 Ciao, Open Education Amigos from around the world. My name is Chrissie Naranzi and I am a principal lecturer in academic CPD in the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Manchester Metropolitan University. I am delighted to be the program chair of the next OE Global Conference which will take place later this year, in November, in Milan, or Milano, as we should say. Hi everyone, I'm Paola Corti and I work as a project manager in Politecnico di Milano. My unit is called Mated and we deal every day with learning innovation here. We will host the next Open Education Global Conference in our university and we are more than happy to welcome you all in our campus. Preparations for this exciting event have started and we are working closely together with colleagues from Politecnico and the Open Education Consortium. The tracks and subtracks have now been finalised. The theme of this year's conference is Open Education for an Open Future. Resources, practices and communities. And our call for contributions will open very very soon. So watch the space. It is about illuminating the chances Open Education offers to maximise educational opportunities for all. Opportunities that can bring new hope and positivity to this world we live in. That is perhaps currently dominated by the opposite of collaboration, equality and inclusion. We would like to create a space in which we can imagine together an alternative Open Future that is democratic, inclusive and diverse, to bring individuals and communities together. To be more specific, we would like to promote reflections and discussions toward two directions mainly. The first is Open Boundaries. Our work is increasingly being characterised by divisions and the building of walls. Open Education and Open Resources play a critical role in ensuring that those to learning and educational opportunities remain open and support the open sharing of ideas. Projects and educational content. The second is Open Opportunities. Increasingly people around the world are marginalised or at risk of being marginalised because they lack the opportunities and skills required by new job market scenarios. This is true both at local and global levels. Open Education can actively contribute to expand opportunities for individuals who want to build their future on a set of skills which can be acquired through open educational resources. We all know that without imagination, creativity and innovation but also cooperation and collaboration we are weak in making real changes to this world. We invite you therefore to dream and imagine together. Check out the trucks and sub-trucks. Our diverse conference formats will help you share your work, research and ideas and engage in discussions and networking with other open educators from around the world. There will be traditional sessions such as presentations and posters but also more interactive workshops, action labs, we'll have world cafes but also design playshops. After all we will be in Milan. For now I'll leave you. I'm going outside. It's freezing cold here in the UK we actually have snow and I'm really looking forward to see you in Milan.