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The details of the it@cork event have been announced. It is on April 20th in The Cork International Airport Hotel from 2-5pm and is titled “Moving to the Cloud – How businesses are scaling IT and saving money simultaneously”.

There is a superb speaker line-up as follows:

• Pol Mac Aonghusa, CTO Emerging Technology Incubation Center, IBM on “Emerging Technology in the Cloud! Real Life Examples”
• Kevin Noonan, Independent Developer on “Castles in the Cloud: Developing with Google App Engine”
• Jon Mountjoy, Salesforce.com on “Cloud Computing in Practice: Fast Application Development and Delivery on Force.com”
• AJ McKee, Rush Hour Analytics on “Knocking on Heavens Door – The Business Reality of Doing Business in the Cloud”
• Simone Brunozzi, AWS Evangelist on “Amazon Web Services”

The cost is €60 for non-members and free for members.

This year’s it@cork conference is titled “GREEN IT – Reduce CO2, Raise Profits – Technology in Business Conference 08″.

There can be a tendency in business to think that anything Green is a bit happy clappy and this conference aims to address that myth head-on.

With speakers from BT, IBM, Dell and the ESB, you are unlikely to find a pair of sandals between them.

It is being held in the Radisson SAS Hotel in Little Island in Cork.

Price is €400 for non-members and €300 for members. If cost is a deal breaker, mail me and I might be able to do something for you with a further discount. web2ireland DOT editor AT gmail DOT com

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!