Seminar: Data Centre Design (In Association with the IET)

JJB Stadium : Wigan Continual growth in the demand on IT infrastructure (and industry's dependence on it) means that it is increasingly important to have reliable and resilient IT data centres. This seminar identifies and explains many of the factors that go into good data centre design.It will provide guidance on a number of important topics within an increasingly important industry sector, dealing with good practice in data centre design. This seminar is aimed at Professional Engineers in the mechanical and electrical trades who wish to better understand an holistic approach to the subject of data centre design.

The seminar has been developed for Cabling Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Facilities and IT Managers; to give them a broad outline of all the disciplines involved in designing a data centre. It allows them to reach a high level design stage that can then be responded to by professionals, expert in their specific areas.

This seminar will also be of interest to:

• Mechanical Building Services Engineers
• Electrical Building Services Engineers
• Consulting Engineers
• M&E Contracting Engineers
• Technician Engineers
• Facility Managers
• Facility Engineers
• IT and Systems Engineers

Date: 03 September 2008

Timings for the Day

09:30 - 10:00 Registration

10:00 - 10:15 Opening address

10:15 - 11:15 Introduction to data centre design & facilities and architectural issues

11:15 - 11:30 Tea/Coffee

11:30 - 12:30 HVAC requirement and options

12:30 - 13:15 Lunch

13:15 - 14:15 Power supplies and UPS

14:15 - 14:30 Tea/Coffee

14:30 - 15:30 Data cabling: High performance and low fire-risk choice & Questions etc

This will be a free event for both IET members and a few select guests. If you are interested in attending the seminar as a guest of Connectix, please fill in the registration form by following the link below. Spaces are limited so early registration is recommended.

The total teaching time of the seminar will be approximately four hours.