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Free Event, Feb 5: Get Fired Up at Ignite Portland

January 30th, 2008

A conference for the short attention
span generation?

A PowerPoint parade running on 
Stumptown triple-shot espressos?

Or an exercise in fitting a brilliant idea
on the head of a pin?   

These are just my silly descriptions for what sounds like a cool event: Ignite Portland 2. Perhaps you read about it in the Oregonian?

In a nutshell, Ignite Portland 2 is a conference and networking event featuring 14 presentations, each five minutes in length. 

Tuesday, February 5
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm (doors open at 5:15 pm)
Bagdad Theater
3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214
Admission is FREE
Please RSVP

The agenda:

5:15 Doors Open
6:00 Registration & Networking
6:20 Welcome and Introductions
6:30 Presentations Wave 1

• What Is Ignite? – Scott Kveton
• Where Does Imagination Go? – Chet Fiedler
• That’s Entertainment: Politics as Theater in Campaign ’08 – Jon Perr
• Open Source Rockets – Sarah Sharp
• Time for Portland to Take Its Place – Chris Logan
• Wouldn’t You Like to Be a Pepper (Expert) Too? – Kelly Guimont
• Beauty in Abandonment – Peat Bakke
• How to Be an Undercover Hooker – Jessica Bruder

7:15 Break and Networking
7:40 Door Prizes
7:45 Presentations Wave 2

• Living a Made Up Life – And Getting Away With It! – Adrienne Fritze
• Biodiesel: The Stuff You Need to Know – Brian Jamison
• Six Weeks to Robot – Brandon Philips
• Why Deutschland Loves David Hasselhoff – Mario Schulzke
• What Would Dr. Seuss Say About Online Communities? – Dawn Foster
• Irrashaimase!: Traditional Sushi in a Newfangled World – Melissa Casburn
• A History of the Stick Figure – Eric Lewallen

8:25 Networking
9:30 Go Home! (or adjourn to the bar for further networking)

Visit Ignite Portland for more information.

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