The 2nd Annual Future Datacentres and Cloud Infrastructure Summit 2020, organized by Expotrade Middle East will get underway a month from now, on 1st and 2nd April 2020 at Sofitel Dubai The Palm Resort & Spa.
The two-day program agenda will feature over 20 sessions pertaining to developments within datacentre and cloud adoption in the region, indicating the opportunities and challenges while also highlighting the key drivers for growth in the region. The program agenda will cover topics focusing on IT & cyber risk management, datacentre cooling technologies, integrating new technologies for future datacentres, green datacentres, and automating IT and datacentre management, amongst many others.
The first day of the conference will open with powerhouse speakers, Ameet Jugnauth, Head of IT Risk & Governance, Lloyds Banking Group – United Kingdom, Saeed Belhoul, Director, E-government Operations, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), Mohammed Ali Alawadhi, Director IT Department, Roads and Transport Authority, and Jeff Klaus, General Manager, Data Center Management Solutions, Intel, who will share insightful presentations and case studies with over 300 senior industry professionals from the region.
Simon Crawley-Trice, VP Global Solutions & Services – Global Professional Services, Solution Architecture and GM for MEA, Rackspace, Abubakar Latif, Head of Information Security, Batelco and Barry Wormald, Director Building Performance, AESG will also be delivering standalone presentations on the first day of the event.
Across two days, the program agenda will feature panel discussions on topics such as choosing the right datacentre suitable for your business; IT infrastructure in the age of datacentre and cloud – addressing the 3C’s concerns, challenges, and costs; evolving the cybersecurity landscape to respond to growing threats; hyperscale datacentre – making real-time decisions using unrivalled quantities of data; exploring the market dynamics behind the move towards cloud technology.
Rick Allan, Head of Delivery Capability, Zurich Insurance Company – United Kingdom will open the second day of the conference, following which Dr. Humaid Al Shamsi, Head of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi Police, Ziad Doleh, Deputy General Manager, Electronic Government Authority, RAK and Remi Pouchucq, Business Development Manager – Edge Computing, Small & Medium Data Center – MEA, Schneider Electric will deliver presentations.
As the only datacentre and cloud event in the Middle East region, the two-day event will bring together more than 300 senior-level delegates representing CIOs, CTOs, IT Directors, datacentre facilities, IT infrastructure, network, cabling, and communication professionals, from across the GCC region.
The conference has the support of leading solution providers such as Huawei, Intel, Schneider Electric, Rackspace, ABB, PTS Consulting, Sudlows and Legrand, amongst many others.
