Ignite Voucher Holders – Please Send Me Your Email Address

Hello! I’ve sent out Ignite London vouchers by email to everyone who requested them AND who has sent me their email address. A good number of the people who requested a voucher on the blog have not yet sent me their coordinates.

In case we are having a technical issue, and you have emailed me and it’s gone into my spam please try emailing your details to the following: amy[AT]boxuk[DOT]com and amy.thibodeau[AT]gmail[DOT]com.

The vouchers are all spoken for and I’ve had additional requests. If you would still like a voucher, please email me ASAP. If I don’t hear from you within the next 24 hours, I will assume something has come up and you can’t use your voucher and I may give it to someone else.

Specifically, from the people who commented on the website, I am waiting to hear from: @Mathieu, @Simon, @Brianjd. @Roberta, @LorenzGerber, @JamesFlewellen, @Alire, @Martinwalton, @Adrianaata, @CharleyMassey, @Chalres, @RichardKeen, @SimonFoster, @JimmyTidey, @Rowan, @AliceBartlett.

As always, comments welcome below.

Thanks!

All 50 Vouchers Gone

Thanks so much for the great response to the vouchers – we’ve given away all 50.

If you didn’t get a voucher, this does not mean you can’t attend Ignite London! The capacity of our venue is about 180 people – we’ve only given out 50 vouchers (good for two people each) so that still leaves room for people who show up at the door.

Whether you have a voucher or show up on the night, admission is still free. We are really looking forward to see you all there!

Ignite London Admission and Vouchers

We’ve had a lot of questions about how admission will work for Ignite. As you know, Ignite London is a free event and as such, we were reluctant to issue confirmed tickets because we didn’t want to find ourselves in a position where we had a half empty venue (because people with tickets didn’t show – hey, we’ve all been there) while at the same time being unable to let people in at the door in case people with tickets do turn up. We understand that London is a big place, and no one wants to travel across town without the guarantee of getting in.

So we think we’ve come up with a compromise.

We are giving away a limited number of vouchers, which will guarantee you and a friend admission to Ignite London, provided you turn up by 7:15 pm, with a printed voucher in hand. After 7:15 pm, you are still welcome to turn up and may well get in (we have no idea what the demand will be like) but we can’t guarantee it as we’ll be letting people in at the door on a first come, first served basis. Vouchers will be given away to the first 50 people who request them.

We would really appreciate it if you only take vouchers if you plan to attend.

Please note: this does NOT mean that you need a voucher to get in. This is the first Ignite London event in the history of the world and we have no idea how busy it will be. We are hoping for a full house and have had a great response, so if you don’t have a voucher, we recommend you turn up early to avoid disappointment.

Ignite London is happening on Wednesday, 18 November. Doors open at 7 pm, talks will start between 7:45 and 8 pm and admission is free.

To request a voucher, please leave a comment below or @ ignite_london on Twitter.

Ignite London Presenting Sponsor!!

We are really excited to announce our Ignite London sponsor, without whom we would need to charge you admission to cover the costs of putting on the event. Anyone who has put on an event, particularly a free one, knows how important the support of local business is.

For personal and professional reasons, we are excited to announce Box UK’s official sponsorship of the first Ignite London. Box UK was born out of the work of leading thinkers and doers in the web and technology industry. With offices in London and Cardiff, they are obsessed with the Internet and emerging technologies and work with some the world’s best people, from the FTSE 100 to international standards bodies and leading organisations across the UK public and heritage sector. Hundreds of websites are currently managed by their leading Web Content Management System Amaxus, including the National Gallery, BCS – The Chartered Institute of IT, Tombraider.com and Investec Asset Management.

For more information on Box UK, or to find out more about their leading Web CMS Amaxus, please get in touch.

I should note that both Dan and I work for Box UK, so we have a personal connection with the company. It’s also worth mentioning that Box UK has been a supporter of the Ignite concept for a long time and has previously sponsored events in Cardiff.

We are also very lucky to have a wonderful venue partner in Ginglik, who have given us a great price on the space and have waived their regular admission fee. On November 18th, make sure you come early, stay late and enjoy some of the great drinks and food on offer at Ginglik.

Just in case you've forgotten

Ignite London is almost here! Make sure your calendar is marked for Wednesday, November 18th, doors open at 7 pm.

Here is the entire Ignite London speaker line-up (in no particular order):

• Ben Hammersley, The Sex Lives of the Great Renaissance Masters: How the Old Masters and their Mistresses Changed Art
• Matthew Baker, Diarrhea & Dodgy Doners: What’s Special About Bacteria
• Nicky Smyth, Analogue World Design Patterns: A Look at User Behaviour
• Christian Howes, Tomorrow World – The Truth
• Craig Smith, The Upsides and Downsides of Standards (web, language and otherwise)
• Katy Lindemann, What We Can All Learn from Children
• Gerard Darby, Sideways Thinking
• Sofia Pires, Creativity slash Autism
• Matt Edgar, 1794 – So Much to Answer For
• Mandy Saven, Ideas We’d Like to See More Of
  
• Allan Smith, Design + Business – A Real Life Partnership
• John V Willshire, If Advertising is a Firework, Social Media is a Bonfire
• Dafydd Rees, Guerrilla Software design – How to Make the Most of the Power of Small, Creative Software Teams
• Jimmy Greer, Rediscovery: Brazil and the 21st Century
• Ashley Benigno, error(e) 404: Italy as a Country Not Found
• Matt Clarke, Human Energy
• Jennie Albone, Things the Might Not Work Out
• Alby Reid, Operation Paul Bunyan
• Melissa McVeigh, Why Photography Defines Our World
• J.K Tina Basi, Surfing the Net as a Path to Enlightenment
  
• Chris Thorpe, Perils, Wonders and Learning to “be” in a Networked World