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New Zealand Cloud & Datacenter Convention 2024

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Event Venue
31 October 2024
Grand Millennium Hotel Auckland
8:00 AM
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6:00 PM
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Event Brief

The growth of the infrastructure required for New Zealand’s continuing digital progress is accelerating. There is no question that New Zealand is expanding its digital activity rapidly and that this will require a greater datacenter capacity. According to an IndustryARC report, the national datacenter market is estimated currently at 164.8 MW and looking to more than double to 354.15 MW by 2029. This growth will be driven by the roll-out of digital transformation, by the increased deployment of cloud and by upgrades to existing facilities.

This rate of growth has raised a number of operational and strategic questions. A situation where local data needs to be housed in facilities overseas can raise issues of 'jurisdictional risk', that the data housed overseas need to follow overseas rules rather than the rules of the country where the data originated. Recent local growth can be linked to a number of key colocation providers as global cloud providers appear to be at the initial stages of their entry into the New Zealand market. Questions have also been raised as to whether the power grid can cope with the demand of more data centers.

Other challenges faced by local digital infrastructure are those faced by the sector elsewhere around the world - designing and fitting out for high growth, attracting and retaining skilled staff, meeting the full range of sustainability responsibilities beyond energy use including Scope 3, diversity, social and economic impacts. This convention will look at New Zealand’s unique position in the datacenter world and its opportunity to maintain this through sustainable digital growth and all that this approach entails.

Event Agenda
(Speaking sessions will include real-time A.I translation)
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(Speaking sessions will include real-time A.I translation)
(모든 스피킹 세션에는 실시간 A.I. 번역이 포함되어 있습니다.)
8:00 AM
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5:00 PM
Main Hall
Registration Opens
8:50 AM
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9:00 AM
Main Hall
Powhiri Welcome Ceremony
9:00 AM
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9:25 AM
Main Hall
Opening Address: Digital New Zealand: Still 100% Pure?

Many weighty words have been used to describe the emerging impact of digital transformation on nations around the world – the 4th Industrial Revolution, the start of the Digital Era, the evolution of a New Virtual World to match the one we live in, and more.AI and digital technologies have started to integrate seamlessly into our lives and our work. Looking forward, how will this transform New Zealand and impact the lifestyles and values for which the country is known? How will the promise of the digital be delivered across the country and how will digital infrastructure adapt to manage that process?

Speaker
Stefan Korn
CEO, Callaghan Innovation, NZ Government
9:25 AM
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9:50 AM
Main Hall
Keynote: Digital growth through technology and sustainability

Digital growth almost always comes at some carbon cost. The digital world also offers considerable potential for improved sustainability through replacing activities that can be carbon-heavy with on-line equivalents (travelling, meeting, shopping, learning, socializing etc.). As a foundation of the digital world, data centres have a key role in balancing the growth in demand for their service with a strategy toward sustainability. This keynote will look at how data centres can demonstrate leadership in this space.

Speaker
Mark Thiele
Advisor, Advisory Board Member, CCO, Head of Infrastructure
9:50 AM
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10:15 AM
Main Hall
Keynote: Living in a Hybrid World: Why Local Providers and Hybrid Cloud Matter

This keynote will focus on New Zealand’s changing data centre and cloud ecosystem and what recent changes mean both for New Zealand businesses and Government, and for the country’s digital sovereignty and self-sufficiency. What are the key opportunities and challenges that lie ahead?

Speaker
Frazer Scott
Chief Executive Officer, Plan B
10:15 AM
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10:40 AM
Main Hall
Keynote: The changing economics of data at scale - How recent changes in technology justify a change in thinking about how we meet the scaling requirements of data

Historically storing data at scale was most easily accomplished in the cloud: acquisition cost, complexity of legacy hardware and data management architectures, and technical limitations – all encouraged the adoption of cloud services when scaling data into the petabyte range. Recent, and upcoming innovations by Pure Storage have delivered an order of magnitude reduction in data center footprint, ESG overheads, and operational simplicity. Join Michael Boots for a session that dives into how these new technologies reverse the trend – empowering organisations to scale data optimally.

Speaker
Mike Boots
Field Solutions Architect – APJ, Pure Storage
10:40 AM
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11:10 AM
Main Hall
Morning Break
11:10 AM
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11:35 AM
Main Hall
Keynote: Navigating the Cloud: A Woolworths NZ Journey
Thiagu’s keynote will give a first-hand account of Woolworths’ journey to the cloud. He will focus on steps in the process including drivers, challenges, and benefits from a number of perspectives – technology, business, customer – and he will look at how the process is changing the way Woolworths operate. He will also look ahead to the future roles of data centres and cloud in a world increasingly reliant on AI.
Speaker
Thiagu Anandakrishna
Senior Manager, Infrastructure and Platforms , Woolworths New Zealand
11:35 AM
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11:55 AM
Main Hall
Keynote: Impact of AI on Data Centre Power and Cooling.

AI and high-performance applications contribute to increasing rack density which introduces new power and cooling challenges to IT Infrastructure, and the need for collaboration in the design, construction and operation of data centre critical infrastructure.

Speaker
LuLu Shiraz
Senior Director - Sales, ANZ, Vertiv
11:55 AM
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12:15 PM
Main Hall
Keynote: 14th Annual Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey Results

This presentation provides a comprehensive analysis of trends, challenges, and benchmarks in data center operations gathered from industry leaders worldwide.

Speaker
Rana Qadir
VP, Uptime Institute
12:15 PM
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12:35 PM
Main Hall
Keynote: AI and Machine Learning VS Connectivity Risk Mitigation in new Data Centre Cabling

While most of our attention is placed firmly on the marvel of AI and Machine Learning, reaching this utopia is putting pressure on the way providers connect these precious computing elements.  There is high risk in pursuing traditional methods of connectivity and capacity planning in the modern Data Centre. Manual methods of connector installation, routing and deployment place too high a burden on the individual to achieve success 100% of the time. Join Corning on a journey into new connection technologies to visualize what will keep the DC environment alive now and well into the future.

Speaker
Clive Hogg
Technical Sales Manager - Enterprise, Corning Optical Communications
12:35 PM
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1:15 PM
Main Hall
Discussion Panel: Can data centres in New Zealand deliver sustainability of their own accord?

Where do the responsibilities for delivering on data centre sustainability currently lie? How does this vary by different areas of sustainability? Is the current system effective? Where does it work, where does it not? Can local data centres in New Zealand deliver without the involvement of external players? What are the strategies for achieving this?

Moderator
Paul Stathis
CEO, BICSI South Pacific
Speaker
Dean Addie
Leading relationship management at T4 Group
Speaker
Navid Golshani
Data Centre Electrical Lead (Australia), Stantec
Speaker
Matt Ryan
Customer and Growth Lead, Spark Data Centres
Speaker
Matthew Cowie
Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY New Zealand
1:15 PM
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2:40 PM
Main Hall
Lunch Break
2:40 PM
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3:25 PM
Main Hall
Panel Discussion: How is the enterprise and IT take on cloud, colo and on-prem. changing?

Enterprise and IT companies are the foundation of the data centre/ cloud ecosystem. Decision making becomes more complex as providers and technologies evolve and as options and information increase. What are the impacts of shifts in enterprise requirements for data centre planning, construction and operation? How well are providers of facilities and other services meeting enterprise and IT customer needs or do providers largely shape those needs?

Moderator
Nick Parfitt
Producer, W.Media
Speaker
Peter Joseph
Independent Cloud & Technology Advisor
Speaker
Ashley Fernandes
BMET, ADHB (Clinical Engineering)
Speaker
Nick Leishman
General Manager, Data Centre 220
Speaker
Paul Seiler
Chief Executive Officer, Catalyst Cloud Limited
3:25 PM
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3:45 PM
Main Hall
Keynote: Building Data Centres as part of the natural and social eco-system

Traditionally, most data centres have been inconspicuous and functional buildings located and concealed usually for reasons of security. As latency and concerns about how best to deliver digital services locally drove Edge forward, is that pattern now being followed by larger data centres to be integrated within local areas and communities? How far can that trend  go?

Speaker
Bharti Raniga
Technical Director, Project Management, Aurecon
3:45 PM
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4:00 PM
Main Hall
Afternoon Break
4:00 PM
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4:45 PM
Main Hall
Discussion Panel: How will colocation in New Zealand need to evolve to meet future demand trends?

How will colocation providers need to adapt to the impact of future demand trends based on increasing Internet use and on the acceleration of digital transformation in its various forms? What will be their investment priorities in order to  develop and maintain the services and infrastructure to stay ahead of a rapidly-evolving and changing market?

Moderator
Mark Thiele
Advisor, Advisory Board Member, CCO, Head of Infrastructure
Speaker
Jason Porter
Director of Technology, T4 Group
Speaker
Andrew Green
Director, Data Centres (Acting), Datacom
Speaker
Diego Nievas
Chief Technical Officer, Plan B
Speaker
Sam Kivi
Co-founder & CTO, Grid Share
4:45 PM
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6:00 PM
Main Hall
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    Please bring the registration confirmation email with QR code sent to your email to the registration area in order to get a badge printed to enter the event.

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