Meet the Team behind Ignite
Making awesome events happen in Liverpool
Neil Morrin
Director of Defnet Media, creating websites for 3rd Sector Organisations, Independent Trainer and arts worker. Passionate about information and knowledge exchange practices.
- Coordination 95%
- Media and Marketing 95%
Adrian McEwen
Ignite Liverpool MC, Founder of @MCQN_Ltd. Creator of @Bubblino. Co-founder of @DoESLiverpool. Author @aBookOfThings. Ex-CTO of @GNLteam. Ramblings on #IoT, urbanism and Liverpool
- Bubble blowing 85%
- MC’ing 90%
Dan Lynch
Music Man
Rathole Radio, Linux Outlaws & FLOSS Weekly host, Writer, Musician, OggCamp organiser, Sometimes hacker, FOSS advocate and terrible dancer :)
- Sound 90%
- Playing humorous Music 85%
Mandy Phillips
Good egg
- Hostess with the Mostess 100%
- Networking 70%
Lydia Bates
The constant Tweeter
Lorem ipsum expert as Lydia is a content marketer.
- Meet and Greet 50%
- Humorous Tweets 85%
Andy Goodwin
Slide deck optimizer
Co-founder of DoES Liverpool. RPAS pilot and Maker.
- Probability of flying a Drone over the crowd 80%
- Slide expertise 95%
Recent Blog Posts
Ignite 57 playlist
Lovely evening at Ignite 57 with as always our diverse selection of talks plus we had aircon. Not in this particular order but....here were our 12 speakers from Ignite 57. Speaker: Kate James Talk Title:Analogue is Back! Speaker: Kate Calderbank Talk Title: Drama –...
Sparking Conversations – June 2026
Ignite Liverpool Sparking Conversations 24th June 2026Big ideas in a bitesize format .........Sparking Conversations 24th June 2026Ignite Liverpool: Sparking ideas Held four or five times a year, Ignite has grown into one of the region’s most inclusive, grassroots...
Sparking Conversations – Birkenhead
Ignite Birkenhead Sparking Conversations 25th November 2025Big ideas in a bitesize format .........Sparking Conversations 25th November 2025 Ignite Birkenhead: Lighting Up Ideas at Start Yard! For more than 15 years, Ignite Liverpool has been a place where people...
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