Harkeeret Singh

Global Head of Energy & Sustainable Technology
Thomson Reuters

Topic : Introducing The Green Grid's Data Centre Maturity Model

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Biography:

Harkeeret (Harqs) Singh is Global Head of Energy & Sustainable Technology at Thomson Reuters. He is seen as the Energy 'Czar' and one of the main enablers of a greener and more sustainable future for the company. In his role Harqs is responsible for energy efficiency and sustainability across the Markets division, including Data Centres, Servers, Storage, Network and Desktop.

Harqs has been working within the industry specifically looking at data centers and IT in both Europe and the US for some time, particularly in the pursuit of advancing energy efficiency principles and working across traditional boundaries to achieve ’holistic’ efficiency. Prior to joining Thomson Reuters in August 2009 he held a variety of roles at BT, including Head of Data Centre Strategy.

At Thomson Reuters Harqs is responsible for industry engagement around energy efficiency, liaising with The Green Grid (serving as Chair for EMEA alongside sitting on the Advisory Council), ASHRAE, the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres and the US EPA/DoE energy efficiency initiatives and many other fora across the industry. He is also a lead representative for Global Climate Change Policies - UK CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, APA (American Power Act) and others across the world.

Harqs holds a BSc in Computer Science and Business Management from the University of Birmingham and awards which include a Strategy Award from Accenture.

Shantanu H. Bhattacharya

Associate Professor - Operations Management
INSEAD

Topic : Capacity Planning for Data Centre Design

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Biography:

Shantanu H. Bhattacharya is Associate Professor of Operations Management at INSEAD. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of technology management, operations management, supply chain management and new product and services development. Professor Bhattacharya is a member of INFORMS, has made several presentations on managing uncertainty in the high-technology industry, and his research has appeared in Management Science.

He holds a PhD in Management from the University of Texas at Austin, an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, and a BTech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in India. Prior to joining INSEAD, Professor Bhattacharya was an instructor at the University of Texas at Austin.

Mark Vincent

Partner
Shelston IP

Topic : Cloud Computing Legal and Regulatory Issues – an Australian Perspective

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Biography:

Mark Vincent is an intellectual property and technology partner for Shelston IP one of Australia's longest established, largest and most respected specialist Intellectual Property firms. Acknowledged as one of Australia’s foremost legal experts on all aspects of cloud computing, Mark has a keen understanding of the commercial realities impacting business and the compelling rationale for cloud computing.

He advises on related issues such as trans-border data flows, privacy, behavioural targeting, data retention, jurisdiction, service level agreements and intellectual property issues. His acknowledged expertise in the area of cloud computing has led him to be invited to speak on the topic at multiple industry events in Australia and across Asia Pacific.

In recent months Mark and his team have conducted a review of agreements associated with cloud computing offerings. This analysis conducted delivers insights to the market regarding current best practice.

Keni Muto

McKinsey & Company

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Biography:

Keni Muto is an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company’ Business Technology Office in Hong Kong. He is lead architect in projects across Asia, serving multitude of clients from insurance, electronics, telecommunications, oil & gas and airlines Prior to McKinsey, was senior consultant and architect at Acccenture. Worked extensively in building and deploying multi-channel customer care and billing systems for mobile operators linking 3 tier C/S architecture with mainframe. Worked and was responsible for full lifecycle of a leading solution, from architecture, design, programming, launch, maintenance, enhancement and roll-out to customers in US and South Korea. He also took roles such as DBA, Unix and Mainframe technical support, and automated testing tool builder

Keni has MBA from Yale University and Electronics Engineering Degree from Instituto Technologico de Aeronautica in Brazil where he developed real-time image processing filtering for military aircrafts ▪ For a global automotive company developed the IT operating model and defined the to-be infrastructure based on cloud technology to optimize the global footprint synergy of the company ▪ For a major airline in Asia, re-designed multi-channel architecture for B2B and B2C evaluating all the channel architectures, such as their web & mobile architecture (including implications to its infrastructure) , providing recommendations on what to keep, change and (re-)build, optimizing the cash flow for investments in the next 5 years ▪ For a Chinese global electronics company, designed IT architecture (including its global online store for multi-country, multi-product, B2B/ B2C) and infrastructure (including definition of global location of processing and storage capabilities) ▪ For a major consumer finance group in Japan, developed IT strategy migrating overall IT application and data architecture and IT infrastructure set-up from mainframe to web architecture, defining the governance to support such effort, and optimizing the investment flow so that the project becomes self-funded. Also, at second stage, supported client select the vendor to implement the IT architecture recommendations ▪ For a Japanese healthcare governmental regulatory agency, conduct diagnosis and developed overall strategy of processes, data, IT application and infrastructure architectures to improve productivity in the workflow, as well as transparency to the public, hospitals, companies and health authorities

Harqs holds a BSc in Computer Science and Business Management from the University of Birmingham and awards which include a Strategy Award from Accenture.

Samuel B. Holcman

Managing Director
Enterprise Architecture Center Of Excellence (EACOE)

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Biography:

SAMUEL B. (Sam) HOLCMAN is the Chairman of the Pinnacle Business Group, Inc., the President of the Zachman Institute for Framework Advancement (ZIFA), and the Managing Director of the Enterprise Architecture Center Of Excellence (EACOE). He is considered the practitioners practitioner in Enterprise Architecture, and the leading implementer and world-wide educator and trainer in Enterprise Architecture methodologies and techniques.

The Pinnacle Business Group, Inc. provides its clients with innovative, yet practical solutions to a range of business and systems related challenges and activities. He was the Vice President of Modelware, Methodologies, and BPE (Business Process Engineering) for a major software company. Prior to this experience, Mr. Holcman was the Founder and President of Computer and Engineering Consultants, Ltd. His interests include consulting and research on topics such as enterprise architecture, business process engineering, intellectual capital management, organization development, system methodologies and life cycles, corporate business modeling, and accelerated analysis techniques. Mr. Holcman conceptualized and constructed a unique look at system development methodologies, which resulted in the highly regarded ForeSight TM methodology and methodology management product.

He has developed a strategic planning process that is used by many Fortune 500 companies, and is the co-developer of the widely used accelerated analysis (JAD-like) technique known as Rapid Analysis. He has also developed an innovative approach to Business Process Re- Engineering known as Business Process Visualization TM and Organization Network Analysis TM. These techniques are being used to Unlock the Hidden Assets in your Organization SM.

In association with Mr. John Zachman, he formed The Zachman Institute for Framework Advancement (ZIFA), to explore, explain, and share the concepts of enterprise architecture. Sam has been focusing on understanding the value and management of Intellectual Capital to enterprises. He has developed the Intellectual Capital Maturity Model TM to provide guidance on how effectively organizations are managing their Intellectual Capital, and steps they can take to more effectively manage this capital, and the Enterprise Architecture Maturity Model, to provide guidance to organizations seeking to improve their understanding and implementation of Enterprise Architecture concepts. He has developed and published works on Cooperatively Optimized Relationships (COR), which is the next generation of understandings in the field of Customer Relationship Management (CRM). To better understand an organizations “DNA”, Sam led the development of The Enterprise Framework TM. The Enterprise Framework has received worldwide acclaim for its understandability, and usability, while maintaining theoretical purity.

Sam was with Ford Motor Company for 11 years in data processing, finance, and engineering. He was Vice President of a robotics and factory automation firm for two years. He was also a senior member of a technology delegation to the People’s Republic of China, on the invitation of the Chinese and United States Government, and a member of a technology delegation to the Commonwealth of Independent States (Soviet Union).

Sam has a Bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering and Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has been elected to Eta Kappa Nu (electrical engineering honors society), and Tau Beta Pi (engineering honors society), and is a member of numerous societies and professional organizations, and is a frequent speaker at seminars around the world. He can be emailed at Samuel.Holcman@PinnacleBusGrp.com, or by telephone on (810) 231-0531.

Scott Coburn

Co-founder of Neher-McGrath Institute &
Co-founder of Lane Coburn Associates

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James Dodsworth

Partner
Mayer Brown

Topic : The Globalisation of the Data Centre Market – Legal Strategies and Solutions

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Biography:

James Dodsworth is a commercial real estate lawyer and partner at international law firm Mayer Brown. He has many years' experience advising participants in the global data centre industry and acts for some of the worlds largest data centre operators and developers, telecommunication companies and financial institutions. External commentators note that he provides "legal advice that is second to none" (Legal 500, 2009) whilst emphasising that he "has an excellent ability to understand his clients' business" (Chambers UK 2010).

James leads a global data centre team in London which has advised clients on transactions across Asia including data centre deals in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, India and UAE.

He is a regular speaker at Data Centre events both in Europe and Asia and has had a number of industry related articles published relating to the legal challenges facing those involved with data centres and the continually evolving market.

Contact details
T: +44 20 3130 3827
F: +44 20 3130 8665
E: jdodsworth@mayerbrown.com

Bob Kirkendall

Project Manager / Architect / Interior Designer
CH2M HILL

Topic : High Rise Building Data Center Design Considerations

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Biography:

Mr. Kirkendall has 40 years of experience in the design and management of commercial, real estate development, institutional, and hospitality projects.

He has served as project/lead architect, interior design lead, project manager and principal architectural technologist for critical environment (data center) projects, corporate headquarters buildings, labs, manufacturing facilities, conference/training facilities, higher education facilities, and all aspects of corporate office environments.

His project expertise includes numerous data center facility assessments, assisting clients in the selection of a site/building that can accommodate client needs and expectations, as well as design of new and existing facilities to support the technical needs of a data center.

Chang Tsann

Practice Director
Data Centre Facilities Services
Dell

Topic : Data Centre Optimization, a Holistic Approach to a Fragmented Structure

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Biography:

Chang Tsann is the Practice Director leading the Data Centre Facilities Practice for Dell’s Consulting Services in the Asia Pacific and Japan region since September 2009. The data center service offerings include Strategic Planning and Management, Facilities Efficiency and Design/Build of Data Centres. His key role at Dell is to enable the growth of its data centre consulting services by developing, partnering and delivering Dell services to its customers, and through the development of Dell’s intellectual property in Data Centre practice.

Prior to Dell, Chang Tsann has more than 20 years of IT infrastructure and operations management experience at Intel. He has also developed over 10 years of people management skills over teams in culturally and geographically dispersed countries in America, Europe and Asia regions.

Chang Tsann has developed core skills and competency in Data Centre knowledge base over the last 15 years at Intel in Data Center Operations, Strategic Planning, Backup and Recovery Services, and Engineering and Technology Development. Throughout his career at Intel, he was also a speaker for technical presentations at various forums and conferences such as the Intel Developer Forum and Intel Data Center Summit.

Andy Seow

Area Sales Manager
UPS Systems
Piller Power Hong Kong Pte Ltd

Topic : Batteries and Flywheels and their Application in UPS Systems.

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Biography:

Andy is responsible for Piller UPS business in the Asia pacific region. Making use of his 12 years experience in the Semiconductor & Electronics industry, Andy is able to provide customized high quality power supply solutions to clients in Data Centre, Telecommunication, Banking, Semiconductor and several other industries.

Based on Piller 100 years experience and a wide product range like Static, Hybrid Rotary and Diesel UPS technologies – Piller can satisfy any power requirement ranges from 3kVA up to 50MVA.

Geoff Pflaumer

Executive Officer
International Data Centre Group

Topic : Insourcing vs.. Outsourcing: The Trending Evolution of Colocation

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Biography:

Geoff Pflaumer has been active in the UK telecommunications industry for nearly 20 years, joining the General Cable Group in 1997 and Telewest Communications in 1999.

In 2001, he moved to IXEurope, one of the most successful colocation service providers during the period of rapid expansion of the IT and Internet sectors. Working with Guy Willner and Christophe de Bouchet, he participated in the planning and roll-out of facilities in France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK, negotiating interconnect and customer-sharing deals with other datacentre operators as well as network points of presence with international and regional carriers.

In 2001, Geoff was elected as the first President of the Colocation and Hosting Association and became recognised as one of the most outspoken advocates of the carrier-neutral colocation model, speaking in this capacity to conferences in Europe, North America and Asia.

Since then, Geoff has continued to work in the communications, electronics and managed hosting sectors, joining IDC-G as Executive Officer in June, 2011.

Eu Ween Kang

Enterprise Solutions Director
APAC
Juniper Networks Enterprise Solutions

Topic : Unleashing Your Virtualized Data Center

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Biography:

Based in Hong Kong, Eu Ween manages the Juniper Networks Enterprise Solutions for Asia Pacific and leads a team responsible for evangelizing leading-edge MPLS/IP and security solutions to customers in the region.

Eu Ween joined Juniper Networks in December 2006 and previously worked with Datacraft Asia, helping the company develop its security business in Asia. His responsibilities at Datacraft included the creation of demand generation marketing programmes in collaboration with multiple business teams as well as strategic alliance partners. Eu Ween’s focus also involved Managed Security solutions for APAC. Prior to Datacraft, Eu Ween was with CISCO Computer Security as its Manager of Security Information Services, and before that role was with Hong Kong Technologies in a systems design and programming capacity.

Eu Ween holds a Bachelor Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Hong Kong, as well as a Diploma in Computer Studies from the University of London.

Siegfried Drexler

Enterprise BDM, ISX Solutions
Asia, Pacific & Japan
APC by Schneider Electric

Topic : Data Centre Transformation: How Mature is Your Data Centre Infrastructure?

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Biography:

Siegfried Drexler is the Enterprise Business Development Manager for APC by Schneider Electric's Infrastruxure Solutions Portfolio for the Region Asia, Pacific and Japan currently based in Sydney, Australia.

His primary responsibility in the IT Business Unit of Schneider Electric includes the strategic development of the Data Center Business and the Elite Partner Program for Data Centers in the region.

Prior to joining APC by Schneider Electric, Siegfried gained over 5 years of experience within the telecommunication and networking sectors in Australia and Europe before his focus shifted to the Data Center Power and Infrastructure business.

Siegfried has held several positions within the Data Center domain including Enterprise Sales Management, Consultancy, Business Development and Project Management. Has led and implemented numerous Small to Large Data Center projects with strategic Enterprise Customers, Systems Integrators, IT- and OEM- Partners from various market segments. His experience and knowledge has built credibility for APC and opened doors on deals across Asia Pacific

Siegfried is equipped with the experience and knowledge in Designing, Building, Managing and Operating next generation Data Centers and helping customers make the most of their energy.

Mark Johnson

Senior Associate
Booz & Co

Topic : Keeping the Data Centre Competitive.Six Levers for Boosting Performance, Reducing Costs, and Preparing for an On-Demand World

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Mark Johnson is a senior Information Technology manager, consultant, and architect with a history of driving change through application of IT. As a Senior Associate with Booz & Company’s IT practice, Mark is based in Melbourne working with clients across Australia and South East Asia and leads the World Class IT Platform. Mark has a strong perspective on the challenges facing IT organisations and the need to shape operations, technology, and delivery around a “service” paradigm.

Mark’s skills and experience have been developed over 20+ years in the IT industry, across many of Australia and South East Asia’s largest organisations in industries such as public sector, health, telecommunications, financial services, utilities and resources. Mark has a record of success working within leading IT organisations including IBM, HP, BEA, KPMG Consulting, BearingPoint and Booz & Company.

Satyamoorthy.D

President - Sales & Marketing
Tulip Data Center Services Pvt. Ltd.

Topic : Adoption of Managed Data Centers

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Satyamoorthy or Satya as he prefers to be called is a seasoned sales professional who has a multi-disciplinary experience of over 24 years in IT & Telecom sector in India. He is an enterprising leader with a solid record of contributions in organizations like Fujitsu ICIM, IBM, Tata Communications and Sify Technologies.

He is a post graduate in Economics and has played a key role in creating product and market strategy and leveraging his ability and skills in translating corporate vision and overcoming complex business challenges besides building successful sales organizations.

Ian Angell

Department of Management
London School of Economics

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Biography:

Ian Angell has been Professor of Information Systems at the London School of Economics since 1986. Prior to that he researched and taught Computer Science at Royal Holloway College, and University College London.

Angell has very radical yet constructive views on his subject, and is very critical of what he calls “the pseudo-science of academic Information Systems.” He has gained a certain notoriety worldwide for his aggressive polemics against the inappropriate use of artificial intelligence and so-called knowledge management, and against the hyperbole surrounding ‘e-commerce.’

His main research work concentrates on organizational and national I.T. policies, on strategic information systems, and on computers and risk (both opportunities and hazards), particularly the systemic risks inherent in all socio-technical systems and the security threats posed to organisations by the rapidly diffusing international information infrastructure.

His highly articulate presentations of his controversial position means he is in great demand by the media, and as a speaker on the international lecture circuit. Apart from his keynote talks on Computer Security, the Global Consequences of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and on business strategy in a world globalized through ICT, he is also well known for his workshops on new tactics for sales and marketing using the Internet {that awful term Web 2.0}, and for his pragmatic, down-to-earth and outspoken views on electronic commerce; developments in the telecomms industry; obsessive compulsive management, particularly management by numbers; the surveillance society, particularly UK ID cards and the ID register; intellectual property {he is chairman of Creative Commons (England and Wales)}; and a thousand and one other topics related to the impact of computerization on business and society.

As a taster, see what he has to say about Short-termism, ID cards, Taxation and particularly Green Taxes.

This July Bloomsbury Academic is publishing Science's First Mistake: Delusions in pursuit of Theory, a book written jointly by Ian and his colleague Dionysios Demetis. See what they have to say about Science's First Mistake and Religion.
He is presently working on a new version of the New Barbarian Manifesto: Flight of the Golden Geese with a Canadian friend David Lesperance, a tax lawyer from Toronto, Canada.

Rajesh I Panchal

Head IT - Global
United Phosphorus Limited

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Biography:

Over 23 years of work experience, with Companies within the business sectors like Chemicals, Seeds, Dyes & Chemicals and Plastic.

My expertise is to improve business process by identifying GAPS and providing cost effective solution. Implementing Innovative IT solution for business which are in Process Manufacturing, Dyes & Chemicals and Plastic.

Expertise in integrating global acquired businesses. Formulating IT strategy, standardization IT process and manage and control global IT budgets.

Facilitate robust IT infrastructure and Network with utmost security. Manage and handle excellent IT team world-wide, providing timely critical inputs and support faster decisions.

Johan Vorgers

Sales Manager
Hitec Power Protection

Topic : A Comparison between the Original Static UPS and Standby Diesel Generator Design and the High-Voltage Hitec Diesel Rotary UPS Solution Installed.

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Johan, who is based in Hitec Power Protection’s Head Quarters in Almelo Netherlands, is Manager, Sales in North-East Asia and his is responsible for the Hitec’s Sales, Marketing and After Sales activities in this strategically important area.

Johan has joint Hitec after a 22 years professional career in international B2B companies (Radar, Telecommunications).

With an R&D background in system design Johan is focusing on delivering total UPS solutions, where key words are innovation , cost efficient, durable, service and last but not least the customers need for secure power to support their critical business processes.

Francis Fung

Chief Technology Officer
Midland Realty Group

Topic : Build the Private Cloud for Retail Branches and Mobile Workforce

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Biography:

Francis Fung had been working in Midland Realty as Chief Technology Officer for 8 years. The IT department had 80 staff to cover over 600 branches and 7,000 end users in Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China. As head of IT, his scopes of work included the property portal, application development, data centre and field service operation.

Before joining Midland Realty, he worked in an Integrated Call Centre of Hong Kong Government as Executive Manager. He was the Principal Consultant of PWC in CRM and worked in Singapore and Indonesia Projects.

He has the degree of BSc..(Hons.) in Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, in University of Birmingham (UK). MBA in University of Wales (Cardiff, UK) and Diploma in Marketing.

Alan Yeung

Associate Professor
Director of Information Infrastructure
City University of Hong Kong

Topic : Security for Your Networking Infrastructure

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Biography:

Dr. Yeung was born in Hong Kong. He graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1984 with a B.Sc. degree in electronics. Upon graduation, he worked as an electronic engineer in the R&D department of Bondwell Holding Limited. In 1985, he joined the Computer Centre of the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and worked as an analyst/programmer II. His main duties in the Centre were personal computer (PC) support and PC local area network (LAN) management. He was promoted to Analyst/Programmer I in 1988 - the same year in which the polytechnic began to move to its permanent campus. With his experience in LANs, Dr. Yeung was assigned to take part in setting up the new campus network. At that time, the campus network was the largest LAN to be installed in Hong Kong. In 1989, Dr. Yeung was awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Electronic System Designs with Credit by the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong. This diploma programme was later converted to a M.Sc. programme and Dr. Yeung was then awarded the M.Sc. degree in 1991. In 1990, Dr. Yeung transferred to the Department of Electronic Engineering and became a Lecturer. Soon after taking up his lectureship, Dr. Yeung began his Ph.D. study at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Under the supervision of Prof. Peter T. S. Yum, Dr. Yeung finished his Ph.D. degree in information engineering in 1995.

Dr. Yeung is a Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) and a Cisco Certified Academy Instructor (CCAI). In addition, he has obtained professional qualifications including Chartered IT Professional (CITP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA). He is an Associate Professor of the Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong and currently serves as the department's Director of Information Infrastructure.

Dr. Yeung is active in research and has published many technical papers. He is also active in providing consultancy services to local industry in the areas of computer networking and communication systems. His clients include Hong Kong Education Department, Huchison Telecom, City Telecom (HK) Limited, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Truly GSM Technologies Ltd., Modern Terminal Ltd., IVRS, Mass Transit Railway Corp., and Breakthrough Ltd. With his strong contacts in the field, his industry experience has enriched his teaching and transformed him into a practical, hands-on teacher. His teaching philosophy involves helping students apply their knowledge in solving real-life problems. In the past few years, he has devoted his time and energy in establishing a quality Internet systems laboratory environment for student use. With this simulated environment, student learning is enhanced by the opportunity to solve everyday problems. He has received much positive feedback from students and peers for this work. In 2000-2001, he was elected the Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the Department of Electronic Engineering. In 2001-2002, he is one of the recipients of City University's Teaching Excellence Awards.

Dr. Yeung is a co-author of the book, "Network Infrastructure Security." It provides an overview of network infrastructure security in a market with only a few books focusing specifically on the protection of network infrastructure rather than data integrity. It is a book that bridges the gap between the study of the traffic flow of networks and the study of the actual network configuration. It makes effective use of examples and figures to illustrate network infrastructure attacks from a theoretical point of view, and also includes conceptual examples that show how network attacks can be run, along with appropriate countermeasures and solutions.

Lin Gu

Assistant Professor,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Topic : Infrastructure for Massive Data Centres

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Biography:

Lin Gu is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He received B.S. from Fudan University, M.S. from Peking University, and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia. His research interest includes cloud computing, operating systems, computer networks, and wireless sensor networks. He led the development of several novel research systems, including Virtk (a.k.a. t-kernel), the Extended VigilNet, MRlite, and CCMR, a research cloud computing platform. He served in a number of conferences' organization and program committees, and his research is funded by both academic and industrial organizations including Huawei Technologies and Microsoft.

Byron Hou

Director, IT Systems & Resources - Asia Pacific
Cushman & Wakefield

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Byron is IT Director at Cushman & Wakefield Asia Pacific. C&W is the world's largest privately-held commercial real estate services firm, with 227 offices in 59 countries and more than 15,000 employees. He oversees all IT activities for 21 offices and copes with company growth from 400 to over 2,000 professionals in the Asia Pacific region in the last decade.

Byron has been in the industry for almost 20 years. Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield in 1999, He worked for two multinational conglomerates: Honeywell & Chevalier. After graduation, he joined CL Computer, which is a total solutions services provider. He gained extensive experience in handling large scale IT projects involving IT infrastructure setup and application development.

Byron is also a member of C&W Global IT leadership team to drive various global IT initiatives, such as IT assessment and transformation, standardized global IT policies, IT procurement, Exchange 2007 platform, unified communications, data centre strategies, global helpdesk, audit and compliance.

Ryan Sia

Vice President, Asia Pacific
Emerson Network Power

Topic : The Next Generation of Datacenter Management for Your Critical Infrastructure

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Biography:

Ryan brings over 20 years of proven records and experience in the IT industry to his role as VP Sales for Asia Pacific. He first joined Avocent, now a business of Emerson Network Power in August 2001 as sales director for SEA, Australia/NZ and India.

Prior to joining Avocent, Ryan worked for Digital Equipment, Intergraph and BroadVision leading sales team to grow both Hardware and Software sales during the tenure in those companies.

Ryan holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree from the University of Western Australia and an Executive MBA with the State University of New York in Buffalo. He also completed a course in marketing with a Graduate Diploma in Marketing with the Singapore Institute of Management.

Wong Kam Fai

President,
Hong Kong Information Technology Joint Council (HKITJC)
Associate Dean (External Affairs), Faculty of Engineering, CUHK

Topic : Advantages of Cloud Computing to SMEs

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Biography:

K.F. Wong obtained his PhD from Edinburgh University, Scotland, in 1987. After his PhD, he has performed research in Heriot-Watt University (Scotland), UniSys (Scotland) and ECRC (Germany).

At present he is the Associate Dean (External Affairs) of the Faculty of Engineering, a professor in the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, and the director of the Centre for Innovation and Technology (CINTEC), of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) as well as an adjunct professor of Northeastern University, China.

His research interest centers on Chinese computing, parallel database and information retrieval. He is the founding Chairman of the Bridging Digital Divide in China (HK) Charity Foundation; and President of the Hong Kong I.T. Joint Council.

Per Dahlberg

Founder and CEO
Asia Cloud Computing Association

Topic : Creating Trust in Cloud; Carrier Grade Cloud Framework and the Cloud Readiness Index

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Per has held leadership positions growing telecom and IT businesses in Asia for 20 years. In 2010 he co-founded the Asia Cloud Computing Association where he currently serves as Executive Director and CEO. He is also the founder and CEO of Springpoint, a company linking innovation companies with the Asian mobile market place.

Per started his career in Asia at the Swedish Foreign Ministry and the Swedish Trade Council before taking on senior management positions in technology companies and organizations such as the GSM Association, Actix, SmartTrust and Ascom Wireless.

Per holds a dual degree in History of Ideas and Chinese language, which has helped shape him as a successful entrepreneur with a focus on translating technology into business benefits and how to create value, in an Asian context. He has a strong track record in growing companies from the early stages to profitability and, in some notable cases, very successful exits.

Eric Tsui

Researcher & Practitioner in Knowledge Management, Cloud-based Services, Blended Learning & Personal KM

Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Topic : Open Innovation: Opportunities and Collaborations Facilitated By The Cloud

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Eric Tsui joined Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) in 1989 after years of academic research in automated knowledge acquisition, natural language processing, case-based reasoning and knowledge engineering tools. His research was supported by grants and scholarships from Arthur Young, Rank Xerox, CSC, Graphic Directions, and the Australian Research Council. He was also a gratis visitor to Microsoft Research in February, 2000.

Between 2000 and 2005, Eric assumed the roles of Chief Research Officer, Asia Pacific for CSC as well as Innovation Manager at Australian Mutual Provident (AMP) and Maybank, two strategic outsourcing accounts at CSC in Asia Pacific region. He was responsible for strategic research, knowledge brokering (between CSC and the clients), innovation management and university-industry collaborations. During his tenure at CSC, he made significant contributions to CSC’s expert systems products, applied research and innovation programmes. He has published in, among others, Expert Systems With Applications and Information Processing and Management journals. His papers have twice won the Highly Commended category of the Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence between 2008 and 2011.

In his academic capacities, Eric has designed and delivered KM, AI, BPR, Portal, BPM, and MIS courses at the University of Sydney, University of Technology, Sydney, University of New South Wales, RMIT University, University of Kentucky, Stellenbosch University, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and City University of Hong Kong. He is the program leader of Asia’s only master degree in Knowledge Management which is delivered in a blended learning environment. He is a recipient of the High Impact Award 2008 and winner of the Teaching and Learning Innovation Award 2010 at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has B.Sc. (Hons.), PhD and MBA qualifications.

Appointed as the Professor of Knowledge Management at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University under the President’s Distinguished Professionals Scheme in September 2002, he joined the university as a full time staff in March 2005. He has delivered numerous talks and keynote addresses, and has also consulted for many government departments and private organizations in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei.

His research areas are on Cloud intelligence, Knowledge quality analysis, Semantic technology, Blended Learning, Knowledge-enabled BPM, Community of Practice, Personal Knowledge Management, Web 2.0, and Enterprise 2.0

Melvin Choi

Chief Information Officer
Hong Kong Adventist Hospital

Topic : Optimizing Your IT Infrastructure
Is Cloud An Option? (A Multi-Industry Perspective)

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Mr. Melvin Choi is the CIO of. Hong Kong Adventist Hospital and Tsuen Wan Adventist Hospital of Adventist Health Hong Kong (AHHK).

Mr. Choi received his bachelor degree and master degree in Computer Science from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska of United States.

In December 1975, Mr. Choi started his Healthcare IT career with the Department of Public Institutions, a state government hospitals organization for Nebraska, USA.

In June 1980, Mr. Choi joined IBM in Hong Kong and spent the next 11 years taking up various positions in marketing and implementing Patient Care System, IBM’s healthcare solution, in Hong Kong and America/Far East countries. In June 1990, he was the master mind behind the IBM business case for winning the Princess Margaret Hospital HIS (Hospital Information System) tender, the first HIS project in Hong Kong.

In January 1992, Mr. Choi joined the then newly established Hospital Authority (HA) with the primary responsibility to establish the Clinical Systems section and clinical related information systems. He was the chief architect behind the 1st generation Clinical Management System (CMS); the system widely used by all the front line clinicians of all HA hospitals and clinics during the performance of their clinical management duties.

In September 2006, Mr. Choi took up the CIO position for AHHK. He has convinced the AHHK board of directors to approve a 4 years HIS strategic Plan to establish the IT infrastructure for the hospital.

Nicholas Lesek

Vice President, Head of Engineering
Nomura International

Topic : Econometrics for Achieving an Optimized Power and Cooling Scenario

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Biography:

Nicholas Lesek has specialist experience in data centre environments, trading floors, banking corporate real estate and over 15 years experience in the misson critical sector. His career began in the industrial vertical with a focus in electrical engineering/process control disciplines. From there he joined Honeywell and was part of the delivery team in the massive Hong Kong Airport project. From there he led a numbers of accounts in the region for Honeywell, one of them being Goldman Sachs. Post 9/11, he joined the Goldman outsourced project engineering team during their many years of expansion is Asia. In 2007, Nicholas joined Macquarie to Head up Engineering & Facilities in the Americas based in New York. In 2010 he returned to Asia to head up Nomura Engineering in the region.

Shashank Bindal

Network Services Leader – ASPAC
General Electric

Topic : Is Cloud An Option? (A Multi-Industry Perspective)

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Biography:

Shashank is Network Services Leader – ASPAC of General Electric Company since March 2007. In this role, he is responsible for IT operation for a USD 8B business and provides shared services to various businesses ranging from Financial, Healthcare, Energy, and manufacturing sectors across ASPAC.

Shashank joined GE in May 1999 as Network Engineer, India. In this role he built infrastructure in India including setting up the first and the largest International R&D center, The John F Welch Technology Center in Bangalore. He was instrumental in establishing infrastructure for multiple Global development centers across India, supporting operations for more than Ten thousand programmers and operators. Those sites were the first few centers which fulfilled the disaster recovery, security and other compliance requirements.

In October 2003, Shashank moved to Brussels as Business Solutions Manager, Europe. His major responsibility was to lead Network Optimization projects spanning European foot print. His leadership resulted in multi-million dollar productivity benefits and performance benefits to Businesses in the region.

Shashank is Electronics Engineering Graduate from Nagpur University, India. He has wide exposure in managing infrastructure and teams across multiple geographies including growth markets such as China, Indonesia, Vietnam and India.

Mark Thiele

EVP Data Centre Tech
Switch

Topic : Capacity Planning & Floor Layout for Next-Generation Data Centres

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Biography:

Switch (http://switchanp.com) builds and operates the world’s most powerful data center and technology ecosystem. The Switch campus environments were constructed by the company including the world’s highest density, ultra-scale and most efficient data center - the 407,000 square foot Switch SuperNAP. In his new role, Mark has responsibilities across several functions at Switch. He will be maintaining his industry thought leadership activities and will also be working with the Switch team on new data center technologies, partnership development and cloud. Before coming to Switch Mark was VP of Data Center Strategy at ServiceMesh, the leading cloud management platform company. He is also Founder and President of Data Center Pulse, a not-for-profit group focused on improving efficiency in data centers and providing a voice for the owner/operators.

Mark brings significant IT infrastructure and data center experience to the Switch team developed over the years working with leading organizations like VMware, Brocade, Gilead, & HP. He is a globally recognized leader in efforts to improve the business readiness and efficiency of IT and is very active with industry groups like The Green Grid, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and Infrastructure 2.0. Mark is an advisor to venture firms and startups and a globally recognized speaker at premier industry events.

Larry Vertal

Principal
Lawrence Edward LLC

Topic : How Green is the Cloud?

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Biography:

Larry is a well known speaker and figure in the industry and was named by Information Week in 2008 as “one of the industry’s 15 innovators and influencers.” He was Founding Director of The Green Grid and later served as Executive Director of the organization via Lawrence Edward LLC. He was previously Senior Strategist, Corporate Marketing for Advance Micro Devices. Earlier he was VP of Marketing for Conita Technologies and held a variety of positions in AT&T and NCR including director of strategic relations and director of product marketing. Larry was responsible for the multiprocessor systems business at both AST Research and MAI/Basic Four Systems. He was a founder of a number of technology start-ups in software and services. He has a Baccalaureate in Microbiology with a minor in Philosophy. His post graduate published research in Chemistry focused on electron paramagnetic resonance and gas phase synthesis of stable free radicals.

Larry is Principal at Lawrence Edward LLC - which provides retainer-based corporate development, strategic advisory and management-services for technology based organizations ranging from start-ups to established corporations.

Jojo Dionaldo

Head of Information Technology
The Dairy Farm Company Ltd. - IKEA Division

Topic : Is Cloud An Option? (A Multi-Industry Perspective)

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Biography:

Jojo has accumulated 19 years of IT domain knowledge and experience where he continuously develop his business acumen from different industries he has worked with such as Retail, Manufacturing and Pharmaceutical industries applying different IT strategies and visions.

He has spent 15 years of his IT career working overseas in multi-cultural and geographically disperse environment to execute IT strategies and new ways of thinking as a business enabler and partner. He has extensive knowledge and experience in IT outsourcing and in-sourcing executions and discipline as he has executed and delivered it in part of his years in his IT career.

He manages and heads a complex IT organization of IKEA Division of Dairy Farm Company Ltd. executing multiple aspects of IT responsibilities and delivering results to global conglomerates.

He is a Computer Engineering graduate from Adamson University. A certified PRINCE 2 practitioner, certified and auditor in IT Standards (ITIL, QMS/ISMS/ITSM), trained and developed his skills in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) .

He aspires to develop, nurture and manage the relationships of his IT ecosystem where the consumers, producers and influencers are aligned with the IT roadmap and vision.