We ran into a problem that none of us anticipated. A whole lot more of you are interested in coming to the first Ignite Portland that we had ever imagined. And we’ve run into some upper limits. The fire code at our venue, Wieden+Kennedy, limits us to a total of 297 people (that includes attendees + staff). As of now, there are 325 of you who have said “I’m Attending” at Upcoming.
Since we know that not everyone who RSVPs is going to make it, and since we don’t have a way to correlate your “real” name to your RSVP on Upcoming, this is how it’s going to work:
The first 297 people (give or take) who show up on the night of Oct. 25 will get in. After that, unfortunately, we’ll have to close the doors.
That means that just because you RSVP’ed (which we appreciate!), there’s no “guarantee” that you’ll get in. We don’t have a list of names to check at the door, to see if you RSVP’ed or not.
That also means that just because RSVPs are now closed (we capped the Upcoming event at 325), you can still show up on the night of the event, and if you’re in the first ~300, you’ll probably get in.
We know this sucks. It’s going to potentially make a lot of people mad at us. We’re really sorry! 
We had no idea this would become so big - we thought we’d be lucky to get 100 people. Really. We’re going to account for it when planning the next Ignite Portland.
We’ll be posting a detailed agenda of the evening soon, but the plan is to open the doors at 5:30 PM (with presentations starting about 6:20PM). I recommend getting there early if you want to make sure to get in. There are lots of little shops and cafe-type places around to hang out or have dinner before the event. The Pearl District is a very cool place.
See you there! 
We are providing dinner for the attendees, that is - the 297 people who get in!