If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers.

Let's do this again for the ninth time. See igniteportland.com for all the details, and to submit your talk idea!

We're planning Ignite Portland 10! Come join us to hear the latest news and find out about great volunteer positions we're needing to fill.

Ignite Portland is an exciting, fast-paced, night of presentations where people can share their passions and burning ideas. The rules are fairly simple: 20 sides x 15 seconds per slide (auto-advancing) = 5 minutes of awesome. Presentations can be on nearly any topic, so long as they can teach, enlighten, or inspire us.

Doors open at 5pm with a OFB donation, 5:45 for everyone else. Talks start at 7pm, so plenty of time to get a good seat!