 Thank you for joining us for a conversation about impact science. My name is Catherine Guarini and I'm the Vice President for Impact Science at IBM Research and I'm joined by my colleague Marina Raplan here for a conversation around our new program launched just a year ago that we call Impact Science. Thank you Catherine. When we launched this new initiative we were inspired by the field of impact investing. We wanted to do research that could have positive impact on society both within our community and worldwide. And that's why we picked three initial topic areas, the future of health, future of climate and future of work. Now the future of health topic is one that we're passionate about with deep expertise in the domain of healthcare and life sciences as well as bringing technical expertise in artificial intelligence, data analytics and more. And it turned out that this is an important set of skills and capabilities given what we all faced in 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic. We were able to bring those skills to bear to help to address the pressing crisis and the collaborations that we had with external parties, public and private partnerships allowed us to really contribute it in a meaningful way to address the most pressing concern of 2020. But that wasn't the only challenge that we face. 2020 was actually one of the hottest years on record. We saw more frequent and more severe weather events such as wildfires, floods and storms and that's why our second focus area is the future of climate. We looked into the expertise of IBM research community and we focus on areas such as for example materials discovery for CO2 capture. We also looked into how can we support our clients as they battle with adapting to climate change and mitigating the effects of climate change. Of course, one of the lasting legacies of 2020 is going to be how our work has changed. So future work looks into our work spaces, the technology we use and the way we will be collaborating with each other moving forward. Now in the middle of last year we also recognized the unique challenges around racial and social injustice in the United States and around the world. So we launched a new program we called tech for racial and social justice about applying our technical innovation as well as some of the unique collaborations that we have externally with historically black colleges and universities as well as other academic partners to address the pressing challenges we see in society. At the same time, IBM research recognizes that we need to be responsible stewards of technology and while the technology itself is neither good or bad, we know that we need to be thoughtful about how it's developed and how it's deployed. From artificial intelligence to quantum computing and hybrid cloud, we take very seriously the responsibility being thoughtful and proactive about the development of advanced technologies. What makes me really excited about the work that we're doing each day is being part of the vibrant community of IBM researchers over 3,000 worldwide and also working on impact science allows us to turn our passions into something that can help our families, our clients and our communities. We're looking forward to sharing more of impact science with you. So please like and follow this channel and we will be sharing more with you moving forward.