Ignite London 6 Guest Speaker

With the the first batch of #igniteLDN6 tickets only a few days away, we are pleased to introduce our guest speaker for the evening.

Duncan Geere

Colours Of Noise

“White isn’t the only colour of noise you can get. There’s also pink, blue, brown, violet, grey, orange, black and green noise. How do they differ, and what are they all used for?“

Duncan Geere is a London-based enthusiast. He’s fanatical about weather, digital music, videogames, web culture and maps, and is also the News Editor of Wired.co.uk.

We are delighted to have Duncan on board along with the rest of our wonderful speakers, so keep an eye out for tomorrow’s blog post where we will announce the final set.

Announcing Ignite London 6 Speakers (Part 1)

We had a brilliant response to our call for speakers, it’s been a tough challenge to make the final selection for Ignite London 6.  Thanks to everyone who took the time and effort to put in a proposal.

Don’t forget that details about tickets are available here and that you can follow everyone involved on the night via our twitter list. Without further a do we’d like to introduce you to 7 of our 15 speakers for #igniteLDN6 on 3rd May 2012.

James Hoffmann

The well kept secret of delicious coffee

James was named World Barista Champion in 2007. He admits to spending way too much time thinking and talking about coffee.

“People drink a lot of coffee, it is increasingly popular, and yet very few people have any idea of just how tasty it can be. Coffee is an incredible, global and thoroughly interconnected industry and is absolutely fascinating. Mostly we get the peasant and the donkey coffee grower guilt trip – there is so much more…”

Michael Reeve

Dead Cosmonauts Don’t Count

Michael returns after speaking about The Dice Man at Ignite London 4. He thinks it went down pretty well and how can we forget the argument inducing D100!

“(I’d like) to talk about my personal favourite conspiracy theory – Lost Cosmonauts. All about the evidence that the Soviet Union did actually manage to get men into space before Yuri Gagarin, but they either didn’t come back, or crash landed in some way that didn’t show the country in the positive light that they were striving for in the Cold War.”

Hemmy Cho

Why do I love to fly?

Hemmy’s currently training for a Private Pilot’s License. Her talk is around why she loves flying with historical, philosophical and cultural ideas behind why human beings aspire to fly.  She’s an “incorrigible optimist & loves imagining the future with my rose-tinted glasses on, but not as much as I love the present moment."

Gwyn Morfey

…The Hell You Doing Here?

A big, loud and angry exploration of why ‘mission statements’ aren’t always bullshit, why willpower is worse than useless, and how to avoid the only thing worse than death: failure.

In Gwyn’s "spare" time, he is Fire Hazard’s fearless leader.  “Oh, and nine-to-five I run a web design company. There’s not as much shouting there.”

Andrew Holding

Forgotten Knowledge

Andrew’s a research scientist who loves to be involved in science communication, so much so her was a Fame Lab regional finalist in 2011.

“Of all the slang names for the British, none is more iconic than ‘Limey’… The results of James Lind’s work on the HMS Salisbury in 1747, which led to a cure, without doubt saved innumerable lives. Yet in Cherry-Garrard’s account of Robert Falcon Scott’s 1911 expedition to the South Pole Lind’s results seemed to have been forgotten?”

Monika Szczygiel

The future? It’s here already.

Monika’s a Londoner by choice, web developer who grew up reading science fiction and dreaming about the future.

"Remember watching Minority Report? Now wave at your Kinect…Or the tablets in Star Trek? Everyone has an iPad now. Someone built a working tricorder. The future we used to read about in science fiction books or watch in films is already here, not all of it just yet, but it became part of our lives.”

Derick Rethans

Crowdsourcing a Map of the World

Derick’s a PHP internals exert and a mapping enthusiast with OpenStreetMap,

“Good map data is either expensive or closed. Is it possible to create an openly licensed map, which also allows you to access the data? And can this compete with commercial maps so that users actually switch over? This talk shows that it *is* possible, and that it is lots of fun as well.”

Ticket Release Dates for Ignite London 6

Ben Fields at #igniteLDN5

We are happy to announce details of how you can get tickets for Ignite London 6 at 93 Feet East on 3rd May 2012.

If you didn’t already realise, tickets are free and only guarantees admission for one person until 19:30. After this point we reserve the right to let other eager people in who have waited or tried their luck at the door.

Remember if you do wish to vote in the local elections please do so in the morning, so you can enjoy some dinner around Brick Lane before #igniteLDN6.

As tickets have previously sold out in record time of 5 minutes or less, we have decided to continue releasing them in 3 batches to give everyone a fair chance of grabbing one. We will announce each batch release again closer to the time to help remind you.

So head on over to our Eventbrite page and keep a close eye on this site and our twitter account as tickets will be made available on:

Thursday 19th April 2012 at 1230

Sunday 22nd April 2012 at 1900

Thursday 26th April 2012 at 1230

Tickets are limited so please only take one if you are able to attend. Previous events have shown ticket holders not informing us they would be unable to make it. This meant that hundreds of people on the waitlist were unable to have a chance of attending in their place.

Therefore if you are unable to attend please inform us as soon as possible via tickets@ignitelondon.net, thus allowing us to redistribute the ticket to someone able to use it.

We wish you the best of luck in getting a ticket and look forward to seeing you at Ignite London 6.

Ticket Release Dates for Ignite London 5

We are happy to announce details of how you can get tickets for Ignite London 5 at 93 Feet East on 8th November 2011.

If you didn’t already realise tickets are free and only guarantees admission for one person until 19:30, after this point we reserve the right to let other eager people in who have waited or tried their luck at the door.

As tickets have previously sold out in record time of 5 minutes or less, we have decided to continue releasing them in 3 batches to give everyone a fair chance of grabbing one. We will announce each batch release again closer to the time to help remind you.

So head on over to our Eventbrite  page and keep a close eye on this site and our twitter account as tickets will be made available on:

Thursday 20th October 2011 at 1230

 Sunday 30th October 2011 at 1900

Tuesday 1st November 2011 at 1230

Tickets are limited so please only take one if you are able to attend. Previous events have shown ticket holders not informing us they would be unable to make it. This meant that people on the waitlist were unable to have a chance of attending in their place.

Therefore if you are unable to attend please inform us as soon as possible via tickets@ignitelondon.net, thus allowing us to redistribute the ticket to someone able to use it.

We wish you the best of luck in getting a ticket and look forward to seeing you at Ignite London 5.

Ignite London 4 Assisting Sponsor – Flip

With great pleasure we are happy to announce Flip as our Ignite London 4 Assisting Sponsor. Cisco’s Flip has lent us a couple of their brand new 3rd generation UltraHD video cameras, meaning our #igniteLDN4 videos will feature multiple camera angles. So for those wanting to relive memories from the night or who were unable to attend, now you’ll also be able to see the reaction from the audience too.

Since the debut of Flip video cameras in 2007, they have changed the way the world captures and shares video, whether recording family occasions, eyewitness reports or gigs. Notably all of our Ignite London events have been recorded on a Flip UltraHD by Richard, so it’s great to have Flip on board with us.

Simplistic in its nature, the 3rd generation of UltraHD and MinoHD models offer slim devices, with 720p resolution at 60 frames per second, all at an affordable price. New features include hardware based image stabilisation and the FlipPort connector, allowing accessories such as wireless microphones, battery extenders and pocket projectors to be plugged in.

If you see the red light then give us a wave!