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W ednesday March 7th, 2012

 9:45am – 12:30pm


Westford Regency Inn & Conference Center, Westford, MA
 
“Data Center Infrastructure and Design Best Practices”

 

AGENDA

AFCOM Boston – New England Chapter Meeting

March 7, 2012

9:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

 

 

 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Registration

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Welcome - Michael Swetz

Golf Outing - Michael Ambeliotis

 

10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

“Data Center Infrastructure and Design Best Practices”

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Brief Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

“Data Center Infrastructure and Design Best Practices -continued”

 

 

12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Round table discussions/Board Certification/WRAP-Up

All speakers and chapter members

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

All speakers and chapter members

 

 

Directions to the Westford Regency:

Located off Route 495 at Exit #32, “Westford, to Route 225”. At the end of
the ramp, turn onto Boston Road. At the first intersection, turn right onto
route 110 West. The hotel is located ¼ mile on the right.

Attendance Policy:
AFCOM Chapter meetings are open to local chapter members and their guests. Vendors and Service organizations with an established AFCOM relationship are allowed to send one representative to the meeting. Data Center Professionals who are non-members are invited to attend one meeting before joining AFCOM and the local chapter. AFCOM Chapter meetings are free of charge to local chapter members and attendees who register through this web site. Walk-ins will be charged $25 at the door to help defray event costs. This fee also automatically enrolls AFCOM national members into our local chapter

 2012 Board of Directors

President: Michael Swetz - State Street Corporation Mike_Swetz@afcomnewengland_org

Vice President: Michael Ambeliotis - Waters Corporation mike_ambeliotis@waters.com

Treasurer: Michael Russo - Biogen IDEC mike.russo@biogenidec.com

Secretary: Dennis Leva - SSgA Infrastructure Operations Dennis_Leva@afcomnewengland_org

Membership Director: Jim Cole - ON-LINE Computer Products jcole@online-computer.com

Events Director: Joseph F. Maggio-HorizonLine Technologies Joe_Maggio@afcomnewengland_org

Director AT-Large Mike O’Brien - MIB Group - mobrien@mib.com

 

Advisory Board Committee:
Peter Carbonaro - Eagle Investments pcarbonaro@eagleinvsys.com

Rich DeBlasi - Spec Clean rich.deblasi@specclean.com

Robert DiFazio - Critical Solutions Group robert.difazio@critical2u.com

Stuart Lecky - Commonwealth of Massachusetts Stuart.Lecky@state.ma.us

Mark Schwedel - DC Relocation dcrelocation@yahoo.com

Frank Walsh - Lahey Clinic Francis_Walsh@afcomnewengland_org

 

 

  Future Meeting Dates

 

Local Chapter:

 

2012 Meeting Calendar

 

March 7th          Data Center Infrastructure and Design Best Practices

May 2nd                  Colocation Trends

May19th                 AFCOM Boston-New England Golf Outing

September 19th  Technology Power Conservation and Rebates

November 7th     Future Data Center Trends for 2013

 

 

National:

DATA CENTER WORLD

 

Conference:  March 18–22, 2012

 

Expo:                March 20–21, 2012

Location:         Mirage Hotel and

 

                           Event Center

 

                           Las Vegas, Nevada

 

Thank You To Our Sponsors!!!    

 

Opportunities for sponsorship are available throughout 2012.

Please contact  Jim Cole [jcole@online-computer.com]

if you would like to sponsor a local chapter meeting.

Sponsor - Sheila Westerfield

Schneider Electric

132 Fairgrounds Road, West Kingston, RI 02892

401-864-3343

sheila.westerfield@apc.com

 

Sponsor - Fran Boucher
National Grid

Commercial Energy Efficiency

40 Sylvan Road, Waltham, MA 02451

781.907.1571

francis.boucher@us.ngrid.com

 

Table Sponsor - Tory Ziebell

GJ Associates / Mitsubishi UPS

11 Shepherd Hill Road

Bedford, NH 03110

Phone: (978)461-0155 ext 260

Cell:  (978)771-0271

Fax:   (603)471-6051

tziebell@gj-associates.com

 

Table Sponsor - Rich DeBlasi

SPEC-CLEAN

4 Sand Cut Road, Unit#6

Brookfield, CT 06804

P: 203.885.0174Rich

rich.deblasi@specclean.com

 

Table Sponsor - Kimberly Otte
Electronic Environments Corporation                                  
410 Forest Street
Marlborough, MA  01752

Phone:  800.342.5332 x1473

Email: kotte@eecnet.com

  

Sponsor -Adrienne Cochrane

Viridity Software, INC.
35 Corporate Drive, Suite 140
Burlington, MA 01803
Tel: 877.837.4357 (781) 425-2916

adrienne@viridity.com

  

Sponsor -  John Dynan,
Server Technology, Inc.

1040 Sandhill Drive
Reno, Nevada 89521

781-878-2977 781-336-7243

 

Sponsor -  Gary Murphy
Integrated Design Group, Inc

133 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110
617-338-1177

gmurphy@idgroupae.com

 

 

 2012 Local Chapter Sponsorship Calendar

 

March 7, 2012

“ Data Center Infrastructure and Design Best Practices”

 

Sponsor ($2000 (both $1000 slots)) - Gary Murphy
Integrated Design Group, Inc

133 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110
617-338-1177

gmurphy@idgroupae.com

 

Table Sponsor ($500) - Rich DeBlasi

SPEC-CLEAN

4 Sand Cut Road, Unit#6

Brookfield, CT 06804

P: 203.885.0174 Rich

rich.deblasi@specclean.com

 

Table Sponsor ($500) - Open

 

Table Sponsor ($500) - Open

 

 

 

May 2, 2012

“Colocation Trends / Business Continuity”

 

Sponsor ($1000) - Chris Coleman

Digital Realty Trust

451 D St, 9th Floor, Boston, MA, 02210
Mobile: +1 617 997 9490

ccoleman@digitalrealtytrust.com

 

Sponsor ($1000) - Peter Smith

ColoSpace Inc.

Direct: 617-379-5442

Cell: 781.686.5199

Fax: 781.735.1074

psmith@colospace.com

 

Table Sponsor ($500) - Open

 

Table Sponsor ($500) - Open

 

Table Sponsor ($500) - Open

 

 

 

****************************May19th********************************

“AFCOM New England Chapter Golf Event”

Marlborough Country Club
  200 Concord Road
  Marlborough, MA 01752

 

For additional information and sponsorship opportunities please contact:  Michael Ambeliotis - Waters Corporation mike_ambeliotis@waters.com or Jim Cole - ON-LINE Computer Products jcole@online-computer.com

 

 

 

 

September 19th

Technology Power Conservation and Rebates

 

Sponsor ($1000) - Open

 

Sponsor ($1000) - Open

 

Table Sponsor ($500) - Rich DeBlasi

SPEC-CLEAN

4 Sand Cut Road, Unit#6

Brookfield, CT 06804

P: 203.885.0174 Rich

rich.deblasi@specclean.com

 

Table Sponsor ($500) - Open

 

Table Sponsor ($500) - Open

 

 

November 7th

Future Data Center Trends for 2013

 

Sponsor ($1000) - Open

 

Sponsor ($1000) - Open

 

Table Sponsor ($500) - Open

 

Table Sponsor ($500) - Open

 

Table Sponsor ($500) - Open

 

 

 Meeting Venue:

 

Westford Regency Inn & Conference Center

219 Littleton Road

Westford, MA 01886

 

 

 

AFCOM New England Sponsorship - 2012

 

I.        Sponsorship                       $1000 (two per meeting)

a.       45 minute presentation to attending Chapter members

b.      Representation at the Sponsor table to distribute marketing materials during breaks

c.       Participation during round table discussions

d.      Presentation and web site added to the AFCOM Boston – NE website

 

II.      Table Sponsorships        $500 (three per meeting)

a.       Representation at the Sponsor table to distribute marketing materials during breaks

b.      Web site added to the AFCOM Boston – NE website

 

 

*All funds collected support venue rental, refreshments, our educational

   award program and other AFCOM-Boston New England activities.

**Invoices sent prior to the meeting

 

 

Typical Meeting Agenda

 

AFCOM Boston – New England Chapter Meeting

Date:

9:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Registration

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Welcome -

President, Boston - New England AFCOM Chapter

10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Co-sponsor Presentation

Sponsor –

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Brief Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Co-sponsor Presentation

Sponsor –

12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Round table discussions / wrap-up

All speakers and chapter members

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

All speakers and chapter members