DCN Zurich 2025 >> Agenda
Agenda

08:30 - 09:30

Registration & Breakfast

09:30 - 09:50

Hall 1

Welcome Address from DCN & Swiss Data Center Association

Matt Welch
Head of Conference Production at Data Center Nation
Sergio Milesi
President at Swiss Data Center Association, CEO at Gas&Com AG

09:50 - 10:35

Hall 1

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Has Switzerland got the right data center energy mix to power the AI era?

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 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

Hall 2

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Talent trouble - Who will power Switzerland's data future?

Patrick Hornung 
Business Development Manager at CBRE
Robert Branschofsky
Business Unit Director at CBRE
Roger Süess
CEO at Green Datacenter AG
Yves Zischek
Managing Director at Digital Realty, Vice-President at SDCA
Patrik Hofer
Managing Director at NorthC

10:45- 11:20

Hall 1

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Leading with sovereignty – How visionary decisions shape a resilient future

Roger Süess
CEO at Green Datacenter AG
Heiko Siats
Managing Director at Green Datacenter Germany GmbH
René Zierler
Ph.D, Managing Director Switzerland at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Roi Y. Tavor
Chief Commercial Officer at Wonderful.ai

Hall 2

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Power under pressure: Strategies for safer power distribution in dense data centers

Andreas Bätschmann
Data Center Solutions Sales Director Switzerland at Legrand
Brian Dunne
Electrical Package Lead at Mercury
Sébastien Schneider
CEO at Amperio Projects

Hall 3

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AI on the rise: Building Europe’s next-gen data centers

Simon Allen
Global Strategic Advisor at Data Center Nation
Giuliano Cordisco
Project Manager at EAE
Henry Daunert
CEO at OnValue Technology
Jan Brantjes
Managing Director at Next Haskoning Switzerland
Tobias Abt
Managing Director – Lead Cloud Infrastructure Switzerland at Accenture

11:20 - 11:50

Coffee Break

11:50 - 12:25

Hall 1

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Smart infrastructure & modernization - Sustainability through intelligent asset management

Marco Geiser
Vice President Services DACH at Schneider Electric
Thomas Nieschalk
Head of Solution Support DACH at Schneider Electric
Tobias Dehmel
CEO & Owner at dehmel SYSTEMPLANUNG
Denis Marusic
Director of Operations at Digital Realty Switzerland
Sascha Carroccio
CTO and Owner at FlexBase Service AG

Hall 2

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Innovation instead of regulation: What are the success factors for a thriving Swiss AI economy? How much regulation do we need in Switzerland?

Martin Zust
Head of Public Affairs at Swiss Data Center Association
Franz Grüter
Member of the National Council, SVP
Bernard Maissen
Director of the Federal Office of Communications, BAKOM / OFCOM Switzerland
Thierry Burkhart
Member of the Council of States for the Canton of Aargau
Yves Zischek
Vice-President at Swiss Data Center Association and Managing Director at Digital Realty

Hall 3

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Next-gen efficiency in data centres: Balancing new projects with upgrading the existing estate

Gaetano Sanfelice
Digital Marketing Manager at Daikin Applied Europe
Roberto Multineddu
Managing Director at Daikin Applied Germany
Mehdi Ghane
Associate Director – Datacentre Design & Delivery Leader Germany at ARUP
Andreas Graf Matzner
Vice President & Country Manager at Cloud HQ
Stevo Bilbija
Leader, Director of Data Center at Salvia Group

12:35 - 13:10

Hall 1

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Sovereign AI in Switzerland - Empowering local innovation and data independence

Igor Grdic
Regional Sales Director Central Europe at Vertiv
Markus Hacker
Senior Regional Director Enterprise & Country Lead, DACH at NVIDIA
Sergio Milesi
CEO at Gas&Com AG, President of SDCA

Hall 2

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Limited land, but unlimited demand - Navigating Swiss site selection

Matt Welch
Head of Conference Production at DCN
David Mizrahi

Director of Projects, Acquisitions and Developments at HRS Real Estate
Anastasia Moroz
Data Center Development Consultant at Moroz Partners
Oliver Spring
CEO at Qore Invest and CEO at Qore X Data Centers

Hall 3

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Small scale, big impact - How Micro and Medium data centres are powering the Swiss digital future

Alessandra Marcolli
Vice Director, Head of Technical Office and Tenders at CSC
Ralph Giebeler
Bid & Project Director at CSC
Filippo Lombardi
Member of the Executive Council of the city of Lugano, Member of CSC Board
Ronald van den Bosch
Chief Technology Officer at NorthC
Amedeo Leva
Swiss Lead for Data Center Strategy & Projects at AFRY

13:10- 14:40

Lunch

14:40 - 15:15

Hall 1

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Underground solutions: A game-changer to overcome land scarcity

Simon Allen
Global Strategic Advisor at Data Center Nation
Andrew Bourget
Founder and Director at ECCUS
Magali Juchli
Chief Legal Officer at ECCUS
David Gyulnazaryan
Executive Consultant at Impleon
Otto Schwimmbeck
Research Analyst at DC Byte

Hall 2

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Integrated access control and water mist fire suppression to transform the everyday in data centers

Florian Fischbach
Portfolio Consulting Manager at Siemens
Harry Wright
Regional Sales Manager at Siemens

Hall 3

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Liquid cooling technologies

Tom Barath
 Data Centre Business Development Manager at Victaulic

15:25 - 16:00

Hall 1

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New innovations and the developing use of high density DC power distribution in data centres

Mark Acton
Consultant at Data Centre Alliance
Roland Huempfner
Consultant at Master Power Technologies
Bernd Wunder
Head DC Grids and Standardization at Fraunhofer IISB, Erlangen

Hall 2

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How to deploy high-density infrastructure for AI?

Simon Mischler
Regional Head of Sales Switzerland at Delta Electronics
Samir Delić
Regional Head DACH and CEE at Delta Electronics
Roger Weber
Managing Director at Genuel and Leader Business Development & Innovation at Scherler Group

Hall 3

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Future-ready infrastructure: Unlocking AI potential with Direct Liquid Cooling

Daniel Wunderle
Global Portfolio Manager Data Center, Georg Fischer

16:00 - 17:00

Networking Drinks

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