IGNITE is an event format pioneered by geek publishers O'Reilly and is now present in over 100 cities around the world. Ignite presenters share their personal and professional passions, using 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds for a total of just five minutes.
The very first Newcastle Ignite took place in February 2011 at the Centre for Life and was a huge hit. A dozen speakers gave great 'lightning' talks and Oli Wood's breakneck tour of the thousands of bookmarks he's collected over the years earned him the night's prize as our top Ignite speaker.
For Newcastle Ignite 2 we're moving to Martha's Bar and the Vermont Hotel near the Quayside. As per all of our Codeworks Connect Think and a Drink events, there will be networking with food and drinks. The programme for the evening including speakers and their chosen topics for the lightning talks is set out below.
17.30 Registration Opens; Networking with food & drinks in Martha’s Bar.
19.00 Event Begins – Heritage Suite (The Vermont Hotel) Welcome and Introduction by Herb Kim, CEO – Codeworks.
19.10 Presentations from the following speakers
- Chris Stainthorpe (CustomerSure) - "How to get a real app up & running in 2 mins using Heroku"
- Tristan Watson (Love Your Larder) - "Why your idea sucks (and what to do about it)"
- Dan Gilmore (Atomhawk) - "The unwritten rules of video games"
- Paul Mander (NE Procurement Organisation) - "You CAN sell to local councils"
- Peter Hirst (every1speaks) - "Easter eggs"
- Daniel Kolodziej (Poll.Me) - "Energy harvesting devices"
- Jo York (Ki Media) - "Sue's-ability"
- Paul Lancaster (Project North East) - "The Domino Project"
- Jonathan Gold (Finance Tree) - "Raising investment"
- Ross Linnett (Recite Me) - "Advantages of Dyslexia"
- Gary Glozier (TH_NK) - "TH_NK 1-100, a creative's perspective"
- David Erasmus (Cubate Ltd) - "The Road"
The event will conclude with some discussion and is due to finish by 21:00. We're all very excited and hope you are too!
See you there!
