Ignite Talks Sydney 2026

🎤 Sydney's festival of fast and furious ideas is back for 2026!

Ignite Talks Sydney is returning to the Oxford Art Factory on Tuesday 27 October 2026, with its famously fast-paced and fun presentations that are guaranteed to blow your mind and enlighten your thinking.

🤯 There is only one rule at Ignite Talks Sydney - enlighten us but make it quick!

Ignite Talks has become a staple fixture on Sydney’s cultural calendar thanks to its underground-music-venue setting and white-knuckle presentation format:

15 speakers:
each talk is exactly 5 minutes
with exactly 20 slides
that auto-advance in exactly 15 seconds

The result is a fast-paced, high-energy evening designed to keep speakers on their toes and audiences engaged from start to finish. Equal parts entertainment and inspiration, Ignite Talks proves that great ideas don’t need hours — just the right stage. So bring your work fam and your home fam, your sports team and your trivia team; friend or foe – everyone’s welcome and everyone’s in for an epic night of high-energy talks that will leave them inspired, enlightened and motivated.

🕕 Doors at 6pm for a 7pm start. See you at Oxford Art Factory, Sydney!

Please note that Ignite Sydney is for over-18s only as it is held in a licensed venue.