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
What happens when you ask ChatGPT for a talk about Ignite
I had to ask and although it got the number of slides wrong, it gave a perfect reply. One day all Ignite talks will be made in this way. ----- Sure, here is an example of an Ignite Talk about Ignite Talks: Title: The Power of the Ignite Talk Format Slide 1: Welcome...
Ignite Liverpool – January 2023
Volume #46 - 18th January It is our great pleasure to be able to bring together such a rich diversity of talented speakers for an evening of cerebral stimulation. Our speakers are all checking their slides, rehearsing their timings and ensuring their vocal cords are...
Open Call for speakers – Euroversion
Are you a Eurovision expert with a need to share? If the answer is Yes to these questions then we want to hear from you. Every now and again we have special Ignites that are focussed or themed, from Love to Elvis to Star Wars and as it will only be a few weeks before...
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