DCN Riyadh >> Agenda

Agenda

08:00 - 08:50

EXPO AREA

Registration & Breakfast

08:50 - 09:00

HALL 1

Welcome Address from DCN

09:00 - 09:40

HALL 1

Vision 2030 - Five years left to unleash Saudi Arabia’s digital future

Sergio Milesi
President at Swiss Data Center Association, CEO at Gas&Com AG
Christoph Brand
CEO at Axpo Group – Member of the Executive Board
Marcel Lenzin
Head of Grid Strategy at Swissgrid
René Zierler
Ph.D, Managing Director Switzerland at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Christian Keller
Chairman & General Manager, Chairman of the Executive Board at IBM
Babak Falsafi
President at SDEA, Professor at EPFL

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HALL 2

Carbon & computing - Saudi Arabia's energy evolution in the age of AI

09:50 - 10:25

HALL 1

Cool under pressure - Engineering Next Gen data centre cooling

HALL 2

From blueprint to operation: Smarter HVAC strategies for sustainable data centers

HALL 3

Empowering the next generation of AI compute in KSA: The 1GW paradigm

HALL 4

Connected Intelligence: The Architecture of a Unified Digital Platform

10:25 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:35

HALL 1

The green data evolution - Strategies for sustainable growth

HALL 2

Greywater & green goals - Cooling data centres the responsible way

HALL 3

Future-Proof Delivery: The New Execution Model for High-Speed, High-Quality Data Centre Builds

HALL 4

Cooling the AI Revolution: Johnson Controls Executive Panel on Thermal Innovation for MENA's Billion-Token Data Centers

11:45 - 12:20

HALL 1

The liquid frontier: Immersive Cooling for AI's unprecedented demands

HALL 2

Global scale best practice & innovation: People, processes & technology – Operating the KSA data center market boom

HALL 3

Beyond the horizon: AI trends reshaping data centers in 2026

HALL 4

The green data evolution - Strategies for sustainable growth

12:30 - 13:05

HALL 1

Empowering the future workforce - Development and opportunities in Saudi Arabia

HALL 2

Breathing new life into your data centre: Engineering, sustainability, and excellence

HALL 3

From power to chip – Fuelling Saudi Arabia’s AI data centre evolution

HALL 4

Igniting the AI revolution: Risks, rewards, and opportunities

13:05 - 14:15

Lunch

14:15 - 14:50

HALL 1

Future-ready data centres - Building cyber & physical resilience

HALL 2

Made for the Gulf: Efficiency and Innovation in Data Center Manufacturing

HALL 3

Greening intelligence: Charting the future of sustainable AI – From grid to chip

HALL 4

Modern lifecycle data center management

15:00 - 15:35

HALL 1

Breaking new ground in construction and sustainability

HALL 2

Staying cool as AI heats up: The future of data center cooling

HALL 3

Investing in Riyadh - Unlocking greater data centre potential

HALL 4

Electrifying the data surge: Power innovation for the next generation

15:45 - 16:20

HALL 1

How Modular data centres accelerate AI Sovereignty across the Kingdom

HALL 2

A Journey into the Life Cycle of Mission Critical Equipment for Data Centers - Understanding TCO and Operational Optimum

HALL 3

AI Reshaping Data Center Physical Infrastructure Topology

HALL 4

From grid to chip - powering Saudi Arabia's AI data centre evolution

16:25 - 17:00

HALL 1

The data centre horizon - Emerging trends to watch out for in 2026

HALL 2

Reserved for our Valued Partners

17:00 - 18:00

Networking Reception

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