Following our successful past events in Amsterdam, we are bringing the conversation about values to Berlin—a hub for digital policy and innovation. This event will deepen the dialogue on transparency, sustainability, and local impact in digital infrastructure while focusing on implementation strategies and cross-border collaboration.
We'll explore how organizations are making concrete progress in implementing transparency, sustainability, and local impact in their digital infrastructure operations.
This Q2 update will showcase real-world examples of providers and purchasers who are actively transforming their practices. Through interactive sessions and knowledge sharing, we'll focus on practical implementation of values in IT & cloud digital infrastructure.
What to expect
💡 Lessons from early pioneerss – Hear from organizations that have taken bold steps in implementing sustainability and transparency in their infrastructure choices, while creating positive local impact in their local communities.
🔎 Focus on accountability – How can we ensure that sustainability commitments are met? What tools, frameworks, and incentives can make transparency a reality?
🤝 Interactive workshop – Join interactive discussions to tackle real challenges in procurement, provider transformation, and policy engagement.
📊 New insights – We’ll share policy updates, and market trends shaping the future of next-generation IT and cloud infrastructure.
Who is this event for?
Regional IT and Cloud Infrastructure, Managed Service as well as Data Center Providers who want to operationalize sustainability, transparency and local impact and transform themselves to become next-generation providers to get a competitive advantage.
Customers & Purchasers of IT-, Cloud- and Data Center Infrastructure who want to use their purchasing power to shape a sustainable market that emphasizes reduced environmental impact, delivers positive impact on local communities and is transparent & accountable.
Anyone who wants to engage in the making of a market for sustainable digital infrastructure, understand the status-quo and the path to get there.
Why you should attend:
Learn about the current state of digital infrastructure and the path towards sustainable, transparent infrastructure that deliver positive local impact.
Share your own journey towards becoming a next-generation provider or challenges you face in purchasing next-generation infrastructure for your organization.
Participate in debates on what makes a next-generation provider, what role purchasers can play and what the criteria & goals are.
Contribute your expertise to shaping a market for digital infrastructure that operationalizes values.
Be visible and part of a community of like-minded purchasers and providers who are working toward creating a new digital infrastructure market.
Location & Travel Information
Agenda
14:00 Arrival – Coffee & Snacks
14:15 - 14:30 Start of the event & opening remarks (Max Schulze, Leitmotiv)
14:30 - 14:45 SDIA Program Updates: Operationalizing sustainability, transparency and local impact in the digital infrastructure market (Zuzana Sklenkova)
14:45 - 15:00 Market & Policy Insights
15:00 - 16:00 Case Studies & Inspiring Leaders: Presentations of organizations who have made progress in operationalizing sustainability, transparency, and local impact (Speakers & Moderation: to be confirmed)
16:00 - 16:15 Break
16:15 - 17:15 Workshops - Exploring actionable steps for implementing values
1 - Brainstorm with providers and purchasers on the actions needed to become a next-generation provider or evolve procurement practices.
2 - Inform our program development with your ideas on how we can facilitate the operationalizing values in digital infrastructure.
17:15 - 18:00 Final remarks & Networking
Speakers
Max Schulze
Director
Leitmotiv
Max Schulze is a leading digital policy expert and Founder of Leitmotiv. Drawing on 15 years of industry experience and deep technical expertise, he has emerged as an influential voice in shaping the future of the digital realm - from market design and infrastructure to complex systems thinking. A sought-after workshop facilitator and public speaker, Max combines strategic analysis with independent thinking to operationalize human values to shape our digital future. He regularly engages in policy debates and guides organizations through critical challenges, advocating for systemic changes that ensure digital technologies serve both people and planet.
Zuzana Sklenková
Project Manager
Leitmotiv
Additional speakers will be announced in due course.
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Materials
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