Data Center World Conference Advisory Board Named; Event Takes Place April 14-17, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Data Center World, the leading global conference for data center facilities and IT professionals, opens the call for speaking proposals for the 2025 event. Data Center World takes place April 14-17, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Data Center World is AFCOM’s only annual nationwide gathering of IT and data center professionals.

“Our conference program is focused on rapidly advancing data center technologies. The mission of our program is to help tech professionals plan, manage, and optimize a data center. We are looking for speakers that can deliver engaging topics or case studies related to data center IT infrastructure and mission-critical facilities,” said Tara Gibb, Senior Director, Data Center World.

Data Center World offers panel discussions and case studies focused on Emerging IT & Data Center Technologies; Data Center BUILD; Colocation, Hyperscale, and Cloud Innovation; and Power Sourcing & Sustainability.

Submit a speaking proposal here through September 20.

Data Center World and AFCOM today officially announce the Conference Advisory Board. The Conference Advisory Board is comprised of highly qualified industry executives from the data center ecosystem. The Board’s mission is to enlist industry-leading subject matter experts as presenters for the conference program and to ensure the event provides exceptional value and educational opportunities for the community.

The Data Center World and AFCOM’s Conference Advisory Board include:

• Bryan Darby, Vice President, Strategic Technology Initiatives, QTS
• Andrew Fanara, Sustainability Advisor, Casne Engineering
• Vlad Galabov, Research Director, Cloud & Data Center, Omdia
• Carrie Goetz, Principal & CTO, StrategITcom
• Ryan Gruver, IT Director, Banner Health
• Alan Howard, Principal Analyst, Data Centers & Colocation, Omdia
• Jane Hsieh, Sr. Director of Sales, Aligned Data Centers
• Ben Kaplan, Sr. VP, Global Critical Facilities, Turner Construction
• Bill Kleyman, DCW Program Chair, CEO & Co-Founder, Apolo
• Al Nichols, Vice President, Silverback Data Center Solutions, Inc
• Nancy Novak, Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Datacenters
• Melissa Olson, Data Center Solutions Leader, Belimo
• Buddy Rizer, Executive Director Loudoun County, Virginia Economic Development
• Bill Skinner, Head of Data Centers, Bloomberg
• Ben Stewart, Sr VP for Operations, NTT Data Centers
• Ron Vokoun, Director, National Market Development, Everus Construction Services
• Rebecca Weekly, VP, Hardware Systems Engineering, Geico
• Michael Whitlock, General Manager - Ashburn Campus, Sabey Data Centers

Gibb added, “We are very proud to be partnering with these industry experts. They will help us deliver top-notch education to help attendees drive business growth.”

Data Center World will take place April 14-17, 2025, in Washington, D.C. For additional information on exhibition or sponsorship opportunities, contact Susan Gillespie at Susan.Gillespie@informa.com.

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About Data Center World


Data Center World is the global conference for data center facilities and IT professionals. It offers premier education, abundant networking, and the broadest access to best-in-class vendors. Designed to help data center and IT infrastructure professionals with challenging issues, Data Center World presents top quality knowledge without bias towards a specific vendor product or service. CIO Dive named Data Center World one of the top technology conferences to attend in 2024 for the second consecutive year. Additionally, for the second year in a row, Data Center World has been recognized by Trade Show Executive as a fast-growing trade show. Data Center World 2025 will be held April 14-17, in Washington, D.C. Data Center World is produced by Informa Tech.

About AFCOM

AFCOM advances data center and IT professionals by delivering comprehensive and vendor-neutral education and peer-to-peer networking to its members around the world. AFCOM supports thousands of IT operations, facilities, builders/designers and vendors working in the data center and IT infrastructure industry. In serving the data center industry for more than 40 years, AFCOM has earned recognition as the market leader in educating, connecting and guiding the data center community.

About Informa Tech

Informa Tech is a leading provider of market insight and market access to the global business technology community. Through in-depth expertise and an engaged audience community, Informa Tech helps business professionals make better technology decisions and marketers reach the most powerful tech buyers and influencers in the world. Across its portfolio of over 100+ trusted brands, Informa Tech has over 1000 industry experts, including over 400 research analysts and consultants in global research group Omdia, and a monthly audience reach of over 125 million. Informa Tech is a division of FTSE 100 company Informa plc.

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