Announcing Ignite LDN 5 Speakers

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.

Introducing our Key Speaker – Dr. Chris Lintott

If you have been to any of our previous Ignite London Events, you will know that we have had many well known presenters from the worlds of print, TV and radio. We have had Cory Doctorow, Ben Hammersley, Steve Bowbrick and Jamilah Knowles to name but a few speak at our previous events. Well Ignite London 5 will be no different and we have the privilege to announce that the Co-Presenter of The Sky at Night, Dr Chris Lintott will be speaking in two weeks time!

Chris will be telling us what to do with 500,000 scientists.  You can find out more about Chris over on http://chrislintott.net/ or even on his wikipedia page!  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Lintott

Friday afternoon treat: How George Lucas’ empire destroyed the British toy industry.

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.

Ticket Release Dates for Ignite London 5

We are happy to announce details of how you can get tickets for Ignite London 5 at 93 Feet East on 8th November 2011.

If you didn’t already realise tickets are free and only guarantees admission for one person until 19:30, after this point we reserve the right to let other eager people in who have waited or tried their luck at the door.

As tickets have previously sold out in record time of 5 minutes or less, we have decided to continue releasing them in 3 batches to give everyone a fair chance of grabbing one. We will announce each batch release again closer to the time to help remind you.

So head on over to our Eventbrite  page and keep a close eye on this site and our twitter account as tickets will be made available on:

Thursday 20th October 2011 at 1230

 Sunday 30th October 2011 at 1900

Tuesday 1st November 2011 at 1230

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, thus allowing us to redistribute the ticket to someone able to use it.

We wish you the best of luck in getting a ticket and look forward to seeing you at Ignite London 5.

Get your IgniteLDN proposals in quick! deadline 7th Oct 2011

With a week to go before the speaker submission deadline, there is still time to get your speaker submissions in! Get your thinking caps on over the weekend. Deadline hits at 6 pm on Friday 7^th October 2011.

Now to get those creative juices flowing here is some inspiration! This is one of my favourite Ignite London talks from the very first Ignite London.

The Renaissance Masters and their Mistresses by Ben Hammersley – Ignite London 18 November 2009 from chichard41 on Vimeo.

Think you can do better?  Yes? Awesome. Now go and complete the online submission form on our Speak page.