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 geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers.

For more information on Ignite, please take a look at the O’Reilly Ignite site.

For now, just think of Ignite Bend as the brainchild of Jen Floyd, Julie Anderson, and Sarah Cofer piggy backing on the idea of O’Reilly Ignite events like Ignite Portland! We’re looking to bring a twist to the same old conference format that you’re used to. It’s cool. It’s fun. Stay tuned for more info!