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Event Overview

The Energy Efficiency Directive aims to reduce final energy consumption by 11.7% by 2030 compared to forecasts. This target emphasizes the importance of energy-efficient solutions as companies and governments in the EU modernize and digitize their operations. Many IT infrastructure solutions providers and European data centre operators have already taken proactive measures to meet these targets. For example, they offer flexible scaling of IT resources to reduce their environmental footprint, use 100% renewable energy, adopt advanced cooling technologies, and deploy waste heat recovery technologies. They are also reusing waste heat from data centres to heat homes and businesses, which positively impacts the communities around them.

To further facilitate progress towards these goals, this event will bring together experts from the IT infrastructure solutions providers, data centre operators, policymakers, and representatives of the EU public authorities across the EU. The speakers will discuss concrete steps already taken, commitments made, and challenges lying ahead when implementing the Energy Efficiency Directive and measures foreseen in the Digitalising the energy system action plan. They will explore the critical roles of technology, policy, and collaboration in achieving set EU objectives.  

Confirmed Speakers

Full speaker biographies for this year’s conference will appear here shortly, please check back regularly for updates.

Sue Preston

Sue Preston

Vice President, WW Advisory & Professional Services for HPE Global Sales, HPE

HPE

Claudia Canevari

Claudia Canevari

Head of Unit, Energy Efficiency Policy and Financing, Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER)

European Commission

Jukka-Pekka Partanen

Jukka-Pekka Partanen

Director, Data Center Ecosystems

CSC - IT Center for Science, Finland

Lin Nease

Lin Nease

CTO for Sustainability Services, Advisory & Professional Services

HPE

Danfoss Turner Drew

Drew Turner

Director, Global Sector Integration

Danfoss Climate Solutions

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Maria Vuorelma

Climate Manager

Atea

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Svetlana Stoilova (Moderator)

Adviser, Digital Economy Task Force

Business Europe

Session Format

13 July | 15:00 - 16:30 CEST

Event day
2023-07-13
15:00 - 15:05
Welcome Remarks
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Svetlana Stoilova (Moderator)
Adviser, Digital Economy Task Force, Business Europe
15:05 - 15:15
Keynote Speech
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Sue Preston
Vice President, WW Advisory & Professional Services for HPE Global Sales, HPE
15:15 - 16:25
Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
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Claudia Canevari
Head of Unit, Energy Efficiency Policy and Financing, Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER), European Commission
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Lin Nease
CTO for Sustainability Services, Advisory & Professional Services, HPE
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Jukka-Pekka Partanen
Director, Data Center Ecosystems, CSC - IT Center for Science, Finland
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Drew Turner
Director, Global Sector Integration, Danfoss Climate Solutions
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Maria Vuorelma
Climate Manager, Atea
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Svetlana Stoilova (Moderator)
Adviser, Digital Economy Task Force, Business Europe
16:25 - 16:30
Closing Remarks
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Svetlana Stoilova (Moderator)
Adviser, Digital Economy Task Force, Business Europe
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The first episode of this series will look specifically at the digitisation of European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). While SMEs are the backbone of the European economy, many do not grasp the benefits of digitisation. The EU’s Digital Compass includes the ambitious target to reach over 90% of European SMEs with at least a basic level of digital intensity by 2030, up from 60% in 2020.

20 October 09:30 - 12:30 CEST | Online

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This episode of our series takes place against the recent announcement of the European Commission’s
proposal for the European Health Data Space (EHDS), which will benefit from €12 billion investments in digital
health through Member States’ National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs).

Contact

For more information on any aspect of this event, please contact:

energyefficiency@forum-europe.com

Tel: +44 (0) 2922 338 311