The Green Grid Forum 2012

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	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3
8:00-9:00am	Registration
9:00-9:20am	The Green Grid at the Forefront of Resource Efficient IT
9:20-10:20am	Data Center 2025
10:20-10:35am	Networking Break
10:35-11:25am	Server Power Management 101 and Beyond	Measuring Data Center Energy Productivity Through Productivity Proxies	Deploying and Using Containerized / Modular Data Center Facilities
11:35-12:25pm	ASHRAE Class Changes Expand the Use of Chillerless Data Centers	Electronics Disposal Efficiency: An IT Recycling Metric for Enterprises and Data Centers	CIM Profiles for Power and Cooling -- TGG / DMTF/Ecma Collaboration
12:25-1:25pm	Lunch
1:25-2:15pm	Comparison of Facility Reliability Levels	Data Center Storage Efficiency Metric	Free Cooling Maps and Economizer Survey Results
2:25-3:15pm	Sparks Fly! The Real Story About HVDC and Data Centers
3:15-3:30pm	Networking Break
3:30-4:20pm	Keynote by Chandrakant Patel - Joules of Available Energy: The Role of IT for a New Global Currency
4:30-5:10pm	State of The Green Grid and Members Meeting
5:10-5:10pm	Key Contributor Award Ceremony
5:10pm-	Members Networking Reception

	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3
8:00-9:00am	Registration
9:00-9:30am	The Green Grid at the Forefront of Resource Efficient IT
9:30-10:30am	Keynote by Aaron Davis - A Brief History of the Future of Information Factories: Or What Has Your Data Center Done For You Lately?
10:30-10:45am	Networking Break
10:45-11:35am	The Business Value of PUE™ and Beyond	Plotting a Path to Sustainability with The Green Grid's Data Center Maturity Model and Assessment Tool	Japan 3.11 Disaster Impact, and Data Center Action Analysis
11:45-12:35pm	The Data Centers and the Smart Grid – The Positive Sum Engagement	European Projects on Sustainability in Data Centers and Business Computing Eco-systems - The Stick and the Carrot	Survey Result of Energy Efficiency of Japanese Data Centers Japan DCs: How They Kept Running Even After The Earthquake
12:35-1:30pm	Lunch & Alliance Rountables
1:30-2:20pm	Radical Data Center Efficiency: The Critical Role of Software and Incentives	Current Barriers to Global Harmonization of Resource Efficient IT Initiatives	Data Center Design Guide
2:30-3:20pm	Open Compute Project	EMEA Energy Policy Legislation Update	Using CUE™ and WUE™ to Improve Operations in Your Data Center
3:20-3:35pm	Networking Break
3:35-4:25pm	eBay Case Study	Data Center Life Cycle Analysis	Evaluation of Eco Mode for UPSs
4:25-5:00pm	Closing Ceremonies

Forum Sneak Peek Videos
The Green Grid Forum 2012 - Overview
Mark Monroe, Executive Director

ASHRAE Class Changes Expand the Use of Chillerless Data Centers
Don Beaty, DLB Associates Consulting Engineers

Panel Discussion: Sparks Fly! The Real Story About HVDC and Data
Lex Coors, Interxion

Panel Discussion: Data Center 2025
Kathrin Winkler, EMC

Panel Discussion: The Business Value of PUE and Beyond
Winston Saunders, Intel

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