ABOUT GCDC SYMPOSIA SERIES
GCDCS22 + DI4.0

WITH GCDCS22 we begin a Path Forward on the Journey to Resilient Digital Transformation to Net-Zero and Circularity in collaborative partnership with you. GCDCS's future is in bringing together all-stakeholder, professional-grade global thought-leadership, as well as business networking and engagement, on some of the biggest challenges of our times through robust digital, online, virtual, interactive livestreaming technologies -- All Canada plus the full North American, and Global markets. We know it's challenging.

GCDCS NOW BEGINS ITS FIFTH YEAR -- Reimagined and reshaped-- and presented as a 5-day virtual event -- emanating from its MIP onsite venue home for one full day of in-person, keynotes and simultaneously globally livestreamed -- presenters, panelists, delegates and underwriters will fully participate from anywhere on the planet on whatever digital device they choose.

Beginning in early September, GCDCS22 will formally kick off with a continuous flow of digital knowledge-sharing: white papers, tech notes, case briefs, webinars, video interviews and podcasts -- all designed to build a common background foundation for the work of...

GCDC SYMPOSIUM WEEK, a 5-day year-end capstone program.

• Plenary Premier Keynotes -- Globally-recognized subject-matter-expert, thought-leader keynotes

• Director's Boardroom Roundtables -- Challenging keynote conversations among panels of top leaders

• Design Charrette Studio Sessions -- deep-dive intensive workshops on high-interest digital resiliency and sustainability topics

• "What's Next" Path Forward Roadmap Forums -- Reports and takeaway recommendations from the Design Charrette Studio Sessions -- Canadian and global thought-leaders take part in "Community Conversations" and enjoy peer-to-peer networking and relationship-building opportunities

• Breakout Presentations + Panel Discussions -- One of the great values of livestreaming content sessions is that if you miss any session, you can view it on-demand on the event platform and in the future on the GCDCS YouTube channel.

• Virtual Expo Hall -- with interactive exhibit booths, private video meetings, and small-group presentations, throughout the five days.

ENGAGING WITH OVER 2,500 LIVESTREAM DELEGATES -- all Canada + rest of North America + Global

REACHING 200 IN-PERSON GUEST DELEGATES ONSITE AT MIP for Day 3, Dec. 14, Plenary Premier Keynote Day

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE -- As a key component of the Symposia Series program design, GCDCS22 will introduce the formation of "Communities of Practice" (CoP) to provide thought-leadership direction for the on-going work of GCDCS around the DI4.0 powering the global digital future.

VIRTUAL LIVESTREAMING is one of the sets of digital transformation IoT technologies that has resulted in monumental business performance efficiencies and business travel carbon reduction. The resilient, sustainable and smart digital infrastructure that makes online virtual, real-time global livestreaming possible will only continue to grow in significance.

WHY CANADA for our global livestream meet-up of the digital infrastructure industry? As a country, Canada ranks as the fifth largest concentration of data centres globally, and measures as the second best country (after Switzerland) in which to live and work, and the third most trusted country (after Switzerland and Sweden). It stands to reason that its data centre technical, engineering professional and business leadership has global stature.

HARD-EARNED REPUTATION FOR THOUGHT-LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE under the guidance and tutelage of founders, well-known IT analyst Michael O'Neil and IT journalist Mary Allen, principals of InsightaaS, in collaboration with McMaster University's Computing Infrastructure Research Centre (CIRC) and its founding director Dr. Suvojit Ghosh (now FYELABS), GCDCS gained solid marks as a unique meaningful and substantive subject-matter-expert conversations about the state of the digital infra and data centre arts.

AT THE HELM -- Beginning in 2022, Bruce Armstrong Taylor becomes principal and managing director for the next GCDCS chapter, working collaboratively with Michael O'Neil and Mary Allen. Taylor, following a long career in IT journalism and conference/expo producing, turned to the data centre universe, when he launched Uptime Institute's Data Center Symposium. Taylor is also well-known in the sector as the former EVP, US/Canada for Data Center Dynamics. Currently he is the co-founder (with Norwegian data center developer/operator Andre Eidskrem), of the SmartNations Foundation. He is also a Board Director of the International Data Center Authority (IDCA).