Author: Claire | Filed under: Ignite London | Tags: 93 Feet East, eventbrite, Ignite London 5, igniteLDN5, Internet week europe | No Comments »
Just about recovered from a brilliant Ignite London 5! We need to say a big big thank you to you all!
To all of those who came along and had a jolly good time, to all the amazing speakers, to 93 Feet East for being a most excellent venue, to the Eventbrite London team who came and scanned tickets with the great Eventbrite app and to Internet Week Europe for the heart shaped stickers. Also to everyone who let us know beforehand if they couldn’t make it, so we could give their ticket to someone on the waitlist. And finally a very big thanks to our very own Andy taking to the stage with a kilt! Every one of you has made Ignite London #5 what it was, an absolute blast!
The tweets using #igniteLDN5 have been archived by The Archivist can be found in detail here, with the top three words being Talk, Speakers and Beer. That sums up Ignite London quite well I think!
If you have any photos from the night we have a Flickr Group crying out for your lovely images of IgniteLDN5!
In case you want to hear more, we thought we’d give you a list of the speakers on Twitter so you can check them out. You can also follow the musings of our lovely organisers @andykervell @smithylad @chichard41 @clairey_ross
Speaker videos will be put online as soon as we have edited them!
Author: Claire | Filed under: Announcement, Tickets, Video | Tags: Ignite London 5, igniteLDN5, tickets, Video | No Comments »Reminder that the 2nd batch of free ticket vouchers for Ignite London #5 will be released on Sunday 30th October 2011 at 1900.
Also here’s a friday afternoon treat from IgniteLDN4:
Pretending to be an expert – by Ryan O’Connell from chichard41 on Vimeo.
Right …the 2nd batch of tickets will be released over on Eventbrite on Sunday
Although admission is free, we are using a ticket system so that people can ensure their admission at what we imagine will be a sold out event.
- Your ticket only guarantees you admission if you arrive by 7:30 pm (doors open at 7 pm). At 7:30 pm, we will begin to let people in at the door and your ticket will no longer guarantee you anything.
93 Feet East has quite a big capacity, so if you don’t manage to snap up any of this batch of tickets, don’t despair because we will be releasing one more batch on Tuesday 1st November 2011 at 1230. Tickets are limited so please, only take one if you are able to attend. If something happens and your plans change, let us know so that we can free your ticket up for someone who can use it.
Any questions? Leave a comment below or email tickets@ignitelondon.net
Author: Claire | Filed under: Announcement, Speakers | Tags: Ignite London 5, igniteLDN5, Speakers | No Comments »
Katie Birkwood at Ignite LDN 4 By paul_clarke paulclarke.com
There was a amazing response to our call for speaker proposals for the upcoming Ignite London 5. We had some absolutely brilliant submissions so we had our work cut out to make selections. Thanks very much to everyone who took the time to put in a proposal!
Here’s a taste of who’s going to telling us brilliant stuff on 8th November 2011, 7pm at 93 Feet East
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Dr Chris Lintott
What to do with 500,000 scientists
Chris will be telling us about the development of the citizen science projects.
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Alby Reid
To be confirmed
Alby will telling us about all the ways that humans confuse themselves: optimism bias, temporal discounting, the Dunning-Kruger effect, the Pollyanna Principle etc.
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Ben Fields
Ale or Lager and Other False Choices
Ben is talking about beer. Need I say more?
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Dominic Joyner
Power of the Peloton: Beyond the Tour de France
A brief introduction to the sport of professional cycling, beyond the Tour De France. From spring cobbles to autumn leaves. The races, the riders, the rest.
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Jon Wills
Multiple Choices, Multiple Endings: How small choices can shape a digital world
Ever wondered how Nintendo helped form one of its biggest rivals? How a simplistic game from Russia created a capitalist gold rush? How an American Football coach helped start some of the world’s biggest sports games? Well Jon will explain it all.
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Kass Schmitt
The Language of Ships
Have you ever heard a ferry sounding its horn? How many blasts did it make? Were they long or short? Each is significant and recognised instantly by seafarers of every nation. Kass going to talk about the unseen conventions and communications that prevent ships running into each other.
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Keith Kahn-Harris
How a childhood spent collecting building societies taught me to celebrate the power of obscurity
Keith as a child ‘collected’ obscure building societies, sadly he doesnt collect them anymore but he is still obsessed with obscurity and discovering new worlds. In fact, it’s more than an obsession, it’s an ideological statement.
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Mauricio Reyes
Adventures in rehab: 5 minute primer on how to survive inpatient rehab
Mauricio will be sharing the experiences of having a stroke and how technology helped in rehab.
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Michael Story
London’s 66,000 guns.
Michael will be giving out the real statistics on guns in London and providing a pointer on what risks they really face, and from where.
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Nicki Le Masurier
Little Miss Olympics
This is the story of how a girl with no discernable athletic prowess (bar the ability to twirl a baton) came to love the Olympics and how she plans to be part of them.
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Paul Ardeleanu
It’s all about the data
There is a war taking place right now across the interwebs: web advocates are crossing swords with iOS developers, Android advocates and pretty much anyone what is “threatening” the openness of the web.
But Paul believes they got it wrong…
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Paul Parry
Life in the Grotto
Paul is a professional Father Christmas. It’s one of the most demanding jobs there is.” You are God to lots of little people, and have to be ready to go with whatever weird personal traditions that parents/kids have decided on. I’ve done it in London in kids’ department stores, for various events, various charities, and even in an upmarket erotic boutique. It’s better paid than being an elf, but not that good for being a deity. It’s quite a seasonal role, so I haven’t done it for a few months now. I will not dress as Santa when I do my Ignite talk. I can’t stand it when people dress as a Santa whilst drinking/partying/smoking/messing about. It’s unfair on the little people (the kids, not dwarves/elves).
I have a morbid fear of hearing the tune “It’s beginning to look at lot like Christmas”. I have heard Bing Crosby sing this line an estimated 84,500 times. This is too much.
So in short I will cover experiences of mine in the grotto, and to be Santa.”
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Sian Meades
The Science of Smiling
Sian will be talking about the science of smiling, what makes us happy, why we smile, how we can make people smile, and basically improve our days. Just with a smile.
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Tim Caynes
My Face, My Bike
Tim will be telling A short story describing how photos of his face funded the purchase of his bike.
Author: Claire | Filed under: Ignite London, Tickets, Video | Tags: Ignite London, igniteLDN5, tickets | No Comments »The first batch of tickets sold out in under 3 minutes! Speedy fingered folk out there. If you haven’t got your tickets yet or don’t know why you should, well here’s a reminder just how awesome Ignite London is! We give you Steve Berry’s brilliant IgniteLDN4 presentation about How George Lucas’ empire destroyed the British toy industry. Perfect friday afternoon viewing!
How George Lucas’ empire destroyed the British toy industry – by Steve Berry from chichard41 on Vimeo.
You definitely want tickets to see what Ignite London 5 has in store!
There’s still two more opportunities to get your hands on some tickets. Batch number 2 and 3 will be made available on:
Sunday 30th October 2011 at 1900
Tuesday 1st November 2011 at 1230
Head on over to our Eventbrite 
page to get some.
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 so we can redistribute the ticket to someone able to use it.
Look forward to seeing you at Ignite London 5.
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