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GreenIT: IT's easy being GREEN Conference Agenda and Presentations

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Time	Topic/Presenter
7:30 am - 2:00 pm	Registration at the Base of the Egg
Morning Welcome, Opening Remarks and Keynotes will be held in the Convention Center
9:00 - 9:10 am	Welcome Gregory M. Benson, Jr., The NYS Forum
9:10 - 9:30 am	Opening Remarks Donald G. LaVada, NYSERDA
9:30 - 10:00 am	Global Perspective How IT and the Greening of it Can Help Fight Global Warming Peter M. Iwanowicz, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (, Requires the PowerPoint program, 6,461 KB) Adobe® PDF (, Requires Acrobat Reader, 1,110 KB) HTML
10:00 - 10:30 am	National Perspective Green IT: The Next Shockwave Ken McGee, Gartner, Inc. Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (, Requires the PowerPoint program, 4,537 KB) Adobe® PDF (, Requires Acrobat Reader, 939 KB) HTML
10:30 - 11:00 Break & Networking
11:00 - 11:30 am	State Perspective Meeting New York State's Energy Efficiency Goals Tom Congdon, NYS Executive Chamber
11:30 am - 12:00 pm	Bridging the Gap between IT and Facilities James Warren, EYP Mission Critical Facilities®, Inc. Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (, Requires the PowerPoint program, 776 KB) Adobe® PDF (, Requires Acrobat Reader, 798 KB) HTML
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch - on your own
Time	Concurrent Sessions/Tracks
Time	MANAGEMENT Meeting Room 2-4	FACILITIES Meeting Room 5	IT Meeting Room 6
1:00 - 1:45 pm	Data Center Efficiency and Best Practices Dr. Roger R. Schmidt, IBM Note: Dr. Roger R. Schmidt's presentation is available only in Adobe PDF format. An alternative format could be made available if needed. Please send your request to info@nysforum.org. Adobe PDF Format (, 2,781 KB)	EPEAT (the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) Sarah O'Brien, Green Electronics Council Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (, Requires the PowerPoint program, 526 KB) Adobe® PDF (, Requires Acrobat Reader, 381 KB) HTML	Planning For Enterprise Equipment: Case Studies in Energy Efficiency from Inside IBM's Project Big Green and Client Examples Michael Desens, IBM Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (, Requires the PowerPoint program, 5,585 KB) Adobe® PDF (, Requires Acrobat Reader, 1,659 KB) HTML
2:00 - 2:45 pm	Recycling Options Michelle Ching, PE and Katie Hershey, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (, Requires the PowerPoint program, 2,438 KB) Adobe® PDF (, Requires Acrobat Reader, 732 KB) HTML	Green Building Technology in the Public Sector (LEED®) Randy Fine and Paul Primeau, Dormitory Authority State of New York	Realizing Energy Savings with Windows Desktop Gary Falis, Microsoft Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (, Requires the PowerPoint program, 11,010 KB) Adobe® PDF (, Requires Acrobat Reader, 2,317 KB) HTML
3:00 - 3:45 pm	Technology, Innovation, and the Environment John Goggins, Cisco Systems, Inc. Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (, Requires the PowerPoint program, 16,509 KB) Adobe® PDF (, Requires Acrobat Reader, 3,920 KB) HTML	State Electronics Challenge Lynn Rubinstein, Northeast Recycling Council, Inc. Microsoft® PowerPoint Presentation (, Requires the PowerPoint program, 4,869 KB) Adobe® PDF (, Requires Acrobat Reader, 1,479 KB) HTML	Storage and Virtualization Richard Radin, Dell Corp.