Ignite Bay Area: Live event to celebrate Global Ignite Week

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world individuals have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers since 2006 with Ignite Bay Area now hosting a regular local series. 

 

After hearing why e-literature is compelling and everything you can learn about relationships from roller derby, the second local program will be a co-ed event to celebrate Global Ignite Week. In the words of the founders: "During Global Ignite Week, impassioned speakers from all walks of life—entrepreneurs, technologists, DIYers, artists, farmers, and creative professionals—will present innovative ideas and solutions before an enthusiastic, often standing-room-only hometown crowd..they'll aim to live up to the Ignite motto: 'Enlighten us, but make it quick.'"

 

We've very much looking forward to the following speakers, presented thanks to Wordpress and Automattic:

Dylan Tweney // Wired

Tiffany von Emmel // Dreamfish

Paul Salazar // Urban Astronomer 

Scott Rosenberg // MediaBugs

Michael Zuckerman // Temple Nightclub

Rod Begbie // Slide

Thomas Goetz // Wired

Marc O'Brien // Nada Bike

Dr. Debbie Findling // Goldman Fund

Dr Lisa Chu // The Music Within Us

Augusta Hopkins // Sustainable Business Advocate

Christian Crumlish // Yahoo

Rebecca Weeks Watson // GWallet

Greg Allen // Northern California Community Loan Fund

Michael Driscoll // Dataspora

Jennifer Lindsay // Jennifer Lindsay Digital

 

Click here for more details: http://ignite.oreilly.com/

Click here to register: http://ignitebayarea2.eventbrite.com/

Location

Automattic Lounge, Pier 38, The Embarcadero San Francisco CA