it@cork events - Technology in Business Conference 08

Full Schedule

07:30AM
Heads of IT Breakfast - sponsored by Certification Europe
08:00AM
Arrival coffee & registration
08:45AM
Welcome from Donal Manning, Chairman, it@cork
08:55AM
Setting the Scene
Speakers: George Lee, RTE
09:35AM
Green IT: Moving Beyond the 2% Solution. Sponsored by SEI
Speakers: Douglas Neal, Leading Edge Forum
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10:05AM
SMART2020: ICT and climate change. Opportunities or Threat?
Speakers: Chris Tuppen, BT
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10:35AM
Q&A Moderated by Tom Raftery, Redmonk
10:50AM
Coffee sponsored by Complete Telecom
11:20AM
Virtual Worlds: making organisations greener
Speakers: Pierre-Olivier Carles, Stonfield InWorld
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11:40AM
Measuring the energy footprint of everything on Earth
Speakers: Gavin Starks, AMEE
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12:00PM
The Electric Grid 2.0
Speakers: Fergus Wheatley, Allied Solar Ltd
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12:20PM
Q&A Moderated by Damien Mulley, Mulley Communications
12:35PM
Lunch sponsored by Lenovo
14:00PM
Situation normal, everything must change
Speakers: Simon Wardley,
14:30PM
The Business Challenges of the Future Low Carbon Economy
Speakers: Niall Brady, IBM
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14:50PM
Green IT @ STRATO
Speakers: Rene Wienholtz, STRATO
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15:10PM
Q&A Moderated by Dan Barry, Enterprise Ireland
15:30PM
Coffee sponsored by Premiere Global Services
16:00PM
Green Computing - A leadership role
Speakers: Tom Moriarty, DELL
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16:30PM
Green ICT - How ICT will help deliver ESB's Sustainability Strategy
Speakers: Padraig McManus, ESB
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17:00PM
Q&A Moderated by Tom Raftery followed by drinks reception sponsored by Smart Telecom


Event Report

Some comments from delegates:

Brian Padden, VMWare ‘Good conference as always – would have liked a bit more on solutions to the problem. This conference is always 2 to 3 years ahead of its time.’

Michael Kane, Curious Wines ‘What and incredibly valuable and enlightening conference.’

Dermot Barry, CIT ‘Excellent and informative conference.’

Jacqueline Humphries, Tipperary Institute ‘Excellent quality speakers – Well done!’

Shirley Gallagher, Enviroskillnet ‘Excellent range of speakers and topics’

Caitriona Barry, SWS BPO Ltd ‘The afternoon sessions were more interesting in that they offered practical ideas on how to reduce power etc.’

Irene Foley, CIT ‘Very interesting conference, hearing some of the environmental facts was very sobering.’

Anthony Patterson, EMC ‘Good broad range of speakers and viewpoints’

Pat McCarthy, CIT ‘Very good speakers, Green IT will play a large part of the future of IT especially in ICT. So topic was very relevant’

Turlough Fitzpatrick, SAS ‘Very good conference – best in a few years.’

Who registered for this event?

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Date & Time

Wed. 26 November 2008 at 08:45 AM

Open To:

This event is open to non-members.

Maximum Attendance:

Maximum number of places available is 250.

Event Cost:

€300.00 for members. €400.00 for non-members.

Event Location:

Radisson SAS Hotel,
Little Island,
Cork


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