Ignite Great Lakes

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Ignite Great Lakes, the first-ever regional Ignite event, is coming to the Fillmore Detroit in Detroit, MI on July 30. Building on the success of 30+ local Ignites in Michigan, Ontario, Ohio, and throughout the Great Lakes region, Ignite Great Lakes will feature 14 of the best presentations from the Midwest.

To register, see ignitegreatlakes.eventbrite.com.

Hosted in conjunction with Maker Faire Detroit, Ignite Great Lakes will serve as an "after hours" event for Maker Faire attendees and locals alike. The evening kicks off with a MAKE contest, challenging teams of audience members to build build a bristlebot, a miniature robot made with a toothbrush head and a pager motor. The bristlebots will then be raced down one of four tracks. After the "stock" race, participants can use any number of materials from pipe cleaners to googly eyes to the contents of their pockets to modify their bristlebots.

Can't make it? We'll be streaming the talks live, starting at 8:15pm ET.

Event Info:

Saturday, July 30, 2011 - 7:00 PM
Fillmore Detroit, 2115 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48201, US

Speakers:

Over the last few weeks we've been curating a list of "Best Of" Ignite talks. These speakers were a step above the others at their local Ignite events, and we thought their talks deserved to be heard again. Most speakers will be reprising their talks, although there might be a few surprises.

• Jerzy Drozd: Comics are Great (Ignite Ann Arbor)
• Rick Payne: How Computers are Ruining the Doctor's Office and Harming Doctor-Patient Relations (Ignite Cincinnati)
• Joshua Scott: Jump! (Ignite Columbus)
• Dixon's Violin: Doing the Impossible (Ignite Detroit)
• Charlie Wollborg: MOHO is the new SOHO (Ignite Automotive)
• Chantelle Diachina: Black, White or Grey: A Personal Exploration of Racial Identity (Ignite London)
• John A. Hayner: It's All About Serving Others (Ignite Lansing)
• Brian Mulloy: Two Ton API Client (Ignite Automotive)
• Dan Meyer: Art and Science of Doing the Impossible (Ignite Cincinnati)
• David Murray: Who Wants to be Adopted? (Ignite Lansing)
• Evelyn Chou: China’s No Panda Express (Ignite Detroit)
• Erik Hofer: Having a Great Time in Bed (Ignite Ann Arbor)
• Alex Manwell: Hostel Detroit (Ignite Detroit)
• Maria Andersen: Where's the "Learn This" Button? (Ignite MCC)

Press Release
For more information, please contact maryr@oreilly.com.

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