Ignite Boston 5

Ignite Boston Event
Hosted by Mike Hendrickson, O'Reilly Media
February 12, 2009 | Comments: 9

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The fifth Ignite Boston will be Thursday, February 12, from 5pm to 9pm at The Hooley House in the Faneuil Hall area of Boston.

There is no cover charge or any sort of fee. The event is free as in 'Free Beer'.

Since there is limited space at the Hooley House, you must RSVP here to secure a chance to attend. By RSVPing you will also have the chance to win $300 worth of O'Reilly books of your choosing. You must be present to win. There will likely be other items like tee-shirts and other promo items for those who alert us ahead that they plan to attend.

From 5-5:45 pm, mingle and talk tech with your fellow FOOs, alpha geeks, and techies from the greater Boston area. After the mingling and social stuff, on to the select keynotes. Then, onto the lightening talks.

We will be posting the talks as soon as we have a list of all speakers. If you would like to speak, please go here and enter a talk. We hope to see you at the Hooley House Thursday evening February 12.

9 Comments

I am interested in e-government (see my URL). I am looking forward to discussing this inexplicably low-profile topic with other enthusiasts.

Are you guys still accepting talks? The form says it's turned off.

-eva

How do we know if we RSVP'd early enough? No confirmation yet and I haven't seen a list of attendees.

Just want to know so I can arrange my visit to Twestival the same night.

Thanks,

Jeff

When you click on the link to talk, you get:

It looks like the form "Ignite Boston 5 Talk" is turned off.

Try contacting the owner of the form if you think this is a mistake.

Is this event still on? I haven't seen a list of speakers/topics yet.

Event is still on -- see email below and tentative schedule below.

Hey all,

Thanks for RSVPing to Ignite Boston 5 tomorrow night (Thursday, 2/12) at Hooley House. Doors open at 5pm, so make sure you come early to guarantee entry (capacity upstairs is ~250). Last time we reached capacity by 5:30!

If you arrive too late, you'll be waiting downstairs at Hennessey's until you can get in.

More than 500 people have RSVPd, so admission is "first come first served". Until we can find a larger venue (suggestions are always welcome!), it's the easiest and quickest way to get people in and out of the cold.

See you tomorrow night!

--
Marlowe Shaeffer
Managing Editor
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
10 Fawcett St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 499-7528

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Here is the schedule I have:::

5:00 - 5:40 Socialize and get into the venue
5:40 - Opening remarks
5:45 Keynote: Democratizing Data, David Stephenson, 20 mins

Talks, 5 mins each:

6:10 Democracy at Work - True Tales of Enlightened Workplaces
6:15 Reinventing the town commons - online
6:20 Impartial Redistricting
6:25 A new kind of hackerspace
6:30 biohacking
6:35 Broken Hearts: How Valentine’s Day Causes Global Warming
6:40 SmartLab: geek out with multi-touch, computer vision, lab science
6:45 Hardware design and the gEDA Project Break 10 minutes
7:00 Global Network of Bostonians
7:05 Game Development in Boston
7:10 The Opportunity for Brands in Social Media
7:15 Beehive: An experiment with social networking behind the firewall
7:20 What I Learned from Blowing $30M >6 Years Building Networked Biz
7:25 Hackers for Charity
7:30 Getting Back on Track: Saving Derailed Projects
7:35 Friendependence
7:40 Soft Skills for Geeks
7:45 Is Social Media Bullshit?

Look forward to a great event and seeing lots of interesting people there. Would be happy to chat with anyone regarding equity/debt financing.
Thanks O'Reilly Media!
-Tuan Pham
tpham2@svb.com

Do you guys post the presentations of the speakers online after the talk?

Photos from Ignite Boston (5 and previous events) are available at http://flickr.com/groups/igniteboston/.

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