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 individuals have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers since 2006 with Ignite Silicon Valley jumping in with the Global Ignite Week.

Topics range from IP Law to Food, Mahjong to Social tools.

Speakers include:

Judith Szepesi, partner at Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP
Kari De Leeuw DVM, Coastal Holistic Veterinary Services
Sudha Jamthe, Social Media Strategist, PayPal
Jeff Lindsay, Executive Director, Hacker Dojo
Chuck Kindred
Crystal C. Yan, Torque Media Group, Social Startup Summit
Neil Pallaver
Charles Merriam
Chris Yeh, PBWorks, VP Marketing
Lauren Ornelas, Founder/Executive Director, Food Empowerment Project
Katherine Connors, MPH, Food Empowerment Project volunteer
Praveen Alavilli, PayPal X Developer Network, Developer Evangelist
Peter Behr
Katy Levinson,Akkana Peck

Fast-paced, fun, thought-provoking, social, local, global—Ignite is all of these and more. It's a high-energy evening of 5-minute talks by people who have an idea—and the guts to get onstage and share it with their hometown crowd. Run by local volunteers who are connected through the global Ignite network, Ignite is a force for raising the collective IQ and building connections in each city. And, via streaming and archived videos of local talks, local Ignites share all that knowledge and passion with the world.