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Agenda

08:30 - 09:30

EXPO AREA

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

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 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

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

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
Dominik Blunschy
Member of the National Council at Die Mitte, Advisor Digital Business & Innovation at ti&m
Visho Jesudasan
Head Cloud & IT at Switch

HALL 2

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

Andreas Bätschmann
Sales and Back Office Manager at Legrand
Brian Dunne
Head of Electrical (Department) – Data Center at Implenia Schweiz AG
Sébastien Schneider
CEO at Amperio Projects

HALL 3

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

Sherif Rizkalla CEO, Italy & Switzerland, STACK EMEA
Roger Süeess CEO at Green
Yves Zischek Managing Director at Digital Realty
Simon Allen Global Strategic Advisor at DCN

11:20 - 11:50

Coffee Break

11:50 - 12:25

HALL 1

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
Group CTO and Co-Owner at FlexBase Group

HALL 2

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
Sabine Brenner
Head of the Digital Switzerland Office, Federal Office of Communications (BAKOM)
Thierry Burkart
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

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
Head of Data Center Department at Salvia Group

12:35 - 13:10

HALL 1

AI Sovereignty and the computing unit

Igor Grdic
Regional Sales Director Central Europe at Vertiv
Michael Unger
Regional Lead Sovereign AI Initiatives & Financial Services Clients (Central Europe) at NVIDIA
Sergio Milesi
CEO at Gas&Com AG, President of SDCA

HALL 2

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

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
Amedeo Leva
Swiss Lead for Data Center Strategy & Projects at AFRY
Mladen Loncar
Director of Operations at NorthC

13:10 - 14:40

Lunch

14:40 - 15:15

HALL 1

Underground solutions: A game-changer to overcome land scarcity

Mark Acton
Consultant at Data Centre Alliance
Roland Huempfner
Consultant at Master Power Technologies

HALL 2

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

Liquid cooling technologies

Tom Barath
Data Centre Business Development Manager at Victaulic

15:25 - 16:00

HALL 1

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

HALL 2

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
Andreas Graf Matzner
Vice President & Country Manager at Cloud HQ

HALL 3

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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