GREATER ATLANTA & SOUTHEAST REGION'S MOST IMPORTANT DATA CENTER CONFERENCE OF 2018: JOIN ALL OF THE MOST ACTIVE INVESTORS, DEVELOPERS, ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, END-USERS & CONSULTANTS

ATLANTA, July 11, 2018 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Is Atlanta the "Ashburn of the South"? After all, the state of Georgia has a balanced budget. They never go into debt. And it has the fourth-largest and fastest growing port and the busiest airport. However, as in many industries, there might be resistance to crowning a new king of the mountain. Join CAPRE on August 21 in Atlanta as we bring together 400+ executives to discuss and debate why and how the Atlanta market has heated up and why it will continue to do so. 

Possible topics in the full-day event:

• Cost of development: Competing in the Atlanta market and emerging southeast submarkets and obstacles (lack of space and demand for other property types)Describing the changing nature of supply: Hyperscale/"Super wholesale" vs colo
• Traditional data centers rebranding/repositioning strategies to compete in 2018
• Is there too much capital entering the space and not enough opportunity?
• Analysis of demand levels for IT service provider vs. infrastructure provider

View detailed agenda & registration >  https://www.capremedia.com/events/capres-third-annual-greater-atlanta-southeast-data-center-summit

Confirmed Speakers:

• Senator John Albers
• Tim Caulfield: Chief Executive Officer, The ANTARA Group
• Missy Young: Chief Information Officer, Switch
• Melvin Greer: Chief Data Scientist - Public Sector, Intel Corporation
• Tim Huffman: SVP - Director of Data Center Solutions, CBRE
• Ryan Dirocco: Chief Technology Officer, Total Server Solutions
• Mike Higgins: Senior Vice President, Business Development, INAP
• Ken Heimbach: Managing Director - Southeast, Winthrop Resources
• Jeff Hill: Enterprise Data Center Services, CyrusOne
• Travis Howick: Business Development, zColo by Zayo
• Joseph Junda: Managing Director, CIT
• Timothy Kiser: Owner, Colo Atl, a JT Communications Company
• Ben Lorber: CEO, Circbit
• Scott Macintire: Director - Client Engagement, Uptime Institute
• Pete Marin: President & CEO, T5 Data Centers
• Greg McGraw: CEO, MacStadium
• Dave Meadows: Director of Industry, Standards and Technology, Stulz
• Nathan Porter: Partner, Cryptos Managed
• Ross Rebraca: Vice President - Technology Sector, HITT Contracting Inc.
• Emil Sayegh: CEO, Hostway Services, Inc
• Jake Sherrill: Founder and Chairman, Tier 4 Advisors
• Michael Shaw: Founding Partner, Principal Real Estate Partners, LLC
• David Spiewak: Managing Principal, DJS Group LLC / Next Tier HD
• Jeff Uphues: Chief Executive Officer, DC BLOX
• Allan Williamson: Principal, At Home Crypto LLC
• Dallas Whitaker: Chief Portfolio Manager, Carter Validus 

AGENDA:
7:45 am ? 8:45 am       Registration, Breakfast & Networking
8:45 am ? 8:50 am       Opening Remarks
8:50 am ? 9:20 am       Morning Keynote Address: Modernization of Data Center through AI
9:00 am ? 10:20 am      Greater Atlanta Data Center Market 360: What Firms are Actively Developing, Investing & Why?
10:20 am ? 10:30 am       Networking Break
10:30 am ? 11:15 am           Life on The Edge: The Advent of 5G, Micro Data Centers & Evolution of the Next Generation
11:15 am ? 12:00 pm         Up-Close with MacStadium
12:00 pm ? 12:30 pm       Networking Lunch
12:30 pm ? 1:20 pm         Luncheon Keynote Address: State of the Greater Atlanta Market in 2018
1:20 pm ? 2:10 pm          Best Practices For Planning And Managing Tenant Fit-Outs In Wholesale And Colocation Data Centers
2:10 pm ? 2:20 pm          Networking Break
2:20 pm ? 3:10 pm          Hybrid Cloud Enablement: Solving the Business Challenges Facing Operators and Users
3:10 pm ? 3:55 pm           Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin: What are They and How Do They Impact Data Center Design, Construction & Development?
3:55 pm ? 4:20 pm          Post-Event Networking & Reception

BEYOND THE HEADLINES: As global data center markets continue to see new demand due to migration of enterprise end-users to cloud service, CAPRE will bring new topics under the radar, including:

• GREATER ATLANTA DEMAND-SUPPLY IN THE FACE OF GROWING REGIONAL U.S. MARKETS
• DEVELOPMENT & INVESTMENT TRENDS: WHAT FIRMS ARE ACTIVELY DEVELOPING, INVESTING & WHY?
• LIFE ON THE EDGE: THE ADVENT OF 5G, MICRO DATA CENTERS & EVOLUTION OF THE NEXT GENERATION
• BLOCKCHAIN, CRYPTOCURRENCY AND BITCOIN: WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW DO THEY IMPACT DATA CENTERS?
• HOW TO MITIGATE THIRD-PARTY RISK IN THE DATA CENTER SUPPLY CHAIN
• BLOCKCHAIN & DATA CENTERS: HOW BLOCKCHAIN AND DIGITAL CURRENCIES ARE TRANSFORMING ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND CLOUD PLATFORMS
• THE IMPACT OF EUROPE: DATA CENTER DEMAND-SUPPLY AND FORECASTING THE FACTORS AT PLAY ACROSS THE POND, INCLUDING: BREXIT AND GDPR
• DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS: NEW STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING COST WITHOUT INCREASING RISK
• THE END-USER APPROACH TO ON-PREM, HYBRID, THE CLOUD, AND TOMORROW'S COMPUTE NEEDS AND INITIATIVES
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE EVOLUTION OF DATA CENTERS: THE IMPACT ON DATA CENTER DEMAND
• BEST PRACTICES FOR SITE SELECTION IN COLORADO: COST OF LAND, COST OF POWER AND PUBLIC SECTOR INCENTIVES

View detailed agenda & registration >  https://www.capremedia.com/events/capres-third-annual-greater-atlanta-southeast-data-center-summit

Who should attend and participate?

• Data center colocation, wholesale and cloud customers
• Data center developers
• Data center investors
• Data center debt and/or equity sources
• Engineers
• Architects
• Power/UPS firms
• Telecom/fiber companies
• Consultants/researchers
• Public sector executives
• Commercial real estate brokers

This event is produced by CapRate Events, LLC (CAPRE)

Telephone registration/questions: Ronnie Niederman | +1-646-829-7233

For exhibiting/sponsorship: Brian Klebash | +1-646-331-8777 | [email protected]

Media Contact: Brian Klebash, CAPRE | International Data Center Series, 917-460-3572, [email protected]

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