Some participants gave short 5-minute presentations, or "IGNITE TALKS," at the workshop. Each talk consists of 20 slides, which auto-forward every 15 seconds, making for a lively and challenging (for the presenter at least) way to get your message across. The audience is encouraged to cheer when they like what they see—and boo or hiss when they don't. Check out this video on giving a great Ignite Talks. The slides from all 20 presentations and a list of presenters are below, in sequence. Videos of the talks will also be posted soon. 

IGNITE TALK PRESENTERS

UNICEF issues for information gathering: 

• Our Stories
• Millennium Development Goals
• Education in Iraq
• Emergency health/disease outbreaks
• War & Conflict: "Reaching the most vulnerable children in a really tough place"

Jaya Murthy | Chief of Strategic Communications & Partnerships UNICEF IRAQ

WATCH Jaya's IGNITE Talk

Merrick Schaefer  |  UNICEF RapidSMS   

http://www.rapidsms.org/

WATCH Merrick's IGNITE talk

JD Godchaux  |  Exec Director, NiJeL (Community Impact Through Mapping) 

http://nijel.org/

WATCH an interview with JD 

Jacob Korenblum  |  Souktel Co-Founder  

http://souktel.org/ 

WATCH Jacob's IGNITE Talk

Abdallah Chamas  |   Sharek961   

http:/sharek961.org/ 

WATCH Abdallah's IGNITE talk

Jeffrey Warren  |  CartaGen   

http://cartagen.org/

WATCH Jeffrey's IGNITE Talk

Robert Soden  |  Development Seed   

http://developmentseed.org/

WATCH Robert's IGNITE talk

Brian Herbert   |  Ushahidi  (Crowdsourcing Crisis Information)

http://www.ushahidi.com/

http://www.slideshare.net/brianherbert/ushahidi-ignite-at-mobdata

WATCH Brian's IGNITE Talk 

Josh Levinger  |  Ground Truth & Virtual Gaza 

http://jlev.media.mit.edu/Main/Projects

http://www.slideshare.net/jlevinger/open-source-mapping-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territories

Nadav Aharony  |  MIT Center for Future Civic Media

http://civic.mit.edu/team/nadav-aharony

WATCH Nadav's IGNITE talk

Safdar Mustafa  |   Al Jazeera Labs, Mobile Media Unit  

http://labs.aljazeera.net/team

WATCH Safdar's IGNITE talk

WATCH an interview with Safdar

Sherif Tawfik  |  Egypt National Child Rights Observatory

http://www.childobservatory.net.eg/

WATCH Sherif's IGNITE Talk

Rabih Nassar | Apstrata

http://www.apstrata.com/

WATCH Rabih's IGNITE Talk

Ayman Itani | Crowdsourcing Information in the Era of Web 2.0

http:///www.telephone.com/

WATCH Ayman's IGNITE Talk

http://www.slideshare.net/aitani/crowdsourcing-information-in-the-era-of-web-20-unicef-innovation-mobile-active

Reem Al-Massri  |  www.7iber.com  (Jordanian youth based independent media outlet)

http://www.7iber.com/

WATCH Reem's IGNITE talk

John Dimatos  |  Interactive Telecomm Program, NYU   

http://itp.nyu.edu

WATCH John's IGNITE talk

Luciano Calestini | UNICEF Iraq

WATCH Luciano's IGNITE Talk

WATCH an interview with Luciano

Kumiko Iwasawa (UNICEF) | Education in Iraq

WATCH Kumiko's IGNITE Talk

Juan Santander (UNDP) | Tracking MDG Progress in Iraq 

WATCH Juan's IGNITE Talk