The 6th annual Critical Facilities Summit will be held Oct. 14 to 16 at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. It is an exclusive gathering of senior-level professionals involved in the design, construction, management and operations of data centers, healthcare facilities, financial institutions, universities, government and other mission critical facilities. It is the only event of its kind examining data center and mission critical issues from the FM and design/build perspectives.
The Critical Facilities Summit features education sessions, a benchmarking workshop, tours, learning labs and the expo. Registration fees range from $299 for federal end users to $599 for other FM professionals. The expo is free and never overlaps with education hours.
Blocks of rooms are available at a special rate. Book by Sept. 21 to secure the rate.
CFS offers a deep session line-up, organized by track so you can make your own tailored educational experience. Tracks include: Cloud/Colo, Education/University, Enterprise Data Center, Labs and Critical environments and Hospitals and Healthcare. Participants can earn up to 13 CEUS.
New seminars are being added daily, such as how to diversify your critical facilities team. See the complete list.
Some of the courses for education and government FMs include:
SOS
THE NEW THREAT ENVIRONMENT FOR CRITICAL FACILITIES
Start Time: 10/14/2018 3:00:00 PM
End Time: 10/14/2018 4:00:00 PM
M1A
HOW EFFECTIVE SITE ASSESSMENTS JUSTIFY NEEDED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
Start Time: 10/15/2018 10:00:00 AM
End Time: 10/15/2018 11:00:00 AM
M1C
EMERGENCY RESPONSE MANAGEMENT IN CRITICAL FACILITIES
Start Time: 10/15/2018 10:00:00 AM
End Time: 10/15/2018 11:00:00 AM
M3A
REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE IMPACTS ON THE DATA CENTER
Start Time: 10/15/2018 3:30:00 PM
End Time: 10/15/2018 4:30:00 PM
T2C
CRITICAL FACILITY DISASTER RECOVERY
Start Time: 10/16/2018 2:15:00 PM
End Time: 10/16/2018 3:15:00 PM
T3D
ANALYTICS AT CRITICAL FACILITIES: 3 CASE STUDIES
Start Time: 10/16/2018 3:30:00 PM
End Time: 10/16/2018 4:30:00 PM
NEW TO THE SCHEDULE
TGS
Diversity in Critical Facilities
Start Time: 10/16/2018 8:30:00 AM
End Time: 10/16/2018 9:30:00 AM
Learning Labs
New in 2018, Learning Labs take place in the CFS Expo Monday and Tuesday and feature 20-minute presentations on key critical facilities issue. Take your seat in the Learning Lab theater and get up to speed on what you need to know now.
Tours
CFS is excited to offer tours 365 DataCenter’s Nashville facility, which in addition to being HIPAA, PCI DSS, SSAE 16, SOC 2 and ISAE 3402 compliant maintained uptime throughout the May 2010 Tennessee Floods that recorded two-day rain totals of more than 19 inches. Led by the data center’s facility manager for the last 15 years, the tour will conclude with a Q&A session. Tours take place at 2:15 and 3:30 on Monday, October 15. Learn more here.
Critical Facilities Benchmarking Workshop, Oct. 14, 11 to 2:30
The Best Practices Workshop at Critical Facilities Summit is an opportunity to view the survey results from the inaugural Critical Facilities Benchmarking Group, conducted by Facilities Issues. This community of critical facility managers provide in-depth data regarding facility operation and performance, and the results are compiled to create a quantitative comparison among all critical facilities in the benchmarking group. The workshop at CFS is where the benchmarking group will meet, network and share best practices and state of the art processes and products.
The benchmarking workshop at CFS is $350 in addition to CFS standard registration fee.