Ignite London 4 Guest Speakers

With Ignite London 4 only one more sleep away, Ignite London is very pleased to introduce our guest speakers to you:

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Dr. Alasdair Allan is a senior research fellow in  Astronomy at The University of Exeter.  He describes  himself as as yet another hacker, pretending to be an  Astronomer, pretending to be a hacker.  When not gazing at stars he also has a company which develops iPhone Apps and has published two books about programming for the  iPhone. Check out Alasdair’s blog at The Daily Ack

Ant Miller

Ant Miller

Ant Miller is BBC’s dilettante geek, as Senior Research manager in the BBC R&D department he works on projects such as archiving all the video forever in digital format.  In the meantime, he also tries to work out who is doing what in mobile at the BBC, and flies rockets and kites.  In the wee small hours he plays with computer games and toy soldiers. Check out his blog.

Maxwell Roberts

Max Roberts

Maxwell Roberts is a psychologist at the University of Essex, originally researching into intelligence and logical reasoning.  He is interested in good design, especially wayfinding and schematic maps. Max is a designer of many novel maps of Metro networks around the world. Author of acclaimed “Underground Maps After Beck”, a history of the London Underground Map.  Max has also exhibited his map designs internationally.  Max’s website is here

Tom Scott

Tom Scott

Ignite London are very pleased to welcome back Tom Scott.  Tom presented “Flash Mob Gone Very Wrong” at Ignite London 2, and since the video has appeared on Ignite Show in November 2010 it has had over 200,000 plays and is the second most popular Ignite video of all time!!  We look forward to what magic this part time pirate will conjure up for us again. Check out Tom’s blog here

Ignite London looks forward to welcoming these and our 12 other fantastic speakers on stage as part of Global Ignite Week.  It’s going to be an amazing evening and hope to see you there! Remember to please be in before 7:30pm, or risk missing your place in the audience.

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!

Ignite London Promotional Friend – FatDUX: Wall Of Tweets

With great pleasure we are happy to announce FatDUX:
Wall Of Tweets as our first Ignite London 4 Promotional Friend. FatDUX have produced a brand new twitter wall to feature your lovely #igniteLDN4 tweets on the night.

FatDUX is headquartered in Copenhagen, with their Wall Of Tweets solution produced by their Zagreb group. This further shows the outreach for Ignite London as part of Global Ignite Week 2011. We believe you will agree that Wall Of Tweets produce the most beautiful and engaging displays for events; with impressive references from Microsoft, TEDx, Macworld, the 41st World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland and most recently the European Union Council.

Improvements to their 2.0 version include showing your event photos on the wall, big bold avatars and digital signage to name a few. It will incorporate the previously implemented display of the most active tweeps, schedules, timetables and videos. All of course made in Microsoft Silverlight.

We hope this will encourage interaction with you our wonderful audience and garner a few laughs!

Wall Of Tweets preview for #igniteLDN4

Last Chance! Tickets for #IgniteLDN4

Last chance to get tickets for Ignite London #4, at 93 Feet East on 8th February 2011, 7pm.

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

UK Action for Global Ignite Week 2011

Global Ignite Week 2011

The second Global Ignite Week is being held from 7-11th February 2011. More than 50 Ignites will take place in cities around the world and upwards of 10,000 entrepreneurs, technologists, DIYers, creative professionals and enthusiastic knowledge-seekers will gather in local pubs, theatres, ships and other convivial venues.

All will provide an evening that is a unique blend of networking, information and fun, encapsulated in the Ignite motto: “Enlighten us, but make it quick”. Ignite London is proud to be part of the global effort with events being held in locations as diverse as Manila, Singapore, Bangkok, Costa Rica and Warsaw. London has even had audience members’ travel from Bucharest, California & Pisa.

The UK has fantastic representation with events including London, Liverpool, Bristol, Cardiff and Newcastle. Details are:

8th February 2011

Ignite London 4
93 Feet East, 150 Brick Lane

Ignite Liverpool
Art and Design Academy, Duckinfield Street

9th February 2011

Ignite Bristol 4
ss Great Britain, Great Western Dockyard

Ignite Cardiff 6
Sodabar, Mill Lane

Ignite Newcastle
Centre for Life, Times Square

If you are unable to attend and experience one of these events in person, be prepared for a surge of videos from the evenings made available online. With tickets for Ignite London typically selling in less than 5 minutes, go and grab a ticket whilst you can!