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.
Full speaker biographies for this year’s conference will appear here shortly, please check back regularly for updates.
Sue Preston is the worldwide Vice President & General Manager for Advisory & Professional Services. Together with her team, she is a strategic partner to customers and provides advisory-led engagements and outcomes-driven digital transformation journeys.
She has dedicated her entire career to technology leadership and transformation.
Before joining HPE, Sue spent two years at Microsoft running the Azure & Data AI Specialist teams in the UK across Enterprise Commercial and Public Sector. Prior to Microsoft she spent eight years at Hitachi driving Global Financial Services and Managed Services teams along with driving transformation and focus on IoT. She also held leadership roles in the Partner Ecosystem and started her career in the Unix arena and ERP transformation.
Sue is passionate about people and has a solid track record of building high performing teams. Sue actively participates and drives sustainability initiatives across technology, environmental and social and governance (ESG) strategies. She was shortlisted for CRN Exec Mentor of the Year and takes on various judging roles for Women in Business. Sue sits on the TechUK Board and was recently recognized in the top 100 DataIQ most influential leaders in Data.
Outside of work Sue is engaged in raising funds for various charities, enjoys Golf & DIY.
Vice President, WW Advisory & Professional Services for HPE Global Sales, HPE
HPE
Claudia Canevari is Head of the Energy Efficiency unit of DG Energy, European Commission. She has been working in the Commission for 26 years. She joined DG Energy in 2012. Previously, she was policy assistant of the Director General in DG Communication, member of Cabinet of Commissioner Stavros Dimas (environment) and coordinating the international negotiations in the climate change team of DG Environment. A lawyer by education, she is admitted to the bar in Italy and she holds an LLM with merit from the London School of Economics.
Head of Unit, Energy Efficiency Policy and Financing, Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER)
European Commission
Bio will be available here soon.
Director, Data Center Ecosystems
CSC - IT Center for Science, Finland
Bio will be available here soon.
CTO for Sustainability Services, Advisory & Professional Services
HPE
Drew Turner is currently Director of Danfoss Global Sector Integration, focused on the electrification of heating and heat pump systems in symbiosis heating and cooling applications. He has been in the HVAC industry for twenty-six years and with Danfoss for the last nine, holding a variety of roles over the career, including Product Support, Marketing, Planning, Business Development / Market Research, in addition to the current position. He is a Certified Energy Manager, a contributing member of several ASHRAE and AHRI industry committees and has published several papers and trade journal articles. He holds a Bachelors in Industrial Engineering from Oklahoma State and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Colorado.
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Director, Global Sector Integration
Danfoss Climate Solutions
Maria Vuorelma was part of the Finnish delegation that negotiated the climate treaty in Paris and worked for the Swedish Energy Agency for several years, before she joined Atea as Climate Manager in 2019. Atea is the market leader in IT infrastructure for businesses and public-sector organizations in Northern Europe. Atea has over 8 000 employees in 88 cities in the Nordics & Baltics. .
Climate Manager
Atea
Bio will be available here soon.
Adviser, Digital Economy Task Force
Business Europe
Bio available soon.
Sue Preston is the worldwide Vice President & General Manager for Advisory & Professional Services. Together with her team, she is a strategic partner to customers and provides advisory-led engagements and outcomes-driven digital transformation journeys.
She has dedicated her entire career to technology leadership and transformation.
Before joining HPE, Sue spent two years at Microsoft running the Azure & Data AI Specialist teams in the UK across Enterprise Commercial and Public Sector. Prior to Microsoft she spent eight years at Hitachi driving Global Financial Services and Managed Services teams along with driving transformation and focus on IoT. She also held leadership roles in the Partner Ecosystem and started her career in the Unix arena and ERP transformation.
Sue is passionate about people and has a solid track record of building high performing teams. Sue actively participates and drives sustainability initiatives across technology, environmental and social and governance (ESG) strategies. She was shortlisted for CRN Exec Mentor of the Year and takes on various judging roles for Women in Business. Sue sits on the TechUK Board and was recently recognized in the top 100 DataIQ most influential leaders in Data.
Outside of work Sue is engaged in raising funds for various charities, enjoys Golf & DIY.
Claudia Canevari is Head of the Energy Efficiency unit of DG Energy, European Commission. She has been working in the Commission for 26 years. She joined DG Energy in 2012. Previously, she was policy assistant of the Director General in DG Communication, member of Cabinet of Commissioner Stavros Dimas (environment) and coordinating the international negotiations in the climate change team of DG Environment. A lawyer by education, she is admitted to the bar in Italy and she holds an LLM with merit from the London School of Economics.
Bio available soon.
Bio available here soon.
Drew Turner is currently Director of Danfoss Global Sector Integration, focused on the electrification of heating and heat pump systems in symbiosis heating and cooling applications. He has been in the HVAC industry for twenty-six years and with Danfoss for the last nine, holding a variety of roles over the career, including Product Support, Marketing, Planning, Business Development / Market Research, in addition to the current position. He is a Certified Energy Manager, a contributing member of several ASHRAE and AHRI industry committees and has published several papers and trade journal articles. He holds a Bachelors in Industrial Engineering from Oklahoma State and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Colorado.
Maria Vuorelma was part of the Finnish delegation that negotiated the climate treaty in Paris and worked for the Swedish Energy Agency for several years, before she joined Atea as Climate Manager in 2019. Atea is the market leader in IT infrastructure for businesses and public-sector organizations in Northern Europe. Atea has over 8 000 employees in 88 cities in the Nordics & Baltics.
Bio available soon.
Bio available soon.
Bio available soon.
Sue Preston is the worldwide Vice President & General Manager for Advisory & Professional Services. Together with her team, she is a strategic partner to customers and provides advisory-led engagements and outcomes-driven digital transformation journeys.
She has dedicated her entire career to technology leadership and transformation.
Before joining HPE, Sue spent two years at Microsoft running the Azure & Data AI Specialist teams in the UK across Enterprise Commercial and Public Sector. Prior to Microsoft she spent eight years at Hitachi driving Global Financial Services and Managed Services teams along with driving transformation and focus on IoT. She also held leadership roles in the Partner Ecosystem and started her career in the Unix arena and ERP transformation.
Sue is passionate about people and has a solid track record of building high performing teams. Sue actively participates and drives sustainability initiatives across technology, environmental and social and governance (ESG) strategies. She was shortlisted for CRN Exec Mentor of the Year and takes on various judging roles for Women in Business. Sue sits on the TechUK Board and was recently recognized in the top 100 DataIQ most influential leaders in Data.
Outside of work Sue is engaged in raising funds for various charities, enjoys Golf & DIY.
Claudia Canevari is Head of the Energy Efficiency unit of DG Energy, European Commission. She has been working in the Commission for 26 years. She joined DG Energy in 2012. Previously, she was policy assistant of the Director General in DG Communication, member of Cabinet of Commissioner Stavros Dimas (environment) and coordinating the international negotiations in the climate change team of DG Environment. A lawyer by education, she is admitted to the bar in Italy and she holds an LLM with merit from the London School of Economics.
Bio available soon.
Bio available here soon.
Drew Turner is currently Director of Danfoss Global Sector Integration, focused on the electrification of heating and heat pump systems in symbiosis heating and cooling applications. He has been in the HVAC industry for twenty-six years and with Danfoss for the last nine, holding a variety of roles over the career, including Product Support, Marketing, Planning, Business Development / Market Research, in addition to the current position. He is a Certified Energy Manager, a contributing member of several ASHRAE and AHRI industry committees and has published several papers and trade journal articles. He holds a Bachelors in Industrial Engineering from Oklahoma State and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Colorado.
Maria Vuorelma was part of the Finnish delegation that negotiated the climate treaty in Paris and worked for the Swedish Energy Agency for several years, before she joined Atea as Climate Manager in 2019. Atea is the market leader in IT infrastructure for businesses and public-sector organizations in Northern Europe. Atea has over 8 000 employees in 88 cities in the Nordics & Baltics.
Bio available soon.
Bio available soon.
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.
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).
For more information on any aspect of this event, please contact:
energyefficiency@forum-europe.com
Tel: +44 (0) 2922 338 311