Ignite tag:ignite.oreilly.com,2008-12-13://2 2009-02-11T01:20:44Z Movable Type Pro 4.21-en Ignite Bangalore 2 Was a Success! tag:ignite.oreilly.com,2009://2.78 2009-01-20T01:19:10Z 2009-02-11T01:20:44Z First off, a HUGE thanks to everyone who helped blow the doors off our second Ignite Bangalore event. More than 20 presentations that kept people thinking and learning all night were done. Rajiv Mathew http://ignite.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=2&id=29 First off, a HUGE thanks to everyone who helped blow the doors off our second Ignite Bangalore event. More than 20 presentations that kept people thinking and learning all night were done.

We had a wide variety of people presenting including Sriram Narayan (ThoughtWorks), Tamaghna Basu (Bally Software), Harsha Venkatesh (Cypress Semiconductor), Mahidhar Devangere (India Rim Consulting), Sarvanan Jeganathan (Oracle), Sudarshan Baily (Unisys), Brian Raj (Oracle), Nagarjun K (ThoughtWorks), Jerry Mukkadan (Mindtree), GV Dasarathi (CADEM), Mansi Meera Baindur (NIAS, Bangalore), Pavan Soni (Wipro), Amruth B R (Vitabeans), Megha Sejekan (Siemens), Ananth Ranganathan (Z Research), Aditi Shah Mathur (GenieKids), Sandip Gangakhedkar (Motorola), Jonathan McCracken (ThoughtWorks) , Syed Sultan Ahmed (Krayon Entertainment), Deepak Rajanna (Yahoo), MP Hariharan (Rezonant), Parameswaran (Technopak) & Sanjay Das (Biztruss)

Here are links of interest :

Blog - http://ignitebangalore2.blogspot.com

Presentations - http://www.slideshare.net/rajivmathew/slideshows

Pictures - http://www.flickr.com/photos/30839876@N02/sets/72157612746593736/detail

The night was solid, great ideas and amazing presentations.

There is still some work to be done to make Ignite Bangalore 3 even better. We are listening to the feedback and making adjustments. Planning to roll out Ignite Pune & Ignite Chennai soon. Watch this space.

]]> Ignite Bangalore 2 tag:72.34.60.160,2008:/ignite//2.57 2008-11-26T12:17:03Z 2009-01-05T20:52:12Z On January 16 2009, Bangalore will see its second edition of Ignite Bangalore at ThoughtWorks Bangalore. Any topic that you think is interesting is welcome (no sales pitches or a product demos). If you are interested in speaking, email me (rmathew@thoughtworks.com) your topic. Rajiv Mathew http://ignite.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=2&id=29 On January 16 2009, Bangalore will see its second edition of Ignite Bangalore at ThoughtWorks Bangalore. Any topic that you think is interesting is welcome (no sales pitches or a product demos). If you are interested in speaking, email me (rmathew@thoughtworks.com) your topic.

The event is free, so if you're interested in meeting people, learning something new and sharing their passions, RSVP to me via email.

]]> Ignite Bangalore tag:72.34.60.160,2008:/ignite//2.21 2008-11-10T17:40:05Z 2008-12-05T02:03:39Z We've had a fantastic response to the first Ignite Bangalore event! We're looking forward to seeing all of you there. Keep reading for the great line-up of speakers and the schedule for the evening. Suman Thareja http://ignite.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=2&id=6 Wow Bangalore, what a great response to our first Ignite! So many of you have expressed interest, we're thrilled, excited and pleasantly surprised to be hosting what promises to be an exciting evening. We only have room for 80 so please get there early to make sure you have a seat.

We have a fantastic line up of speakers... a huge thanks to those that volunteered to speak and share their passions. Here it is:

6:30 PM Doors open

7:30 PM - 7:50 PM Keynote: A Career in Software - Satty Bhens, Director of Application Development, McKinsey & Company

7:50 PM - 9:00PM Lighting talks:
Art of Building a Technology Team - Cyril Thankappam
Clean and Green - Roopa Sankaran
Survive a bicycle commute in Bangalore - Rohan Kini
The future of User Interfaces - Shreyas Srinivasan
World May End Tonight - Siuv Palani
Whisky - Mukta Darera
BeleniX - Moinak Ghosh
Collaborative Enterprises - Enterprises 2.0 and Beyond - Dinesh Tantri
Desi Innovation - Chethan Manikantan
Biz Quizzing: Gyan in 300 seconds! - Shubham Roy
Community Lessons - Abhilash Ravishankar
Weekend - Rupa Patil

9:00PM - 10:30 PM Mingle and Dinner

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Let's Ignite Bangalore!

When: Nov. 13th, 2008
Where: Royal Orchid Bangalore (Park Plaza 1, Golf Avenue, Adjoining KGA, Golf Course Airport Road)
RSVP: RSVP to us via email (ignitebangalore@gmail.com) or on Facebook

If this will be your first Ignite night, check out others around the world: ignite.oreilly.com

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