Cory Doctorow to Speak at Ignite London #2

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We are ridiculously excited to announce our first invited guest speaker for Ignite London #2 — Cory Doctorow!!

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger – the co-editor of Boing Boing and the author of the bestselling Tor Teens/HarperCollins UK novel LITTLE BROTHER. Cory’s latest novel is Makers, which depicts the booms, busts, and further booms in store for America. He is the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in London.

We are still looking for speakers for the upcoming Ignite London. The deadline to apply is the 9th of February. Here are the details.

Check back tomorrow for information about securing your free voucher for Ignite London #2, which is being held as part of Global Ignite Week on the 2nd of March, 2010 at The Luminaire in London.

Welcome to the New Ignite London Website

When we launched our little Tumblr-driven Ignite London site last summer, we didn’t anticipate that the response would be so great. We’ve quickly outgrown that space and at your request, we’ve added some much needed navigation to help you find specific information about Ignite London.

The homepage of this site will give you the most up-to-date information about Ignite London, what we’re working on, speaker announcements, etc. To learn the basics of the event — the who, what, when, where and why — visit About. If you are interested in participating, visit Speak. We’ve also included some archival information from the first Ignite London under Photos and Videos. We’ve still got a few glitches to sort out on the new site and hopefully they’ll be ironed out in the next few days. Feel free to let us know what you think in the comment section below.

A few people have asked about securing tickets for Ignite London #2, which will be held as part of Global Ignite Week on the 2nd of March. As always, admission will be free, and we will announce how you can get tickets later this week. Please subscribe to the website or follow us on Twitter to get the most up-to-date information. We expect tickets will go fast, though we will be holding back a small number for people wishing to take their chances at the door.

A huge thanks to Richard Johnson who has taken on this site rebuild, migrating us from Tumblr to WordPress and adding the navigation and multi-media content. Great job Richard!

Ignite London 2 – Call for Speakers

We are now requesting proposals for speakers at Ignite London 2. If there’s a topic you are passionate about and you want to tell the world, this is the place to do it. We’re after a mix of funny and serious, social and personal, high and low tech, crafty, webby, environmental, quirky and mainstream. Making us laugh is a good thing, making us think is even better! The only thing we insist on is No Sales Pitches.

How to submit a Proposal

Email your proposal to speakers@ignitelondon.net. Please include as much information about your proposed presentation as you can including the following:

• Your Name
• Title of Your Talk
• Brief description of what you want to talk about
• Twitter Name (if applicable)
• Email Address
• Contact phone number
• Blog or Website URL
• Short Bio – who you are and what you do

By submitting a proposal, you are agreeing that we may use your name and the title of your talk within Ignite London promotional material.

Deadline

Proposals must be received by 6 pm on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010. We are planning to have 15 speakers but based on the response for the first Ignite London, we’re expecting to receive many more submissions than can be accommodated. We will endeavour to respond to your email within 24 hours to confirm we’ve received it.

How will selections be made?

Talks will be primarily selected based on whether the topic is interesting, inventive, creative and unique. We will also make an attempt to select a wide range of topics so that there isn’t too much overlap in terms of content. We have put two or three spots aside for invited guest speakers, but there are still plenty of places to go for.  We’ll let you know soon after the 9th whether your proposal has been successful in order to give those selected as much time as possible to prepare.

Announcing Ignite London 2: The Luminaire, Tuesday 2nd March 2010

We are pleased to announced our fantastic venue for the second Ignite London event, as part of Global Ignite Week!  The Luminaire in Kilburn will be the venue sponsor for Ignite London 2 on Tuesday 2nd March at 7pm.

We are really excited about this venue, because it provides us with a bit more capacity, it has a fantastic atmosphere, and the owner is very supportive having delivered an Ignite style talk himself in Norway to over 1000 people!

In February 2006, just eleven months after opening, Time Out magazine named The Luminaire as its Live Venue of The Year.  After seeing it we can understand why – it really is a great place.  We feel that the set up is perfect for our speakers and audience alike.

A call for speakers for this event will follow soon, with all the details how and where to submit your proposal.  Also please follow us on Twitter.

Details about The Luminaire can be found on their website.

The address is 311 Kilburn High Road, London, NW6 7JR and it is less than 5 minutes walk from Kilburn tube station (Jubilee Line) and a stone’s throw from Brondesbury station (London Overground).

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Alan Smith on Business and Life: A Real Life Partnership

Here we have Alan Smith doing his talk Business and Life: A Real Life Partnership at Ignite London.

View more on our Vimeo Channel and stay tuned for information about the next Ignite London, happening in conjunction with Global Ignite Week in early March 2010.