 Okay, hi, I'm Johan van Hoenen, I'm a professor in geodynamics in Durham, at the University of Durham in the UK. Okay, so my research involves things like subduction zones and plate-mental interaction. So one of the key questions in my field, I think, is when and how did plate tectonic start and how did it evolve over time. So this topic has become more popular over the last decades, but I think the open question still remains and the more we learn about it, the more interesting it becomes actually. And another nice aspect of that particular question is that there is so few information known about the early Earth that it automatically becomes very multidisciplinary to grab as much information as you can. Which I really like. I've been going to EGU since the 1990s when it was still called, what was it, EGS in EG, so, and I've been going since then most of the years, I might have missed a few ones, but I guess I've been to EGU around 20 times or so. Well, actually, I do also do remember the first time I went to Vienna, yeah, huge conference centre and I was quite impressed with the whole venue. Yes, it was actually years ago, a long time ago, I attended, well, I wanted to attend one of the Euro sessions in geodynamics, but I went to a big room and it completely filled up. And when it all started, I realised I was actually in the wrong room. And I was, it was a long metal talk from a completely different division. I didn't dare to leave really because I thought it was rude, so I stayed for the whole talk, even though I had no idea what it was about, I think it was bio-geoscience. Yeah, since then I try to make sure that I'm in the right room. Well, the main goal, I guess, is and should be that the Geodynamics Division runs smoothly, as it has in the past, and that will be my main goal. So, and I would like to see if I can advertise Geodynamics more and integrate it with other disciplines, and bring Geodynamicists around the world together in the framework of EGU. One of the problems with Geodynamics might be that there is generally a lack of funding for blue skies research, and that probably includes Geodynamics, so at least that's true in many countries, and even though Geodynamics doesn't always lead to new energy sources or saving lives, I think indirectly it really underpins this research. For example, finding mineral exploration or geohesits through pioneering modelling work that often starts in Geodynamics. I know that not everybody is a fan of online conferences, but I hope that after COVID, I hope that it becomes more normal to go to conferences virtually, and I think we can all help to reduce some travelling. And therefore I think EGM should remain a hybrid conference in the future, where you can attend it both from home and in person.