open-goverance/Events/2024/Semester-2_Week-01.md

# Lightning talks - Co-op
| Date     | 2024-01-31    |
|----------|---------------|
| Location | Room 3        |
| Time     | 18:10 - 20:00 |
| Form     | [Link][0]     |
| Type     | Social        |
| Lead     | @silver       |

## Overview

Student lightning talks from those returning from co-op.  
Core group of these will be my (@silver) class.

Each talk will be 5 min, followed by pizza and a nice mixer.   
Goal is to have a nice relaxing social event and to promote networking.


Class Discord announcement:
```
Hi @everyone 

I hope ye all had a good co-op and are looking forward to this next semester (feck that Friday timetable)

Compsoc is going to try a new style of Event: Lightning Talks
The rough idea is a 5 min (max) talk about a topic, in this case Co-op 
Then there will be a social, greased by copious amounts of pizza. 

Why Co-op?
Because many of ye have been in interesting places, learned a fuckton and had a good time doing so.
Also should be a good networking/social event to meet folks in other years/courses.
Not to mention, there will be Pizza, lots of it.

Even if you dont want to present you are always welcome to join us.

(You will have to be a member to attend/present but did I mention the pizza? We will be having a few pizza events this semester :smile: ) 
Signup form: <https://nextcloud.skynet.ie/apps/forms/s/6x7cc8LpqdCQfBiKiW4CMEML>
```

## End result
We had seven people present a summary of their co-ops, the good, the bad and the ugly.
Seemed to go well for the viewers.
Pre-ordering the pizza worked well, however we needed more than 5 pizzas for ~23 people


## Poster
![Poster](../Posters/2024/Semester-2_Week-01.png)


[0]: https://nextcloud.skynet.ie/apps/forms/s/6x7cc8LpqdCQfBiKiW4CMEML