FiRe Staff and Interns: (L-R) Sharon Anderson-Morris, Debarshi Das, Matt Keller, Sally Anderson, Berit Anderson, Sam Leigh, Lynne Mercer, Brent Morris, Kelly Webb
Opening Night speaker Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, presents "Identifying Tomorrow's Energy Sources"
L-R: New friends Lynne Anderson, Rob Branson, Richard Wolfe, Cecile Thomas, and Greg Ellis at the Opening Reception
Bill Budinger (L), The Rodel Foundations; and Bill Janeway, Warburg Pincus, appear to share the crown: a chandelier designed by "Wizard of Oz" author Frank Baum
Ido Schoenberg (L) and Roy Schoenberg, heads of FiReStarter company American Well Systems
British independent journalist Mary Branscombe (L) extends a hand, presumably to Bob Anderson, while Mary's husband, journalist Simon Bisson, chats with Lynne Anderson
(L-R, from front): Kai de Altin Popiolek, Scott Gardner, Mark Anderson, and Tom Krazit
Teresa Perdue, Lanier Davenport, and Marchant Davenport (far right), with the FiReStarter company EcoVerdance, talk to FiRe event staffer Brent Morris
(L-R): Bruce Harned, Carol Jones, Doug Smith, Bruce Conway, and Dennis Knight Sr.
(L-R, from foreground): Kai de Altin Popiolek, Geoff Carss, Scott Gardner, and Bob Warshawer
(L-R): David Steakley, Mark Anderson, and Paula Steakley
(Facing camera, L-R): Chenoa Farnsworth, Kolohala Holdings, and Howard Wright, Pitney Bowes
SNS staffer Kelly Webb searches for Nelson Heller's "swag bag"
Staff introductions: (seated, L-R) Christopher Ireland and Kelly Ireland; (standing) Dave Grannan, Mary Branscombe, Erin Keleher, Simon Bisson, and Steve Broback
Cynthia Figge (center), EKOS International; and Bruce Conway, Alex Conway Investments
A ghostly, unretouched image from the Opening Night Dinner: (foreground, L-R) blogger Steve Broback; Bill Janeway, Warburg Pincus; Bill Budinger, The Rodel Foundations; and Steve Evans, BBC Worldwide
The kind of leaders we love to follow: Sidney Rittenberg (L) and Bill Budinger lead the march to Opening Night Dinner
A video in the making: [L-R] Malcolm Mills, Lynne Mercer, and Tim Reha
Thunderbird Connections: Mary Clark, Gustav Toppenberg, and Kip Harrell
SNS FiRe staff and interns: (L-R) Debarshi Das, Matt Keller, Sally Anderson, Berit Anderson, Sam Leigh, Lynne Mercer, Kelly Webb, Brent Morris, and Gustav Toppenberg
![A video in the making: [L-R] Malcolm Mills, Lynne Mercer, and Tim Reha](https://photos.smugmug.com/FiRe-2008/Reception-Dinner-Highlights/i-w8k8Nkg/0/4a3e7f27/S/TuesdayFire16-S.jpg)
