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title: 'It goes to eleven: The eleventeenth Ignite Portland takes place, this week'
date: '2012-09-16T18:45:46-07:00'
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  - Events
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  - Ignite
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  - Portland
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# It goes to eleven: The eleventeenth Ignite Portland takes place, this week

September has been an amazing month for Portland events (more on that later). And the hits just keep on coming.

This week, a tried and true Portland event takes the stage for its eleventeenth installment. That’s right. It’s time once again for [Ignite Portland](http://igniteportland.org/ "Ignite Portland").

[Ignite Portland 11](http://igniteportland.org/2012/08/22/announcing-ignite-portland-11-talks/ "Ignite Portland 11") will take place Wednesday, September 19th, at what has become the home of Ignite Portland, the [McMenamin’s Bagdad Theater](http://www.mcmenamins.com/Bagdad "Bagdad Theater").

Who will be speaking? I’m glad you asked. Here’s the roster:

- [Greg Dunlap — Are slot machines rigged?](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/618)
- [Austin Ramsland — The Quantified Toddler: lessons learned from applying modern technology to my 13 month-old daughter](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/635)
- [J-P Voillequé — Muppetology](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/633)
- [Chris Haskell — Blowing up the grade book: What games have taught us about how to save our schools](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/625)
- [Rob Wilcox — Elusive Democracy: A Personal Journey of Continents and Ideas](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/615)
- [T.J. VanSlyke — Trailer Chic: Tales of living in an RV in Portland](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/623)
- [Darrel Plant — Chain Mail and Church Groups: The First Decade of Dungeons & Dragons](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/634)
- [Daniel Bailey — How to climb a mountain without killing yourself](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/620)
- [Josh Bancroft — Bronyism in Modern Culture: WTF is Up With My Little Pony?](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/609)
- [Chris McCraw — the politics of nudity](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/608)
- [Sarah Giffrow — You can become more awesome at roller skating!](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/610)
- [Monk Funkster — What the FLAC!?](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/614)
- [Christopher Krupa — Not Dying in Antarctica](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/630)
- [Ken Westin — Pwnd by Gadgets](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/627)
- [Greg Qualey — Themed Pubcrawls- More Than Just a Theme or a Pub or a Crawl](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/613)
- [Matt Allen — The future of live-streaming music, concerts and festivals](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/631)
- [Jackie Wirz — Collagen: the skin we’re in](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/636)
- [McKenna Pickett – Should Video Games be Viewed as Art?](http://proposals.igniteportland.org/proposals/611)
- [Morgan Rich — Crazy responses to stupid school questions](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/632)
- [Dusti Arab — Rebel Mama: How to raise your kids without losing yourself](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/621)
- [Angela Wheeler — Dying on an Alaskan Highway: What a PhD in Sociology Didn’t Teach Me About Resilience](http://proposals.igniteportland.com/proposals/622)

As always, Ignite Portland is free to attend—and first come, first served. But a food donation is requested. In fact, [if you bring something for the Oregon Food Bank](http://igniteportland.org/2012/09/16/how-to-enjoy-ignite-portland-11/ "How to enjoy Ignite Portland 11"), you get to enter before people who don’t bring anything.

For more information, visit [Ignite Portland](http://igniteportland.org/ "Ignite Portland") or follow @igniteportland on Twitter.