{"id":2392,"date":"2023-10-23T11:19:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T08:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2023-11-07T16:05:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T13:05:03","slug":"deifs-liam-round-joins-touchdown-middle-east-as-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/en\/deifs-liam-round-joins-touchdown-middle-east-as-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"DEIF\u2019s Liam Round joins Touchdown Middle East as Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-2394\" src=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Liam-Round.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Liam-Round.png 648w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Liam-Round-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Liam-Round-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Liam-Round-510x510.png 510w, https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Liam-Round-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/>We are happy to announce that<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/liam-round-42217a206\/\">Liam Round<\/a>, Global Business Development Manager at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deif.com\/\">DEIF<\/a><\/strong> is a Speaker for Touchdown Middle East 2023! Liam will Chair the panel <strong>Solar in the desert: Renewable Power Investigation<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>taking place on <strong>Day 2 of the conference, 22<sup>nd<\/sup> November at 14:30.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This panel will look at the efforts being adopted across the GCC to allow for a more environmentally sustainable market, and whether these efforts are commercially and technically viable.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI am honoured and pleased to be representing DEIF at the inaugural Touchdown Middle East in Bahrain. With a strong agenda, presence of some of the leading players in the Data Centre industry as well as the great panels it set to be an exciting couple of days.\u00a0I particularly can\u2019t wait to Chair the panel session\u00a0<strong><em>Solar in the desert: Renewable Power Investigation.<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>We\u2019ll look to explore the current lay of the land, the technical and commercial considerations as well as the key role solar has in the power eco system of the future. On behalf of the panel, we look forward to you joining us and us helping you, Improve Tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Liam P. Round is a Global Business Development Manager at DEIF, responsible for the development and growth of the critical power sector including hybrid readiness, power management solutions (PMS), data centre design, and advisory services. Liam has more than 20 years of experience in power generation and has worked across the Middle East, the Americas and Europe, giving him a great understanding of the world\u2019s back-up power demands and broad experience with strategic alliances, commercial activities, leadership &amp; engineering. Prior to joining DEIF, Liam worked for companies including Caterpillar, Sulzer, and MAN on some of the world\u2019s biggest and most challenging projects in military, airport, hospital, and data centre applications. A trained systems engineer based in the UK, Liam holds Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Status in data centre design, is a Project Management Professional (PMP\u00ae), and a thought leader regarding renewable adoption.<\/p>\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1898128760\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(244, 187, 24);border-width:10px 10px 10px 10px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<h4><strong>Need to know:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Liam Round, Global Business Development Manager, DEIF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session<\/strong>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Panel \u2013<em> Solar in the desert: Renewable Power Investigation<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a011:35-11:55 | Day 2 | 22nd November<\/p>\n<p><strong>Track<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #f4bb18;\"><strong>REGIONAL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Take a look at the full\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/en\/agenda\/\"><em>Touchdown Middle East 2023 Agenda.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1898128760 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n  padding-bottom: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1021021955\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1021021955 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons full-width text-center\" style=\"font-size:112%\"><span>Connect with this Speaker<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/liam-round-42217a206\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce that Liam Round, Global Business Development Manager at DEIF is a Speaker for Touchdown Middle East 2023! 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