I wanted to pass along an update on IMN Data Centers Forum on Financing, Investing, & Real Estate Development, scheduled for May 23-24 at the Marriott Magnificent Mile in Chicago. Their Inaugural DC Forum held this past November in Los Angeles, was a tremendous success w/ nearly 250 folks in attendance, featuring DC Developers/Operators/Owners, Tenants, Lenders, Venture Capitalists, Brokers, Design/Construction Professionals, and other Service Providers.
Speaking & sponsorship/exhibiting opportunities are still available. Please email or call Todd directly (see bottom of page) to receive additional info.
Panels to Include:
| WHY DC’S ARE DIFFERENT? WHAT MAKES THEM ATTRACTIVE? COMPARING PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES | PRIVATE EQUITY:Â TOP FACTORS IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS WHEN PROVIDING FINANCING |
| THE DC MACRO ECONOMY & SUPPLY/DEMAND DYNAMICS | NEW CONSTRUCTION: PLANNING, DESIGN & THE BUILD OUT |
| PRESIDENT/CEO PANEL | CONVERSIONS/NEW CONSTRUCTION, SITE & CORPORATE ACQUISITION |
| ROI OF ULTRA-EFFICIENCY, NEW/UPGRADED TECHNOLOGY, GREEN BEST PRACTICES | PORTFOLIO MANAGERS/ANALYSTS ROUNDTABLE: GETING THE THUMBS UP |
| DATA CENTER STANDARDS/ MANAGING COMPLIANCE ACROSS MULTIPLE REGULATIONS | COLOCATION AGREEMENTS, SLA’S AND THE FACILITY LEASE |
| SECONDARY CITIES: HOW BUYERS BUY AND LOCAL SUPPLY/DEMAND DYNAMICS | SUCEEDING IN THE BUSINESS OF CLOUD AND MEET THE CLOUD DEMAND FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS? |
| VALUE-ADDED SERVICES: BUILD VS. BUY VS. ACQUIRE | FINANCIAL TENANT PANEL |
| VALUATION OF A DATA CENTER PROPERTY/COMPANY: IS IT GETTING FROTHY? | TENANT EXPANSION OPTIONS: COLOCATE VS. BUILD OWN DATA CENTER VS. USING THE CLOUD |
| SITE SELECTION | SWITCHING DATA CENTER PROVIDERS: THE DO’S, DON’TS & BEST PRACTICES |
| UPDATING AN OLD DC: CONSIDERING LIFECYCLE & WHAT THE DC WILL NEED IN 10 YEARS | CLOUD, MANAGED SERVICE & HOSTING TENANTS |
| WHAT IS CURRENTLY THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO FINANCE YOUR PROJECT? | TECH, TELECOMM & MANAGED SERVICES: WHAT SELLS THE DC CUSTOMER? |
| MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS | TENANT PANEL: WHAT IS YOUR DATA CENTER STRATEGY? |
Speakers from the November event Included:
Rick Magnuson, Executive Managing Director, DIGITAL REALTY TRUST/GI PARTNERS
David Spiewak, Managing Principal, CSTK INVENTURE
Paul Harris, Vice President/General Manager , NETRIVER LLC
Bryan Loewen, Senior Managing Director, NEWMARK KNIGHT FRANK
Paul Stapleton, Managing Director , MEDIA VENTURE PARTNERS, LLC
John Stewart, Analyst , GREEN STREET ADVISORS
Everett Thompson, President, WIRED REAL ESTATE GROUP
Jonathan Atkin, Managing Director, RBC CAPITAL MARKETS
John Clune, President, CAVERN TECHNOLOGIES
Eric Shepcaro, Chief Executive Officer, TELX
Rob Klug, Chief Executive Officer, SMH COLOCATION
Pete Marin, President, T5 PARTNERS LLC
Daniel Golding, Managing Director, DH CAPITAL
Mitch Green, Principal, CLAIRVEST GROUP
Robert Morse Jr., Partner, OAK HILL CAPITAL
Robert Nolan, Managing Partner, HALYARD CAPITAL
Anthony Wanger, President & Founder, I/O DATA CENTERS
Yigit Bulut, Managing Principal , HP CRITICAL FACILITIES SERVICES
Ben Stewart, Sr. Vice President-Facilities Engineering, TERREMARK
Herb Villa, Customer Solutions Engineer , SWITCH & DATA
Jason J. Shepard , Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Services , CB RICHARD ELLIS
Bob Schuerger, Principal Reliability Analysis Corporate Lead, HP CRITICAL FACILITES SERVICES
Jeffrey A. Moerdler, New York Office Section Head for Real Estate and Communications, MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY & POPEO P.C.
Rick Gauthier, Senior IT Director, MICROSOFT
KC Mares, President and CEO, MEGAWATT CONSULTING, INC.
Steve Berkman, Partner, PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP
Edward Henigin, CTO, DATA FOUNDRY
Scott Peterson, Chief Acquisitions Officer, DIGITAL REALTY TRUST
John Wilson, Owner , 3000 SKYLINE DALLAS
Victor Goodman, CEO, CORPORATE COLOCATION
Carl J. Strang III, Managing Member , INLAND FIBER & DATA
Mike Klein, President & COO, ONLINE TECH
Dave Howson, President, ZCOLO
Matt Hamlin, CEO, TONAQUINT DATA CENTER
Tesh S. Durvasula, Chief Marketing & Business Officer , QUALITY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Pervez Delawalla, Chief Executive Officer, NET2EZ – MANAGED DATA CENTERS
Hendrik Jordaan, Partner, MORRISON & FOERSTER
David Gross, Chief Analyst, DATACENTERSTOCKS.COM/FREESKY RESEARCH LLC
Tom Watts, Chief Investment Officer, WATTS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
James Breen, Senior Analyst, Internet Infrastructure, WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY
Bob Allison, Managing Director, RBC CAPITAL MARKETS
John Berkery, Partner, MAYER BROWN LLP
Jim Collins, Executive Director, MORGAN STANLEY
James Gavin, Managing Director, DUFF & PHELPS, LLC
John Hendon, Director, STIFEL NICOLAUS WEISEL
Jason Schafer, Senior Analyst-Datacenters , TIER1 RESEARCH
George Henny, Co-CEO, FIBERCLOUD, INC.
Jordan Jacobs, Director of Operations , GLOBAL DATA CENTER TRUST
Arman Khalili, Founder/Strategy, UNITED LAYER
Bruce Myatt, Director of Projects – Mission Critical Facilities, KLINGSTUBBINS
Michael D. MacNeilly, Project Consultant, MID-ATLANTIC BROADBAND COOPERATIVE (GIGAPARK)
Zane Alsabery, CEO, ALCHEMY COMMUNICATIONS
Kevin Gerson, Network Infrastructure Services, LEVEL (3) COMMUNICATIONS
Imin Lee, CEO , ACCELOPS
Jeffrey A. Moerdler, New York Office Section Head for Real Estate and Communications, MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY & POPEO P.C.
Christopher Trapp, Director, Acquisitions and Leasing, SABEY DATACENTERS
Michael Cohen, President , ADVANCED DATA CENTERS
Anton E. Self, CEO , BASTION HOST LTD.
Jonathan Goodman, President, CORPORATE COLOCATION
Derek Schwartz, Executive Director, GREEN DATA CENTER ALLIANCE
Dan Petrozzo, Managing Partner , CSTK INVENTURE
Ivan Irizarry, Director, IT-LIFELINE
Darren Osti, Head of Corporate Services , DREAMWORKS ANIMATION
Ron Yokubaitis, Co-CEO, GIGANEWS.COM
Todd Rosenberg
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