Green IT Expo 2009 - UK
Come see us at the Green IT Expo 2009, Barbican Exhibition Centre, London on 10th/11th Nov. Ask us about Microsoft approach to Environmental Sustainability and how we can help Reduce, Manage and Rethink!
Check out Microsoft UK Environment Website
LUNCHTIME KEYNOTE 2pm
Save Energy. Save Money. Save the Environment.
Hosted by Microsoft
At Microsoft, we are committed to software and technology innovations that help people and organisations around the world improve the environment. Our goal is to reduce the impact of our operations and products, and to drive responsible environmental practices. Discover how we are meeting our sustainability targets using our own technology.
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“85% of IT professionals believe environmental factors are important in planning IT operations, yet just a quarter have written green criteria into their company’s purchasing processes.”
Source - Forrester Research
Morning Highlights:
The three faces of Green IT: Offender, facilitator and long-term necessity
Warren Wilson, Research Director, Datamonitor / Ovum |
Dirty ICT: what is it? And how do you clean up your act?
Catalina McGregor, Green ICT Delivery Unit, HM Government's CIO / CTO Council |
The next five years: Legislation, products and technology trends
Andy Lawrence, Research Director, The 451 Group |
The role of Green IT in the Government’s Low Carbon Transition Plan
Trewin Restorick, Director, Global Action Plan |
Virtualization & the Green IT agenda: The business and environmental benefits of datacentre consolidation
VMware |
Cloud backup & recovery: Securely using the cloud for the last 10 years
Iron Mountain Digital |
Worldwide certification: TCO’s contribution to Green IT
TCO Development |
A Convenient Truth: Cut carbon & costs, improve customer service & profits
Salisbury Virtual Contact Centre |
Inside story: Boosting performance in an energy-constrained environment
AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) |
2020 Vision: Green Innovation for you and the planet
Lenovo Group |
How going green can keep you out of the red
Fujitsu |
With additional sessions from 1E, Cisco, IBM, Sun / Bell Microsystems and more.
Afternoon Highlights:
Save energy. Save money. Save the environment
Darren Strange, head of environmental sustainability, Microsoft UK |
The bigger picture: WHY are we greening government ICT?
Chris Chant, CIO, London 2012 Olympics & Green ICT Portfolio Holder, HM Government’s CIO/CTO Council |
Bottomline benefits: Finding the ‘quick wins’ for short-term ROI
Chris Bullock, WWF’s Climate Savers Computing Initiative |
The Human Factor: Changing staff behaviour for the low-carbon economy
Ben Murray, Managing Director, Carbon Smart |
Green IT: Get ahead of your competitors with the Green IT qualification from BCS
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT |
PLUS senior speakers from the European Commission, DEFRA, Microsoft, live videoconferencing case studies, a special industry debate and the second annual Green IT Expo Awards
