Update:

Come join us at Ignite the exciting unconference conference that’s a part of the festivities at Celebrate! AWARE’s 25th Birthday Party.

Ignite is an “un-conference” – A gathering of people who get together to openly exchange ideas. This unstructured, participative format is based on BARCAMP which has been globally successful particularly in tech culture.

Now we are bringing it to Singapore’s civil society.

Barcamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants who are the main actors of the event. – Barcamp.org

So how does it work?

• Participants show up on the day.
• Participants who would like to speak put up their proposed topics on the wall, and everyone votes on what they want to hear.
• The most popular topics are scheduled in first; less popular topics may not get scheduled and may be moved to lightning talks at the end of the day where each speaker gets 5 minutes to present.
• Others are welcome to participate in the lightning talks too.

• There are slots of 30 minutes each to accommodate the talk and Q&A
• Participants are welcome to enter and exit the rooms freely depending on their interest in the talk.
• Participants are encourage to ask questions! The point of the conference is to encourage and exchange and sharing of information
• There will usually be more than one talk going on at once (we have 2 rooms).
• Later in the day, time slots may be used for lightening talks (talks of 5 minutes each).

Who is allowed to participate?
Everybody. This is for the entire community. There are no restrictions on participation.

What are the talks about?

• Anything and everything
• Whatever you are passionate about
• Community, arts, tech, finance, sports … Did we mention everything and anything?
• Your talk can even just be a question – a conversation starter to engage all participants
• During the course of the event, you may even decide… Hey I want to give a talk! You can then put your topic on the board and see if there is interest.
• Prizes will be given out for participation and for the best talks (details to follow)

Anything Else?

• Ignite is being held as part of AWARE’s 25th Brithday celebrations
• This means there will be lots of food and activities going on outside the centre for you to enjoy when you are not listening to a talk
• We will list talks here for speakers who have announced their topics in advance.

Please Sign Up

Help us gauge numbers…

Vote on Topics

The final vote will be held on the day. But here’s a taste of some of the topics that have been offered. We will keep adding to this list as more topics are submitted.

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