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The it@cork annual conference has just been announced. Its title is “GREEN IT: Reduce CO2, Raise Profits” and it’s on November 26 in the lovely Radisson SAS Hotel in Cork.

The line-up looks like an excellent mix with the focus being clearly on Green as it relates to IT and Business. I particularly like the profit angle given the turmoil the world is going through right now

The is an Early Bird Discount available Book on or before October 31 and it’s €250 for members, €350 for non members.

The agenda is as follows:

07.30 Heads of IT breakfast sponsored by Certification Europe

08.00 Arrival coffee & registration

08.45 Welcome from Donal Manning, Chairman, it@cork

08.55 SETTING THE SCENE George Lee, Economics Editor, RTE

09.35 – Green IT: Moving Beyond the 2% Solution, Douglas Neal, Research Fellow, Leading Edge Programme

10.05 – SMART2020: ICT and climate change. Opportunities or Threat? Chris Tuppen, Director Sustainable Development, BT

10.35 Q&A Moderated by Tom Raftery. Lead analyst, energy and sustainability practice, Redmonk

10.50 Coffee sponsored by Complete Telecom

11 20 – Virtual Worlds: making organizations greener, Pierre-Olivier Carles, Co-Chief Stonfield InWorld

11.40 – Measuring the energy footprint of everything on Earth, Gavin Starks, Director, AMEE

12.00 – The Electric Grid 2.0, Fergus Wheatly, General Manager, Allied Solar Ltd

12.20 – Q&A Moderated by Damien Mulley, Mulley Communications

12.35 LUNCH sponsored by Lenovo

13.45 – Situation normal, everything must change, Simon Wardley, Independent Consultant

14.35 The Business Challenges of the Future Low Carbon Economy, Niall Brady, Green Sigma Technical Development Manager, IBM

14. 55 Green IT @ STRATO, Rene Weinholtz, Executive Director for IT & Innovation, STRATO

15.15 Q&A Moderated by Dan Barry, Enterprise Ireland

15.30 Coffee Sponsored by Premiere Global Services

16.00 Green Computing – A leadership role, Tom Moriarty, EMEA Regulatory and Environmental Manager, DELL

16.30 Green ICT – How ICT will help deliver ESB's Sustainability Strategy, Padraig McManus, CEO, ESB

17.00 Q&A Moderated by Tom Raftery followed by drinks reception sponsored by Smart Telecom

After October 31st, the rate is €300 for members and €400 for non members.

See you there!

Tags: conference, energy, green, it@cork

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