growth in primary strategic areas such as the mobile Long Term Evolution and IP over Optical backbones – with real world application examples.

Date: Tuesday, 23 June, 9.30 Hrs

Morning Chair: Massimo Leo, Director, Product Marketing, Optics Product Division

Date: Tuesday, 23 June, 10.30-10.55

Topic: Highlighting the opportunities opened by survivable Zero Touch Photonic networks

Speaker: Sam Bucci, Deputy Vice President, WDM Product Group, Optics Product Division

Date: Tuesday, 23 June, 15.50-17.05

Topic: The 100G Showcase

Speaker: Sam Bucci, Deputy Vice President, WDM Product Group, Optics Product Division

Date: Tuesday, 23 June,17.05-17.45

Topic: Optical networking debate – A strategic assessment of the key developments in Next Generation optical networks and the business opportunities that they present to service providers

Speaker: Sam Bucci, Deputy Vice President, WDM Product Group, Optics Product Division

Date: Wednesday, 24 June, 17.20-18.00

Topic: Strategy Session – Planning and optimising the Next Generation broadband access and backhaul infrastructure

Speaker: TBD

Website:

• http://www.iir-events.com/IIR-conf/Telecoms/EventView.aspx?EventID=1900

- Moderated discussion forums
- Ask-the-experts forums
- Product education and updates sessions
- Product exhibitions and demonstrations

Event Site: http://www.sapinsider2009.com/nice/