Author: AndyK | Filed under: Announcement, Ignite London | No Comments »Following on from the continued success of Ignite London 5 in November 2011, the Ignite London Committee are very pleased to announce that Ignite London 6 will be held on Thursday 3rd May 2012 again in 93 Feet East in Brick Lane, Shoreditch. We really hope you will enjoy another evening with us which we are sure will have an amazing line up of speakers and a wide variety of subjects. If you want to know what Ignite is all about – check out the videos of our previous 5 events.
Have you got a passion, idea or story which you would like to share with London in 5 minutes? Why not follow in the footsteps of our previous speakers such as Dr. Chris Lintott, Cory Doctorow, Steve Bowbrick and Tom Scott? Look out for The Call for Speakers to be announced next week on this site and via twitter and submit your idea via this website. Ignite London will again be free to attend in the audience, and entry vouchers will again be distributed via Eventbrite nearer the date.
We are sure it will be another great night of rapid fire enlightenment at the one and only Ignite London. If you first heard about us via our recent appearance on BBC Radio 4′s Word of Mouth show, then we look forward to welcoming you to find out what an Ignite event is all about.
Hope to see you on 3rd May at Ignite London 6!
Author: AndyK | Filed under: Announcement, Ignite London | No Comments »
Those observant amongst you at our Ignite London 5 event last November may have noticed a chap wandering around with a BBC Radio jacket and a microphone. Well this gentleman, Toby Field (also a previous Ignite Bristol Organiser), is a Producer of BBC Radio 4′s Word of Mouth Programme. He attended our last event to record and interview for a programme about the new wave of public speaking events such as Ignite and TED etc. So if you would like to hear yourself on National Radio then tune into the show entitled “Public speaking, show & tell” on Tuesday 17th Jan at 4pm or listen to it on BBC iPlayer.
The link to the individual show is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019fx9q
The videos for Ignite London 5 are now available to view. We hope you enjoy them and look forward to welcoming you to Ignite London 6 later this year in Spring. If you would like to know more about this event or to submit a speaking idea etc. then please sign up to our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter or subscribe to our RSS Feed from this website. Please note that Ignite London has chosen not to fill your email in-boxes so we don’t have an email list. We would rather you decide how and when to receive information about Ignite London 6.
Author: AndyK | Filed under: Announcement, Ignite London | No Comments »Because that is Ignite London 5 Night!!
We can’t wait! Things are getting exciting as we receive the slide-sets from our speakers. We know that you are going to have a great evening from the quality of the slides so far!
Remember that if you were lucky enough to secure a ticket, please be inside 93 Feet East by 7:30pm. After this time (if you are not in the queue) your place may be given to someone waiting on the door. If you know you won’t be able to make it then please email us on tickets@ignitelondon.net so we can reallocate your ticket to one of the many eager people on our waitlist.
Looking forward to welcoming our audience and speakers on Tuesday for what should be another top evening of rapid enlightenment! If you tweet about us please use our hash tag #IgniteLDN5.
See you there!
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.
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