 Good morning everyone and welcome to this second Toronto 3d preparative tea course I'm going to be doing the introduction to the 3d course and to our faculty and staff So first I would like to introduce myself in 2013 I arrived to Canada as a happy cardiac anesthesia fellow Coming from Spain to learn from the world recognized mentors in tea at the Toronto General Hospital and It was in Canada where I learned that tea roads So the first is important that it was able to attend Was in 2013 again and as many of you might be thinking choose right now and here It was wondering if my level will be appropriate for the meeting I learned the lesson really fast because I was invited to a Geoparty competition between the team Australia and South Africa and against Europe and we were really smashed by the team Australia and South Africa so What do we need to do to learn 3d echo then so we really need to learn from the best You need to study and you need to have a good mentor I'm presenting here. Dr. Manieri like he helped me a lot when I started when I was struggling when I couldn't get around myself and That's how everything was started so from 2013 to this picture is being five years of difference and With that I just want to encourage anyone that is attending the meeting to embrace the use of 3d It's not easy, but it's neither difficult it should take time and Patience, but most important you need good mentors. We need to pass it on and as they pass it to me and That is why we can be the idea of creating this course to provide an easy access to anyone in the world that wanted to learn 3d echo So first of all, I would like to introduce Sarah Russell, which is our engine The wheels that keep this impulsion moving and without her this impulsion will never have the impossible Second I would like to introduce my partner in the adventure dr. Mashari that once Maximilary left to go to Lice in Germany and left tgh two years ago Which is grab our hands and we ask ourselves. How are we going to be doing that and her we are so I Would like to introduce my colleagues and good friends and my name and mark would sell battery that despise the early career They are the growing stars of our department and they are part of this course too. I Would like to thank professor and Ed Begas our chief of the Preparative echo group at the Toronto general health hospital Which is an unlimited source of knowledge for us and a guide and a reference in tea learning a special mention to one design From cardiology is one of my mentors and she's an incredible 3d echo cardiographer She's part of the ASC 3d guidelines and it's a pleasure to work with her and Dr. Jorender that after we met Two years ago in the first 3d symposium as you can see here He is one of the she is the director of anesthesiology at lights in in Germany And it's very well known like worldwide and a known speaker for ASC any acta Finally, I would like to introduce dr. Ombran and dr. Bilal and sorry Dr. Ombran was the mentor of most of the anesthesiologists at our place and a p-honor in the assessment of interoperative tea He's he has been recruited to our department and he helped with a quality report of our studies Which is an essential source of tea knowledge for all of us But I'm sorry in the bill and sorry in the other hand is our glue It's the person that you always want to have next to you helping because things always runners mostly when he is around. He is fully National Board of Echo certified and they act as certified regarding the course Evaluations please feel free to enter the symposium web page look for the program download the PDF With the program and then in the second page You will be able to find the link for the evaluation form to claim your CMAs I Would like to give a special thanks despite that this year there are not supporting us to these two platforms because they have been Consistently supporting us over the years, but unfortunately this year because of the COVID-19 Pandemic we were not able to do the hands-on But hopefully next year we will have them back and then they will provide the machines for us So all the people that registers for the meeting will be able to actually had some hands-on experience and practice 3D with us Without more delay and leaving you with Professor Annette Pegas to moderate the first part of the symposium Which is the introduction to 3D tea? Thank you very much for listening