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Thursday 16th September 2010, QEII Conference Centre - London, 08:40 - 17:15

Government ICT Goes Green 2010

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Cost To Attend

1 delegate = £199 + VAT
2 delegates = £149 + VAT (each)
3 or more delegates = £99 + VAT (each)

Overview

The coalition government has announced details of £6.2 billion of savings from Government spending in 2010-11 to tackle the unprecedented £156 billion deficit, while still protecting the quality of key frontline services. The savings will be driven by the new Efficiency and Reform Group, whose board will be chaired jointly by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, and the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, Francis Maude. It will have the power to make sure department’s works together to tackle waste and improve accountability across a range of areas, including ICT spend.

The link between reduction in emissions and reduction in operational costs is one that has particular resonance during these strained economic times. It is therefore vital that the public sector has a better understanding of what green ICT means and how it can enable efficiency and budgetary savings during this period of economic prudence.

The government is engaged with varying green ICT strategies that include the Public Sector Network (PSN) and interoperable services which are due to go live by October 2010. Public sector organisations are starting to use voice and data networks, offering expected savings of £500m.

Data Centre Rationalisation and the G-Cloud Programme are heavy towards achieving greener ICT. The government is aiming to consolidate hundreds of computer data centres, saving £300m, and leading to a 75% reduction in power and cooling requirements. The government cloud (G-Cloud) infrastructure will also enable public sector bodies to select and host ICT services from one secure shared network. Multiple services will be available from multiple suppliers on the network making it quicker and cheaper to switch suppliers and ensure systems are best suited to need.

Agenda

Government ICT Goes Green Conference 2010 is the UK’s leading conference for those involved in reducing the environmental impact of ICT systems across the public sector and with its insightful workshop sessions and unrivalled networking opportunities, this is a conference not to be missed.

08:40	Registration and Coffee
09:20	Chair’s Welcome Address John Higgins CBE, Director, Intellect (CONFIRMED)
09:25	Greening Government ICT – Progresses so far, Future Strategies The Government ICT Strategy 2010 The Government Cloud – Provides resilient, secure and cost effective shared environment PSN – How can this enable sustainable ways of working Data Centre Rationalisation – Delivering large cross governmental economies of scale whilst meeting environment and sustainability targets Targets for 2020 – Achieving carbon neutrality across the lifetime of IT systems – including manufacture and disposal The success of the Green ICT Delivery Unit Procurement of ICT systems Future investment into Green ICT – working with the private sector to effectively come up new technologies and solutions The benefits of desktop virtualisation in assisting public sector organisations to become greener Rachel Gentry, Deputy Director - ICT Strategy & Policy, Office of the Government CIO & SIRO (CONFIRMED)
09:45	Sponsor Presentation
10:00	The Most Sustainable ICT Contract in the Public Sector Outline of market maturity A sustainable contract: risk and reward Sustainable service management Innovation, improvement and governance: managing the ongoing service Sharing benefits and experience Dave Williams, Head of Innovation and Architecture, Environment Agency (CONFIRMED)
10:15	The Hillingdon Green Initiative A dramatic cut in data centre power consumption and held down staffing levels The deployment of server and storage virtualisation technologies A hardware footprint reduction of 97% and A carbon footprint reduction of 20% over 18 months Hillingdon's enhanced ICT Service Desk operation The delivery of £6m of capital through sales of now redundant council buildings Effective asset management strategies- cost and carbon footprint reduction Roger Bearpark, Assistant Head of ICT, London Borough of Hillingdon (INVITED)
10:30	Greening NHS IT How can Green ICT help achieve targets set out in the NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) Choose and Book – Reducing the need for paper letters whilst speeding up communications and improving patient care N3 Video Conferencing Upgrading core and access networks to make them more energy efficient Achieving cost savings through Green ICT to reinvest into patient care The Good Corporate Citizenship Assessment Model – Helping NHS organisations track and improve their environmental credentials Dr. Mark Ferrar, Director of Technology Strategy - Informatics Directorate, Department of Health (CONFIRMED)
10:45	Special Keynote Address from Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Adopting thin client technology to reduce hardware usage and need across DSTL Information Assurance - How will thin client technologies meet the relevant security levels required? Adopting environment management systems across the DSTL to indentify and prioritise key areas of concern to meet green ICT targets Cost effective strategies to reduce energy consumption Sharing best practice – The role of the DSTL in passing on key messages on Green ICT The challenges of adopting environmentally friendly ICT at the DSTL without compromising essential systems and operations Brian Court, Director Programme Office and Director Infrastructure, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Ministry of Defence (CONFIRMED)
11:00	Panel Discussion: Strategies to Achieve Greener ICT Systems Across the Public Sector Understanding environmental costs and benefits when procuring ICT equipment Reducing energy consumption in higher education institutions – moving towards greener hardware Adopting sustainable printing and photocopying solutions in university libraries The environmental and cost benefits of thin-client technology across the public sector The benefits of power down equipment to save energy associated with ICT usage Adapting to the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme – Raising awareness of the environmental impact of ICT within large organisations at a senior level The role of the Green ICT Delivery Unit in assisting CIO’s and CTO’s meet the CO2 reduction targets set out in the Green ICT Strategy How to build Green ICT strategies in times of economic constraint - Catalina McGregor, Founder, Green ICT Delivery Unit & Deputy UK Government Green ICT Champion (CONFIRMED) - John Cartwright, Director of Computing Services, University of Liverpool (CONFIRMED) - Jean Ritchie, Service Director for the University of Edinburgh's Computer Data Facility (CONFIRMED) - Bill Lawrence, Head of ICT Service, University of Gloucestershire (CONFIRMED) - Simon Redding, Technology and Innovation Consultant, Environment Agency (CONFIRMED) - Brian Court, Director Programme Office and Director Infrastructure, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Ministry of Defence (CONFIRMED) - Dr Mark Ferrar, Director of Technology Strategy - Information Directorate, Department of Health (CONFIRMED)
11:30	Coffee and Networking
12:00	Seminars Seminar A: Can You Go Green and Still Boost Your Bottom Line? (Sponsored by Remploy) Seminar B: Green Business: How Sustainable Technology Does More With Less (Sponsored by Intrinsic Technology) Seminar C: The Business Case for Green ICT in an Austerity Age (Sponsored by CapGemini) Seminar D: Planning and Delivering a Green Datacentre (Sponsored by Digital Realty Trust)
13:00	Lunch Break and Networking
14:00	Seminars repeat
15:00	Coffee Break and Networking
	Afternoon Chair’s Welcome Address Bryan Glick, Editor in Chief, Computer Weekly (CONFIRMED)
15:30	Greening Government ICT and its role in achieving Efficiency Savings across Government The Efficiency Reform Group and the review of ICT spend Green ICT's role in achieving a 10% cut in central government emissions in 12 months What needs to be done to increase the sustainability of ICT operations across the government estate? The intelligent use of green ICT can enable flexible working practices, thus supporting HR and estates colleagues to reduce their running costs Rt Hon Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office (invited)
15:45	Sponsor presentation by Ark Continuity The entire life cycle of the facility (design, procurement, build, operate, technology refresh, decommission, disposal) Thought leadership in the field of data centre energy design and management: Using local sources of renewable cooling to reduce demand on the public energy network Reusing waste heat to improve the performance of the renewable cooling technologies Using Business Continuity Management to BS25999 and Environmental Management to ISO 14001 to drive continuous improvement in design and operations Improving data centre efficiency, making better use of available renewable cooling Pip Squire, Engineering and Project Director, Ark Continuity (CONFIRMED)
16:00	HMRC: A Green ICT Action and Delivery Plan Joan Wood, Director of IT Business Alignment and Development, HMRC(CONFIRMED)
16:15	Case Study: Bristol City Council - Environmentally Friendly Information and Communications Strategy Committing to green technologies to create more efficient and resilient Information and Communications Technology service The benefits of the Green Addict initiative to bring together the efforts across Bristol to adopt more environmentally friendly ICT systems Building a new data centre to replace older and less-environmentally friendly server rooms Innovative design of data centre – including moat around the centre to provide chilled water for air conditioning Energy efficient design of server room to save £20,000 per year in electricity costs Data centre cooling solutions – 80% reduction in power usage to cool new data centre New data centre providing solutions to promote home working – thus reducing the need to travel to and from work Business continuity – Providing full backup features in the event of a failure in IT systems Working with other public sector organisations such as local universities and NHS Trusts to reduce the environment impact of their ICT systems Lorraine Hudson, Climate Change and Built Environment Co-ordinator, Bristol City Council (CONFIRMED)
16:30	Reducing Energy Consumption through the Government Cloud, Government Apps Store and Data Centre Consolidation The cloud as a key enabler of the £3.2bn annual savings laid out in the OEP Allowing different teams and organisations to share ICT infrastructure leading to reduction in energy usage The role of desktop virtualisation in assisting the public sector to move toward Cloud Computing The Data Centre Strategy - Rationalisation Reducing the number of government data centres to 10-12 resilient facilities Reducing cooling and power consumption by 75% per year and infrastructure costs by £300m per year Andrew Tait, Deputy Director - G-Cloud, Apps Store and Data Centre Consolidation , Office of the Government CIO and SIRO (CONFIRMED)
16.45	The International Perspective What is in the Copenhagen Agreement for Green ICT and technology? What are the challenges we will face in science and innovation as a result? Using latest International best practices from big players in other countries How is the UK stacking up against other countries? What is next and what you should be doing outside the classic Green ICT Workbook EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres – Reducing energy consumption of data centres from across Europe by 20% in a cost effective manner without affecting vital business functions Catalina McGregor, United Nations Agency ITUT Liaison OECD and EC (CONFIRMED)
17:15	Questions and Answers and Close

*programme subject to change without notice

Audience

Delegates will include: CEOs, CTOs, CIOs, COO’s, Heads of Infrastructure and Architecture, IS Directors, Design and Building Consultants, Heads of Government Markets, Directors of Public Sector Outsourcing, Heads of Knowledge Management & Information Services, Heads of Procurement, Heads of Strategic Finance & Procurement, Data Centre Managers, Heads of Technology Services, Directors of Estates and Facilities, ICT Operations Manager, Directors of IM&S, Directors Business Systems Improvement, IT Directors, Energy & Environmental Managers, Major Projects & Strategic Procurement Lead, Green ICT Programme Managers, Heads of Business Systems; and Heads of ICT/IT. Delegates will come from a variety of sectors including: Central Government, Local Government, Criminal Justice, Health; Education, Blue Light Services, Defence, Transport, and Charities.