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Data Centers In India: Workshop Agenda
Ensuring Global Competitiveness of Indian IT Sector by Improving Energy Efficiency of Indian Data Centers
Thursday, 24th January 2008. India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
DRAFT AGENDA [download Word version]
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 11:00 Inaugural Session
a) Welcome Address: Dr. Satish Kumar, COP, ECO III Project
b) About ECO III Project: Mr. Glenn Whaley, USAID
c) National Program on Data Center Energy Efficiency: BEE
d) Industry Perspective on Greening of the IT Sector: Mr. Som Mittal, Chairman, NASSCOM
e) Topic to be decided: CII
f) Energy Efficiency in High Tech Buildings: Mr. Dale Sartor, LBNL
11:00 – 11:15 Tea/coffee Break
11:15 - 12:45 Technical Session I
a) Setting the Context for Data Center Energy Efficiency in India: Satish Kumar
b) Benchmarking Trends and Performance, and Key Design Issues. Dale Sartor, LBNL
c) Project Big Green for Data Centers: Sanjeev Gupta, IBM
d) Questions & Answers
12:45 – 1:45 Lunch
1:45. – 3:15 Technical Session II
a) International Best Practices in Data Centers Design and Operation: Mr. Dale Sartor, LBNL
Power Density & Efficiency Optimization of existing Low Density Datacenters: Anand
Vanchi and Sujith Kannan, Intel
Data Center Efficiency Case Study, Mr. S. Ramu, Network Appliances
Questions & Answers
3:15 – 3:30 Tea/coffee Break
3:30. – 4:45 Technical Session III
a) Dynamic Smart Cooling: Mr. M. Mohandas HP
Topic to be decided: Scneider Electric/APC
Summary of Technical Sessions, Dale Sartor, LBNL
Questions & Answers
4:45 - 5:45 Panel Discussion and Interactive Sessions
a) Summary of Tuesday’s Strategic Planning for National Efficiency Initiative
b) Objective: Develop a Strategy for Producing a Best Practices in Data Centers
Moderator: Mr. S. Padmanaban, USAID
c) Panelists From (each to describe their vision and role): BEE, CII, NASCOM, IBM, HP, NetApp, Intel, Schneider Electric
5:45 Close: Dr. Satish Kumar