It was fun to have people (including senior lawyers and people carrying the name of their not-small corporations) impressed that we could get so many top people from the industry at an event, despite being only 18-months old (and there being 3 competing parties the same evening).

It was even better to have all these people notice that (i) it is possible to have fun at a corporate party, with people staying willingly at the event long beyond the polite-hour (the zoo staff had to kick out the last visitors at 3am or so), and (ii) networking is actually easier when you invite people who are genuinely happy to see each other - and don't have to prove they belong.

Wind power