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Agenda
18:00
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Early Badge Collection
- Infinity Ballroom | West Foyer | G Level
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08:00
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DCD Connect | India Badge Collection & Official Opening
- Infinity Ballroom | West Foyer | G Level
09:00
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Welcome Remarks and Lamp Lighting Ceremony
- DCD Main Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
Speakers
Rebecca Davison
Managing Director - Connect Live Events, DCD
Audrey Pascual
Portfolio Manager - APAC, DCD
Vinod Subramanian
Vice President of Technology Sectors, Invest India
Director, C&SP Segment, Schneider Electric
09:25
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DCD Investment Forum
- Infinity Ballroom II | G Level
- Investment & Markets
- Open Session
10:30
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Women in Data Centers Networking Brunch
- Terminus 8 | Lobby Level
Speakers
Nomulun Tungalag
Founder and Head, Women in Data Centers
12:30
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Data Center Construction Welcome Lunch - By Invitation Only
- Terminus 4 | Lobby Level
- Data Center Construction
- Invite-only Session
Speakers
Robert Schlosser
Managing Director, MÜPRO
Vikrant Sanglikar
Managing Director, MÜPRO India
12:45
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Networking Lunch
- Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Open Session
14:00
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Debate: Preventing the next outage - Can reliability keep pace with rising density?
- Terminus 1 | Lobby Level
- Mission Critical Power
- Management & Operations
- Open Session
Speakers
Abhishek Dalvi
India Regional Safety & Health Manager, CtrlS
Patrick Chan
Managing Director, South Asia, Uptime Institute
Director, Design Delivery, Equinix
Power Generation Global Engineering Leader, Cummins
Head of Research & Consulting, Data Centre Group - Asia Pacific, Cushman & Wakefield
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Debate: Powering AI workloads in India - What sustainable energy mix is realistic?
- Terminus 8 | Lobby Level
- Energy & Sustainability
- Mission Critical Power
- Open Session
Speakers
Director Sustainability & Decarbonization, Emerson India
Nikhil Parate
Head Energy & Sustainability - India, Colt Technology Services
Manager, Climant Impact
Dillip Guru
Executive Vice President, ESG and Energy, Sify Technologies
Senior Project Manager, Senior Specialist for Executive Projects, Hydrogen Business Unit, Energy Innovation Initiative SBU, Sumitomo Corporation
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Debate: Beyond the metros - Where will India's next gigawatt come from?
- Infinity Ballroom II | G Level
- Investment & Markets
- Open Session
Speakers
Founder & CEO, PI Datacenters
Managing Director, Data Centre Leasing, India & APAC Lead - Data Centre Colocation Leasing, JLL
Senior Director - Real Estate , AirTrunk
George Rockett
Co-Founder & Board Member, Yotta Events & DatacenterDynamics
Mayur Gautam
Sr. Vice president – Colocation, CtrlS Datacenters
14:45
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Interactive Debate Debrief
- Open Session
15:00
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Panel: The real constraints - Capital, construction, and India's AI infrastructure race
- DCD Main Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Data Center Construction
- Investment & Markets
- Open Session
Speakers
Zainab Lakdawala
VP of Sales, STTGDC India
VP of DC Development & Infrastructure, Resolven
Nomulun Tungalag
Founder and Head, Women in Data Centers
Priya Prakash
Head of Data Center Delivery, ASEAN, AWS
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Debate: Building the workforce for India’s AI infrastructure - Are we doing enough?
- Terminus 1 | Lobby Level
- Management & Operations
- Open Session
Speakers
Lalitha Rajendran
Senior Operations Manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Raja Shekar
Founder and Managing Director, RITE Academy
Rhys Morgan
Ambassador, Nomad Futurist Foundation
Alok Puri
Executive Director, CBRE
Ryan D’Souza
Managing Director, RMZ Digital Infrastructure
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Debate: From supply chain to commissioning - Can India deliver AI infrastructure at scale?
- Infinity Ballroom II | G Level
- Data Center Construction
- Open Session
Speakers
Chief Vision Officer, PRASA Infocom & Power Solutions
Vinod Javur
CEO AI - Data Center, Nxtra by Airtel
President & Country Head - India, COLT Data Centre Services
Manish Khurana
Senior Data Center Manager, Oracle
Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Ranjit Gajare
Chief Growth Officer, Sterling and Wilson Data Center
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Debate: Higher density, faster delivery - Is sustainability taking a back seat?
- Terminus 8 | Lobby Level
- Energy & Sustainability
- Open Session
Speakers
Olivia Onderdonk
Associate Director of Sustainability, AirTrunk
Founder & Managing Director, Climant Impact
Principal Counsellor, IGBC and Green Cooling Council, CII
Head, Corporate Strategy and Sustainability, STTGDC India
Audrey Pascual
Portfolio Manager - APAC, DCD
Vice President, Enterprise sales - India, SEA & Japan, NTT Data
15:45
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Interactive Debate Debrief
- Open Session
16:00
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Construction, Connectivity & Operations 5x5 Lightning Pitches
- DCD Spotlight Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Management & Operations
- Data Center Construction
- Telecoms & Connectivity
- Open Session
Speakers
Moosa Ali Khan
Regional Director for Middle East, Africa and South Asia, Milwaukee
Riccardo Cerati
Global Business Development Director, Vid Firekill
Basanth BS
Multi Tenant Data Centre Lead, Wesco Anixter
Rakesh Deshmukh
Systems Engineer - Datacenter, CommScope
Siddharth Sarda
National Sales Manager - Industrial, Viega India
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Power & Cooling 5x5 Lightning Pitches
- DCD Main Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Data Center Cooling
- Mission Critical Power
- Open Session
Speakers
Priyadarshini Singh
Corporate Account Lead - Data Center Business, Ecolab
Cenk Aydemir
LATAM & SAS Regional Sales Manager, EAE
Abhishek Sharma
Head Datacentre Technologies, Schneider Electric, India, Schneider Electric
Sales Manager, Caterpillar
Head of Sales IPI, Reinhausen
Director – Data Center Business, Johnson Controls
Manimaran Manoharan
Regional Key Account Manager – Data Centers, Grundfos
Chermadurai N
Data Center Account Manager, Caterpillar
17:00
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Explore the Floor
- Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Open Session
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Opening Keynote Panel: Building the AI-ready data center of the future
- DCD Main Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Energy & Sustainability
- Open Session
Speakers
Managing Director, Ecolab
Sharad Agarwal
Chief Executive Officer, Sify Infinit Spaces
Vimal Kaw
Country MD – India, NTT Data
Vinish Bawa
Partner | TMT & Data Centres Leader, PwC India, PwC
Founder & CEO, PI Datacenters
Rajesh Tapadia
CEO, Iron Mountain Data Centers India
18:00
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Icebreaker Networking Party
- Infinity Ballroom | East Foyer | G Level
- Open Session
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08:00
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DCD Connect | India Badge Collection
- Infinity Ballroom | West Foyer | G Level
- Open Session
09:00
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Opening Keynote: Scaling faster, reducing complexity and blast radius | AWS
- DCD Main Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Open Session
Speakers
Suhel Gupta
Senior Electrical Colo Regional Engineer , AWS
09:30
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Tech Showcase: Powering the future responsibly | Cummins
- DCD Spotlight Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Mission Critical Power
- Open Session
Speakers
Power Generation Engineering Leader, Cummins
Rebecca Davison
Managing Director - Connect Live Events, DCD
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Major Panel: India in the global AI race - Ready to lead?
- DCD Main Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Data Center Construction
- Investment & Markets
- Open Session
Speakers
Managing Principal, Ramboll
Director Data Center Facilities Design Engineering Services, India., Ramboll
Vipin Shirsat
General Manager, India, Princeton Digital Group
Chief Executive Officer, STTGDC India
Sunil Gupta
Co-Founder, MD & CEO, Yotta Data Services
Chirag Bharatia
Director, Infrastructure Services, Oracle Cerner
10:00
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Tech Showcase: Beyond GPUs & Megawatts - The next value layer in AI infrastructure | Nexus AIDC
- DCD Spotlight Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Management & Operations
Speakers
Chief Executive Officer, NEXUS AIDC
Rebecca Davison
Managing Director - Connect Live Events, DCD
10:30
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Major Panel: Enabling liquid cooling adoption at scale in India
- DCD Main Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Data Center Cooling
- Open Session
Speakers
Kamlesh Harchandani
Chief Development and Construction Officer, India, Digital Edge DC
Bineet Jha
VP, Technology, National Stock Exchange of India
Director, Wesco Anixter
George Rockett
Co-Founder & Board Member, Yotta Events & DatacenterDynamics
Managing Director - Development, RMZ Digital Infrastructure
Vimal Kaw
Country MD – India, NTT Data
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Tech Showcase: Availability - Power Infrastructure under control | Reinhausen
- DCD Spotlight Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Mission Critical Power
- Open Session
Speakers
Head of Sales IPI, Reinhausen
Global Portfolio Manager, DatacenterDynamics
11:00
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Tech Showcase: Can data center fire protection keep up with AI? | Marioff
- DCD Spotlight Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Management & Operations
- Open Session
Speakers
JP de Tourtoulon
Director, Global Data Centre Business Unit, Marioff
Rebecca Davison
Managing Director - Connect Live Events, DCD
11:30
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Major Panel: From traditional builds to AI Infrastructure - Can India deliver?
- DCD Main Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Data Center Construction
- Open Session
Speakers
Chief Technology Officer, STTGDC India
Subhamkar Das
Head – India Datacenter Delivery, AWS
Global Portfolio Manager, DatacenterDynamics
Han Sen Khoo
Asia Data Center Regional Partner, ERM
Zamiruddin Shaikh
Head of Design, Construction, and Operations, India., Iron Mountain
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Tech Showcase: Enabling AI growth through energy innovation | Schneider Electric
- DCD Spotlight Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Energy & Sustainability
- Mission Critical Power
Speakers
Director, C&SP Segment, Schneider Electric
Audrey Pascual
Portfolio Manager - APAC, DCD
12:00
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Tech Showcase: Distributed pumping & modular cooling systems - Maximizing performance with split case pump technology | Grundfos
- DCD Spotlight Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Data Center Cooling
- Open Session
Speakers
Liam McDermott
Sales Development Manager, Data Centers, Grundfos
Audrey Pascual
Portfolio Manager - APAC, DCD
12:30
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Management & Operations Hosted Lunch - By Invitation Only
- Terminus 9 | Lobby Level
- Management & Operations
- Invite-only Session
Speakers
Adrian Oxley
Principal Engineer Semiconductor / Digital, FM
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Construction Hosted Lunch - By Invitation Only
- Terminus 2 | Lobby Level
- Data Center Construction
- Invite-only Session
Speakers
Chris Pugh
MEP Vertical Leader for EMEA & India, Milwaukee Tool
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Energy & Sustainability Hosted Lunch - By Invitation Only
- Terminus 4 | Lobby Level
- Energy & Sustainability
- Invite-only Session
Speakers
Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer, Sunsure Energy
12:45
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Networking Lunch
- Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Open Session
14:00
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Major Panel: How enterprise AI is reshaping infrastructure strategy in India
- DCD Main Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Cloud & Hybrid
- Open Session
Speakers
Head Strategy & Business Development, Secure Power, Schneider Electric
Senior Director, Global Product Strategy, Oracle
Deepesh Gosavi
CTO, Canara Robeco Asset Management
Mukesh Jain
CTO, Capgemini Technology Services India
Piyush Gupta
VP for India APAC & Middle East, Vultr
Audrey Pascual
Portfolio Manager - APAC, DCD
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Tech Showcase: Engineering high-density AI data centers | Deerns
- DCD Spotlight Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Data Center Cooling
- Open Session
Speakers
Andrei Pawlaczyk
Data Centers Unit Director, Deerns Spain
Global Portfolio Manager, DatacenterDynamics
14:30
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Tech Showcase: How to scale high reliability, cost effective direct liquid cooling for AI | BEEHE
- DCD Spotlight Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Data Center Cooling
- Open Session
Speakers
Mohamed Elkhawalka
International Sales Engineer, BEEHE
Global Portfolio Manager, DatacenterDynamics
15:00
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Tech Showcase: Optimized heat rejection in next-generation data centers | BAC
- DCD Spotlight Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Data Center Cooling
- Open Session
Speakers
Regional Sales Manager, India, BAC
Audrey Pascual
Portfolio Manager - APAC, DCD
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Major Panel: Sovereign AI - What does it mean for India’s digital infrastructure?
- DCD Main Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Cloud & Hybrid
- Investment & Markets
- Open Session
Speakers
President Work Dynamics & Lead, Consulting Services - APAC, JLL
Yogesh Sawant
Sr. Solution Architect, Nvidia
Manoj Dhanda
Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Utho
Founder & CEO, NeevCloud
Azizbeg Mirza
Senior Director & India Head - Datacentre Projects - PDS India, JLL
15:30
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DCD Talks Scaling thermal cooling for AI Gigawatt factories with Rishi Kapoor | Johnson Controls
- DCD Spotlight Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Data Center Cooling
Speakers
Director – Data Center Business, Johnson Controls
George Rockett
Co-Founder & Board Member, Yotta Events & DatacenterDynamics
16:00
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Project Showcase: Unlocking India's digital decade - Capturing high-value opportunities & what we must get right across the data center value chain | PwC
- DCD Spotlight Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Investment & Markets
Speakers
Shubhojeet Chakravarty
Partner - Industrial Infrastructure & Data Centres, PwC
Global Portfolio Manager, DatacenterDynamics
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Major Panel: Beyond bottlenecks - Are hybrid power models the future?
- DCD Main Stage - Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Mission Critical Power
- Open Session
Speakers
Finance Director, Princeton Digital Group
Sindhu Sharma
Head – ESG & Compliance, Airtel & Nxtra
Manish Khurana
Senior Data Center Manager, Oracle
George Rockett
Co-Founder & Board Member, Yotta Events & DatacenterDynamics
Sales Manager, Caterpillar
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DCD Connect | India Closing Happy Hour
- Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
17:30
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Close of DCD Connect | India
- Show Floor | Infinity Ballroom | G Level
- Open Session
