Saving Money while Saving the Environment Conference Agenda and Presentations

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7:30 - 9:00 am Registration at the Base of the Egg
Continental Breakfast - Exhibitor Networking
Morning Welcome, Opening Remarks and Keynotes will be held in the Convention Center
9:00 - 9:10 am Welcome
Gregory M. Benson, Jr.
Executive Director, The NYS Forum
9:10 - 10:20 am Updating An Inconvenient Truth
Dr. Steven Leibo,
District Manager Upstate New York & Vermont, The Climate Project
10:20 - 10:50 Exhibitor Networking
10:50 - 12:00 am From NASA to Albany: How Innovation and Open Government drive efficiencies In a time of limited resources.
Andrew Hoppin,
CIO New York State Senate
Adobe® PDF (Adobe® PDF, 3,835 KB)
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch - on your own - Exhibitor Networking
Business Strategies Communication Strategies Data Center Efficiency IT & Desktop Strategies Management & Operations
Meeting Room 1 Meeting Room 2 Meeting Room 3 Meeting Room 4 Meeting Room 5
1:00 - 1:45 pm Optimized IT = Green IT = Saving Green
Lynda Pak, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Adobe® PDF (Adobe® PDF, 555 KB)
It's Easy Being Green
Mark A. Hinckley, Nortel
Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation, Requires the PowerPoint program, 8,673 KB)
Adobe® PDF (Adobe® PDF, 2,097 KB)
Greening the Infrastructure - the Unified Way
Dave Faul, ATEC Group
Lisa Sequin, ATEC Group
Adobe® PDF (Adobe® PDF, 5,001 KB)
Be Green, Save Green - Today
Tanyalynnette Palmo, BigFix, Inc.
Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation, Requires the PowerPoint program, 2,987 KB)
Adobe® PDF (Adobe® PDF, 995 KB)
NYSERDA Data Center Efficiency Programs and Initiatives
Chris Stump and Joe Borowiec, NYSERDA
Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation, Requires the PowerPoint program, 1,436 KB)
Adobe® PDF (Adobe® PDF, 773 KB)
2:00 - 2:45 pm Energy Efficient Datacenters: The Role of Modularity in Datacenter Design
Nick Yakoubovsky, Sun Microsystems
Adobe® PDF (Adobe® PDF, 2,779 KB)
Green Business: How Technology Can Make a Difference
Mary Cummins, Verizon Business
Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation, Requires the PowerPoint program, 10,417 KB)
Adobe® PDF (Adobe® PDF, 1,449 KB)
Harnessing the Giant: Storage Efficiency on an Anemic IT Budget
Randy Cochran, Data Center Enhancements Inc.
Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation, Requires the PowerPoint program, 4,691 KB)
Adobe® PDF (Adobe® PDF, 3,546 KB)
Policy, Products, Programs, and People is what makes Konica Minolta "GREEN"
Christopher Bilello, Konica Minolta Business Solutions, Inc.
Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation, Requires the PowerPoint program, 4,944 KB)
Adobe® PDF (Adobe® PDF, 716 KB)
Upcoming OGS & NYPA Energy Projects
Michael Rooney, NYS Office of General Services
3:00 - 3:45 pm Performance-Based IT Greening: Show Me the Money!
Dr. Kevin Fletcher, Audubon International
Chris Wisniewski, Quint Wellington Redwood
Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation, Requires the PowerPoint program, 5,521 KB)
Adobe® PDF (Adobe® PDF, 1,441 KB)
Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation, Requires the PowerPoint program, 454 KB)
Adobe® PDF (Adobe® PDF, 500 KB)
Beyond Green: Efficient IT Delivers Green
Ken Barger, EMC Corporation
The Technical Intersections of Sustainable IT and Cost Reduction Strategies
Michael Valletta, Microsoft
Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation, Requires the PowerPoint program, 7,823 KB)
Adobe® PDF (Adobe® PDF, 5,198 KB)
Integrating Green IT into Sustainability Programs
Mary Ellen Mallia, State University of NY at Albany