# Lightning talks - Co-op | Date | 2024-01-31 | | ---- | ---- | | Location | Room 3 | | Time | 18:10 - 20:00 | | Form | [Link](https://nextcloud.skynet.ie/apps/forms/s/6x7cc8LpqdCQfBiKiW4CMEML) | 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: ``` ## 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