I am thrilled to participate in another Dell Services-lead, Cloud Think Tank discussion focused on the cloud computing market in Europe (See Matthew Mikell's recent post on Cloud Computing in Europe). Just as we did a few months back, a leading group of European cloud experts from various backgrounds of expertise will assemble for a full-day round-table discussion on various topics related to the future of cloud in the EU. Headlining the event is Steve O’Donnell, author of What Every CIO Wants who will lead the 3 topic sessions and ensure that the topics are covered in detail.
3 Agenda Topics Include:
- Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe
- Barriers in Europe Preventing Cloud Adoption
- Motivations in Europe for Cloud Computing
Participating Industry Experts Include:
- Jared Carstensen – Manager, Enterprise Risk Services at Deloitte @jaredcarstensen
- Richard Morrell – Cloud Product Evangelist at Red Hat @dickmorrell
- Max Cooter – Editor at Cloud Pro @maxcooter
- Clive Longbotton– Co-Founder & Service Director at Quocirca, Ltd @clivel_98
- Martin Molloy – Principal Consultant, KMPG
- Laurent Lachal – Cloud Computing Research Lead at Ovum @OvumICT
- Christopher Millard – Professor of Privacy and Information Law, Queen Mary, University of London, Oxford Internet Institute at University of Oxford, Bristoows
- Sebastien Goasgeun – Cloud Computing Evangelist, EMEA at Citrix @sebgoa
- Tony Lucas – Founder, SVP Product at Flexiant
- Jacqui Sasserth – Director and Co-Owner Cognitive Channels, Ltd. @JacquiSasserath
- Dr Will Venters – University Lecturer, Information Systems at London School of Economics
- Ian Turner – VP & UK Country Manager, Intralinks
- Duncan Jonhston-Watt – CEO, CloudSoft Corporation @duncanjw
Dell is also sending a team of cloud experts to join in the conversation:
- David Tait – Executive Director, Services at Dell
- Tom Callaghan – Solutions Architect Director, Services at Dell
- Stephen Spector – Cloud Evangelist at Dell @SpectorAtDell
The Dell in the Clouds Think Tank event is scheduled for November 13 at 9:45AM GMT and will be live-streamed at https://new.livestream.com/Dell/Dellintheclouds . Be sure to follow the conversation by asking questions and adding comments using the Twitter hashtag #FutureCloud.