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 geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers... and now it has come to Philadelphia!

Ignite is a series of speakers talking about inspiring projects for 5 minutes. The presentations can be serious, funny, or somewhere in between.

Click here to view the list of speakers that presented at the first IgnitePhilly. You will also find videos of their presentations there.
Speakers for the upcoming Ignite2 include:

Don Miller, NO CARRIERBeth Van Why, Design PhiladelphiaJameson Detweiler, Drexel's Smart HouseStu Hankin and Will Robinson, IdeaBlobKristin Groenveld, ArtSphereStan Pokras, Nonprofit Technology ResourcesWhit MacLaughlin, New Paradise LaboratoriesJen Yuan, jenlists [at] gmail.comPamela H. Zimmerman and Kiki Bolender, Parking Day PhillyHoward Blumenthal, MiND TVGeoff DiMasi & Paul Wright, Open Source PhiladelphiaJason Allum, RipIt

The coordinators of Ignite Philly are Geoff DiMasi & Alex Gilbert of P'unk Avenue, the Junto, Vanja Buvac & Far McKon of The Hacktory, and Make:Philly. These are all amazing groups of people working with fresh and innovative approaches to the future.