Conference NXTcomm Programming NXTcomm Programming June 18 NP2301P-Environmental Panel
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Environmental Efficiencies — Thinking Beyond the Bottom Line
Wednesday, June 18 • 10:30 am - 11:15 am • Room S115
Sustainable development is one of the greatest challenges for business today. It means more than the environment — it’s thinking beyond the bottom line to the “triple bottom line” of profitability, social equity and ecological integrity. However, for all the environmental benefits networking brings —enabling telecommuting, facilitating research and education — the fact remains that the equipment powering the Internet requires an incredible amount of power. Routers, switches and their associated cooling costs all require large amounts of electricity, which is expensive for service providers, and takes a corresponding toll on the environment.
This presentation will
- Discuss building CSR into business-to-business relationships and, using case studies, explain how to use existing ICT technologies to reduce energy needs/carbon footprint twenty to forty percent.
- Look at trends in high-efficiency rectifier technology and illustrate a business case for increasing power system efficiency.
- Highlight the advances in technology that are improving the efficiency of networking equipment and contributing to an overall more environmentally friendly industry.
Moderator
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Speakers
Mike Kannia, Director, Eltek Valere
Kevin Moss, Head of Corporate and Social Responsibility, BT Americas
Bill Olson, Ph.D., Director of International and Environmental Technolgoy, Motorola
Scott Stevens, Vice President of Systems Engineering, Juniper Networks
Mike Kannia is a director at Eltek Valere and has more than 35 years of experience in the telecommunications market. Prior to Elte, Valere, he was vice president of product management for Lucent’s Broadband Access business.
Kevin Moss is responsible for implementation of BT’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy in N. America – including environment and climate change impact, community investment, business ethics and ethical supply chain management.
Scott Stevens leads the technical sales engineering team and works closely with customers to understand next-generation service directions and requirements and to articulate the vision and strategy for enhanced IP service delivery. Prior to this role, he was the Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Americas for Unisphere Networks, where he started as the first Systems Engineer at Redstone Communications. Prior to Unisphere, Mr. Stevens held Systems Engineering and Account Management positions at Nortel Networks. Prior to Nortel, he served as a Network Designer and Implementation specialist for various end-user customer networks.