The crowd at Ignite Baltimore #13, which was held at MICA.
The crowd at Ignite Baltimore 13.

Get your brain ready for rapid-fire knowledge intake this weekend.
Ignite Baltimore is finally legal, with the 18th edition set for April 21 at MICA.
The lightning-talk event is back with 16 speakers on a range of topics. Each speaker has five minutes and 20 slides to fire up the crowd. It’s set to begin at 6 p.m. at the MICA’s Brown Center.
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Here are five talks that stand out, both in topic and title ingenuity:

  • Disruptive Thinking & Radical Change — Joshua Riddle
  • Engineering Happiness — Ryan Klee
  • Extreme Arts Collaboration — Jay Gould
  • Is it S.T.E.M. or is it S.T.E.A.M.? — Monica Lopez-Gonzalez
  • Bikeways: The Better Biking Blueprint for Bicycling Bikeriders in Baltimore — Rodney Burris