Tuesday Highlights

Joining FiRe from the U.K.: cancer specialist Lauren Pecorino and Marcus Gibson, Editor, Gibson Index Ltd.

Noam Ziv (center), Qualcomm's VP of Engineering, with Georg Kopetz, executive board member of FiReStarter company TTTech Computertechnik AG

(L-R) Scott Foster, just in from Tokyo; and Sidney and Yulin Rittenberg, Beijing/Fox Island, Washington

FiRe Chair and SNS CEO Mark Anderson (L) and Robert Anderson, Director of TT and IP, Illinois Institute of Technology

Bright Simons, Coordinator of the mPedigree Network, IMANI-Ghana, with Sally Anderson, SNS/FiRe Editor-in-Chief and Production Manager

Bright Simons, Coordinator of the mPedigree Network, IMANI-Ghana

FiRe/Thunderbird intern Matt Keller (L) greets Lewis Douglas, Managing Director of Ocean Alliance, in front of the Hotel del Coronado's iconic ballroom turret

FiRe/Thunderbird interns Matt Keller (L) and Adam Steinbrunner with Kurt Doppelbauer, Director of FiReStarter company TTTech North America and TTTech Computertechnik AG

Uwe Feuersenger (L), Partner and CEO of aeris CAPITAL AG, lands on the beach with Matthias Hohensee, Senior U.S. Correspondent for Wirtschaftschwoche; Georg Kopetz, Executive Board Member of FiReStarter company TTTech Computertechnik AG; Niall Davis, Partner, aeris CAPITAL AG; and guests

FiRe staffer Brent Morris (L) and FiRe/Rodel Foundations intern Adam Steinbrunner prepare for the FiRestorm

(L-R) Bob Warshawer, Black Rock Cable; John Thompson, Kognitio Inc.; David Engle, SNS Project Inkwell and North Platte Public Schools; and Craig Norris, Attensity Group (a FiReStarter company)

Dan Lynch (L) visits with FiReStarter company Smaato's co-founders Petra Vorsteher, EVP; and Ragnar Kruse, CEO

Chris Hancock (L), CEO of AArnet Party Ltd; and Larry Smarr (R), Director of Calit2 (the "FiRe Lab"), UCSD

Mary Clark, Executive Assistant, The Rodel Foundations, shares a laugh with Founding Director Bill Budinger and SNS/Thunderbird intern Matt Keller

Chil-Yung (CY) Kim, Technology Partner with FiReStarter company Vesta Health Systems; and CEO of Dolki Korea Ltd

Sharon Anderson-Morris, SNS Programs Director, introduces FiRe's Opening Night speaker, V. "Ram" Ramanathan, Director of C4 at Scripps, UCSD

Mark Anderson, FiRe Chair and CEO of SNS, welcomes attendees at the Opening Night Dinner

V. "Ram" Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor of Climate Sciences and Director of C4 at Scripps, UCSD, opens the FiRe conference with "Practical Strategies for Solving the Climate Problem"

Johan Varland (L), Kamran Elahian, and Mary Clark listen to "Practical Strategies for Solving the Climate Problem" on Opening Night, presented by V. "Ram" Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor of Climate Sciences and Director of C4, Scripps, UCSD

FiRe participants listen to "Practical Strategies for Solving the Climate Problem" on Opening Night, presented by V. "Ram" Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor of Climate Sciences and Director of C4, Scripps, UCSD

V. "Ram" Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor of Climate Sciences and Director of C4 at Scripps, UCSD, opens the FiRe conference with "Practical Strategies for Solving the Climate Problem"

Panel by Joe Sterling, FiReScribe 2009, depicting V. "Ram" Ramanathan's Opening Night keynote presentation: " Practical Strategies for Solving the Climate Problem"

Panel by Joe Sterling, FiReScribe 2009, depicting V. "Ram" Ramanathan's Opening Night keynote presentation: " Practical Strategies for Solving the Climate Problem"

Panel by Joe Sterling, FiReScribe 2009, depicting Sharon Anderson-Morris' and Mark Anderson's Opening Night welcome remarks