Ignite was started in Seattle in 2006 by Brady Forrest of O’Reilly Radar and Bre Pettis of Make. Since then hundreds of five minute talks have been given across the world. Besides Seattle, there are thriving Ignite communities in Portland, Sydney, NYC and a lot more.The idea is simple: presenters are required to stick to a rigid format of 20 slides, each of which changes automatically after 15 seconds, ensuring that each presentation is exactly 5 minutes long. The format forces presenters to think long and hard about every slide.

Presentation topics are diverse, and range from technology, travel, personal hobbies and passions and the arts. The only rule is that speakers cannot promote their own business ventures. If you want more information, please contact us. If you’re feeling brave and want to speak, lean all about how here. The deadline for speaker proposals for Ignite London #2 is 09, February, 2010 at 6 pm.

We are really pleased to be presenting the second Ignite London event as part of Global Ignite Week. According to O’Reilly, six continents and 60 cities have signed up to present an Ignite Event during the first week in March – this translates into an estimated 600 talks and over 10,000 Igniters. There’s even one being held in Antarctica! It’s exciting to be a part of such a global phenomenon.

Tickets for Ignite London #2

Advance vouchers for Ignite London #2 are all sold out. There will be a few tickets available at the door and as always with Ignite events, admission is free.

Keep in Touch

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Previous Ignite London Events

Information on Ignite London #1
Ignite London #1 was held in London at Ginglik bar in Shepherd’s Bush on Wednesday, 18th of November. The event was co-organised by Amy Thibodeau and Dan Zambonini, with Andy Kervell serving as the evening’s MC. Our presenting sponsor was Box UK, creators of the Amaxus Web CMS, with Ginglik generously acting as venue sponsor and the BBC and O’Reilly acting as promotional sponsors. The following speakers presented to a capacity crowd (in order of appearance):

• Ben Hammersley, The Sex Lives of the Great Renaissance Masters: How the Old Masters and their Mistresses Changed Art
• Matthew Baker, Diarrhea & Dodgy Doners: What’s Special About Bacteria
• Nicky Smyth, Analogue World Design Patterns: A Look at User Behaviour
• Christian Howes, Tomorrow World – The Truth
• Craig Smith, The Upsides and Downsides of Standards (web, language and otherwise)
• Katy Lindemann, What We Can All Learn from Children
• Gerard Darby, Sideways Thinking
• Sofia Pires, Creativity slash Autism
• Matt Edgar, 1794 – So Much to Answer For
• Mandy Saven, Ideas We’d Like to See More Of
  
• Allan Smith, Design + Business – A Real Life Partnership
• John V Willshire, If Advertising is a Firework, Social Media is a Bonfire
• Dafydd Rees, Guerrilla Software design – How to Make the Most of the Power of Small, Creative Software Teams
• Jimmy Greer, Rediscovery: Brazil and the 21st Century
• Ashley Benigno, error(e) 404: Italy as a Country Not Found
• Matt Clarke, Human Energy
• Jennie Albone, Things the Might Not Work Out
• Alby Reid, Operation Paul Bunyan
• Melissa McVeigh, Why Photography Defines Our World
• J.K Tina Basi, Surfing the Net as a Path to Enlightenment
  
• Chris Thorpe, Perils, Wonders and Learning to “be” in a Networked World