Conference Agenda - 2025
Conference Dates: June 8-10, 2025
Location: Rosen Plaza Hotel, Orlando
Theme: Mastering Data Lifecycle Management: Strategies for Managing and Scaling Tomorrow’s Expanding Storage
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Sunday, June 8 – Welcome Reception
18:00 – 21:00 | Registration Opens, Welcome Reception & Networking
Monday, June 9 – Day 1
08:00 – 09:00 | Breakfast & Registration
09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome Remarks – Quinn Mitchell, STS Conference Owner & Pat Mayock, Insurgo (Conference MC)
09:15 – 10:00 | Keynote Presentation – Mike Fisher, Exabyte Era Consulting
10:00 – 10:30 | Break & Exhibits
10:30 – 11:00 | 2025-2050 Storage Forecast Scenarios and Real-World Data Management Planning – John Monroe, Further Market Research
11:00 – 11:30 | Bridging Legacy and Modern Archive Storage: A Sustainable Approach with Host-Managed SMR HDDs and ICE Technology – Piotr Modrzyk, Leil Storage
11:30 – 12:00 | AI Data Assistance with IBM Content Aware Storage (CAS) – Chris Maestas, IBM
12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch & Exhibits
13:30 – 14:00 | Data Storage in the Age of AI – Insights on Costs and Sustainability – Dr. Bhupinder Bhullar, Swiss Vault
14:00 – 14:30 | Flux and Sunfish for Deploying CDI Resources for Ephemeral Burst Buffers – Michael Aguilar and Catherine Appleby, Sandia National Laboratory
14:30 – 15:00 | Break & Exhibits
15:00 – 15:30 | Mastering Data Lifecycle Management with NGNFS – Meghan McClelland, Versity
15:30 – 16:00 | TBA
16:00 – 16:30 | Panel Discussion: Best Practices in Long-Term Storage Planning
17:00 | Day 1 Close
18:30 – 21:00 | Evening Vendor Appreciation Dinner
Tuesday, June 10 – Day 2
08:00 – 09:00 | Breakfast & Exhibits
09:00 – 09:30 | Mastering Data Lifecycle Management – Fred Moore, President, Horison Information Strategies
09:30 – 10:00 | End-Users Survey 2025 - New Data Lifecycle Management Considerations and Behaviors in a Ubiquitous Data World – Philippe Nicolas, Coldago Research
10:00 – 10:30 | Break & Exhibits
10:30 – 11:00 | Modifying the Lustre Network Request Scheduler for Improved File System Stability – Michael Aguilar, Sandia National Laboratory
11:00 – 11:30 | HPSS: Enabling Scalable Data Lifecycle Management in Large Archives – Michael Meseke, HPSS
11:30 – 12:00 | Site Presentation: ECMWF Ian Randall, ECMWF
12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch & Exhibits
13:30 – 14:00 | TBA
14:00 – 14:30 | Break & Exhibits
14:30 – 15:00 | Site Presentation: TBA
15:00 – 15:30 | TBA
15:30 – 16:30 | Closing Panel Discussion & Q&A: The Future of Data Lifecycle Management
17:00 | Conference Close