My brother Steve has organised Australia’s first Ignite event, Ignite Spatial, coming up on Wednesday 12th November at the Occidental Hotel on York St, Sydney.
What is Ignite? It started in Seattle by O’Reilly and it’s a night of presentations and entertainment. Each presenter has 5 minutes and has 20 slides - each slide goes for 15 seconds before automatically forwarding.
My favourite Ignite talk is Matt Harding (of Where the Hell is Matt fame) talking about how he got so many people to dance with him.
Ignite talks can be on anything, although Ignite Spatial has a general mapping/geo-spatial theme. They are still looking for some presenters so if you know much about maps, GIS, or anything else location-y then put your hand up to present.
If, like me, you can’t even read a map, come along anyway for a drink and some socialising and to hear some interesting talks.
More details are at the site at www.ignitespatial.com
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