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 with videos of their presentations. Thanks to Neil Kleinman, The University of The Arts also produced this cool video featuring the speakers from the first IgnitePhilly event.

IgnitePhilly2 will be introduced by Josh Kopelman from First Round Capital. Speakers will include:

Jameson Detweiler, Drexel's Smart HouseStu Hankin and Will Robinson, IdeaBlobKristin Groenveld, ArtSphereChris Lehmann, Science Leadership AcademySteve Welch, DreamIt VenturesBeth Van Why, Design PhiladelphiaDon Miller, NO CARRIERINTERMISSION - 8static previewFarMcKon, AerogamiJen Yuan, "Web 2.0 Free Agent"Pamela H. Zimmerman and Kiki Bolender, Parking Day PhillyHoward Blumenthal, MiND TVGeoff DiMasi & Paul Wright, Open Source PhiladelphiaJason Allum, RipItMark Yim, University of Pennsylvania, GRASP LabJim Stogdill, AccentureAdam Turkelson, Neat ReceiptsHarris Romanoff and Dana Schloss, MakePhilly

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.