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Tom Garvens

Vice President - Advanced Technology Innovation, Google

Tom Garvens

Tom Garvens

Vice President - Advanced Technology Innovation, Google

Hands on technology executive with over 30 years of leadership in architectural definition, team building, engineering execution, and launch success. Results oriented with a strong track record of execution, incorporating many first to market IP elements. Track record of talent acquisition, development, and retention. Core Competencies: Cultivating innovation, execution planning/steering, tech partner relationships, and customer collaboration.

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Wellington Lordelo

Global Director of AI & Innovation, Digital Realty

Wellington Lordelo

Wellington Lordelo

Global Director of AI & Innovation, Digital Realty

Major Panel: Next-level networking - Achieving ultra lower latency for AI and HPC workloads at scale

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Varun Sivaram

Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate, Council on Foreign Relations

Varun Sivaram

Varun Sivaram

Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate, Council on Foreign Relations

Dr. Varun Sivaram is senior fellow for energy and climate at the Council on Foreign Relations and brings experience as a C-suite executive at two publicly listed companies, as a senior U.S. diplomat, and as a physicist with expertise in clean energy technologies. Dr. Sivaram served as chief strategy and innovation officer at Ørsted, a $25 billion Fortune Global 500 company that is the world’s largest producer of offshore wind energy. His teams executed several billion dollars in clean energy asset acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures, and structured financing products; developed the company’s strategic approach to build renewable energy across three continents; and launched Ørsted Ventures to invest in next-generation technologies. Earlier in his career, he served as chief technology Officer at ReNew Power, a publicly listed multibillion-dollar company that is India’s largest producer of renewable energy, and as a consultant at McKinsey & Co.

Dr. Sivaram served for the first two years of President Joe Biden’s administration in the White House and State Department as the managing director for clean energy and senior advisor to Secretary John Kerry, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. He created and led the First Movers Coalition, which President Biden called the flagship U.S. public-private partnership on climate. Dr. Sivaram has also served in state and local government as senior advisor to the mayor of Los Angeles and to the governor of New York.

A widely published scientist and innovation scholar, Sivaram has served on the faculty of Columbia University and Georgetown University and was also previously fellow and director of the energy and climate program at the Council on Foreign Relations. His books include Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet, Energizing America: A Roadmap to Launch a National Energy Innovation Mission, and Digital Decarbonization: Promoting Digital Innovations to Advance Clean Energy Systems.

TIME Magazine named Sivaram to its TIME 100 Next list of the next hundred most influential people in the world, MIT Technology Review named him one of the top 35 innovators under 35, and the World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader. His TED Talk on India's clean energy transition has been viewed more than one million times. Sivaram serves on the boards of the Atlantic Council, the Breakthrough Institute, and Aventurine Partners. A Rhodes and Truman Scholar, he holds a PhD in condensed matter physics from Oxford University, and undergraduate degrees from Stanford University.

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*This is a joint panel between DCD Connect and DCD Compute*

Welcome to the conversation at the intersection of data infrastructure, connectivity, and compute technology. Wonder at the immense impact that AI has had, and will have, on our industry. With AI rapidly evolving, every aspect of the data center world is under significant transformation. But what does this shift mean for business strategies, investment in hardware, and experimental technologies? Join our Welcome Panel as it sets the stage for our event by examining:

  • AI’s place in the data economy: How is AI reshaping business models in real-time, and how will it disrupt existing norms in data centers?
  • Infrastructure demands: With AI's increasing hunger for specialized hardware, how can data centers ensure they're keeping up with demand?
  • Partnerships & prize winners: Who do you need to work with to make it to the top?