Ignite NYC July 29, 2008

The first Ignite NYC is going to happen 7/29 at M1-5. We are going to feature 16 speakers. Each speaker will get 20 slides that auto-advance after 15 seconds for a total of five-minutes. Ignite is free and open to the public -- you're on your own for drinks. We're also going to be joined by Ignite co-creator, Bre Pettis. Bre is going to lead us in a creative soldering contest. RSVP at Upcoming or Facebook to let us know you are coming. The night will begin with:
7:00 PM - Doors Open

7:30 PM - NYC Soldering Championship:

With solder irons blazing, and the power of molten metal at their finger tips, New York City's electricity enthusiasts and hardware hackers will connect components to complete circuits for the glory of being the fastest soldering gun in NYC.

On stage and under hot lights, contestants will complete an electronics kit in the shortest time possible while still maintaining the integrity of the circuit. Who will be New York City's soldering champion? You'll need to be there to find out!

To solder you'll have to register, but anyone can come enjoy the opening contest. After the contest, there will be:

8:30 PM Ignite Talks

• Jessica Bruder (author, journalist-at-large) - How to be an Undercover Hooker (reprising her talk on taking an NYPD course)


• Tony Bacigalupo (New Work City, CoWorkingNY) - NYC's Startup Scene: Where are the geeks?


• Karen McGrane (Bond Arts + Science) - From Typing to Swiping: Interaction Design has come a long way!


• Tom Igoe (NYU's ITP, Arduino) - Physical Computing's Greatest Hits (or Misses)


• Rose White (Yarnivore) - Weird and wonderful knitting -- graffiti and science and art combined!


• Audacia Ray (Village Voice's Naked City - NSFW) - Porn as a front runner in technology innovations


• Charlie O'Donnell (Path 101, This Is Going To Be Big) - Shaving your head: When to start, how to maintain, and to BIC or not to BIC?


• Charles Forman (ImInLikeWithYou) - How to date celebrichauns with founder fetish


• Natalie Jeremijenko (NYU XDesign) - A bomb shelter for the climate crisis


• Pat Allan (Free-Lancing Gods) - So you're a kick-arse coder...


• Joel Johnson (Boingboing) - Indie Games: At Least They're Free!


• Nick Bilton (NY Times, NYC Resistor) - The Future of News


• Dustyn Roberts (NYU's ITP, Honeybee Robotics) - Flying High with Engineers Without Borders (on building a Kite Aerial Photography rig for mapping in Kenya)


• Nate Westheimer (Rose Tech Ventures) - The Charisma Economy: Success in the age of authenticity


• David Rose (Rose Tech Ventures) - How to get your startup funded


• Peter Kirn (Created Digitial Motion) - 20 Stupidly-Simple Code Sketches: Say Hello, World Visually


• Limor Fried (ladyada) & Phillip Torrone (Make & Citizen Engineer) - Open source hardware, hacking SIM cards, modding a payphone for fun and for profit.

Official Website: http://ignite.oreilly.com/2008/06/-the-first-ignite-nyc.html