Ignite Salt Lake

“Enlighten us, but make it quick” is the slogan of Ignite a community event celebrating the passion and creativity of geek culture, sponsored by O’Reilly Media. Ignite events showcase a series of speakers who, in rapid succession, give five-minute talks on whatever ignites their passion. The format is half the fun with Ignite, speakers will be allowed to have 20 slides that auto-forward every 15 seconds, whether they’re ready or not. Ignite talks range from the Robot Uprising to Crowd Sourcing to Zombie Defense for noobs.