Ignite NYC III

Monday, February 23 at 6:30pm

Santos Party House at 96 Lafayette Street.

Rocketboom will kickoff the night with “Know Your Meme: The Game Show! Pwn, Win, or Fail!” Hosted by the cast of Know Your Meme: Jamiedubs, Elspethjane, and Yatta. Contestants: Rex Sorgatz, Gavin Purcell (Attack of the Show / Jimmy Fallon Show), Peter Rojas (Engadget / RCRD LBL), and Kelly Reeves (URLesque) vs Michelle DeForest, Bre Pettis, Caroline McCarthy, and Tim Shey. The game show that tests your knowledge of all things Internet in just twenty questions and a lightning round.

Our speakers for the Ignite Talks are confirmed!
Jen Bekman- “Overcrowded”
ITP Alumnus Alex Bisceglie- “DataVisualization: Muppet Fur Coats”
ITP Alumnus  Dennis Crowley- “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Family Feud in Under 5 Minutes”
Former ITPer  Cory Forsyth- “How to Piss Off the FCC”
Michael Galpert- “Images On the Internets Seem Realer Than They Are”
Andrew Hoppin
Jonathan Kahan- “Cutting Edge Technology: The Samurai Sword”
ITP Alumnus  Jaki Levy- “How to Screw up Your Reputation Or the Reputation of Your Company Online”
Jooyoung Oh- “Unemployment 101″
ITP student  David Overholt- “Fail Often”
ITP Alumnus  Ed Purver- “A Show of Hands”
Scott Rafer- “An Overnight Success in Just 15 Years”
ITP Alumna  Britta Riley- “R&D-I-Y”
Karen Sandler- “Unchain My Heart”
Naveen Selvadurai- “In Case of FIre, Break Glass”
ITP Alumnus  Rob Seward- “The Collective Unconscious of 1980s Florida”
Noah B. Zark- “Near Future Augmented Reality Systems”

Here’s how the night will run:
6:30PM- Doors
6:30-7:30PM- Happy Hour: $2 Buds and $5 mixed drink
7:30-8PM- Know Your Meme: The Game Show! Pwn, Win, or Fail! with Rocketboom
8:30-Ignite Talks begin
10pm- Ignite talks end
12am- Event ends

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