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Lecture: Ignite San Francisco #5

at Public Works

Improve your life through rejection. Find out how to hack politics. Even learn why eating insects can save the environment. All for $5.


Join Ignite San Francisco as 16 artists, technologists, thinkers, and personalities take the stage for 5-minute talks.

Ignite was started in Seattle in 2006 by Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis. Since then hundreds of 5-minute talks have been given across the world. There are thriving Ignite communities in Seattle, Baltimore, Portland, Paris, and now, right here in San Francisco!

Speakers for Ignite San Francisco #5 include:

  • Jason Shen - Rejection Therapy: What I Learned From Getting Rejected Everyday for Month
  • Tim Spence - Everything you know about LSD is wrong!
  • Christina Gagnier - Sex. Drugs. Rock. And CODE.
  • Heather Gold - Unpresenting Ignite: no one cares about your slides
  • Arzo Nazamy - Afghanistan to SF
  • Craig Montuori - Hacking Political Systems
  • Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA - Obamacare, what works/doesn't in CA healthcare
  • Daniella Martin - Entomophagy (how eating insects solves environmental problems)
  • Martin Fisher - Kickstart
  • Alexis Finch - How to draw a dinosaur and why he'll help you learn.
  • Tracy Osborn - How to thrive as a solo non-technical founder
  • Michael Cole - Nutritionally Challenged
  • Patrik D'haeseleer - Citizen science and DIY biology

Doors open at 6pm, first speaker at 7pm. 21 and over. Follow us @ignitebayarea for up-to-the-minute speaker announcements and event partners!

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Pro Tip

"Ignite talks are great because they're limited to 5 minutes. Even if the current speaker is dull, you're only moments away from someone who might rock your socks!" — Rod Begbie

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This event ended on:
April 24, 2012
The Mission
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