 So welcome everybody. My name is Bernhard Bukowicz. I'll be the moderator of today and so sorry First of all, we started 20 minutes late But the reason is I think that that several people couldn't still find their way to to the venue and We decided okay. Let's wait a bit as some of you have seen the ways Whether you come by metro or the S-Pan it's it's it's still a nice walk getting here to to the to the hall Number 12, but you all made it which is excellent And so everybody please get seated there will be a few more people coming up because normally we are full More than full the room for people who signed up and to open this forum this first life physical UPU will lead us forum again for a very long time I would like to hand over to the deputy director general of the UPU Maran Oswald, please Thank you, but Bernhard always pleasure Dear colleagues partners and friends Good morning and welcome and thank you for joining us for our first in-person world leaders forum in the past several years It is a pleasure to see many familiar friends and familiar faces But also to become acquainted with the new and potential partners in our global postal ecosystem Partnership will be focus of our discussion here today Our three panels this morning will explore the critical role Collaboration place not only in evolution the poster not only in evolving postal industry to meet the new digital expectation of our customers, but also Revolutionizing our sector to exceed these expectations Today we will learn how partnership between the UPU post and the wider sector have helped close Digital transformation gaps within our network. We will also explore how partnerships are helping us identify upcoming technological trends and sees on those opportunities These discussions also come at a pivotal moment for the UPU The UPU has recently opened up additional opportunities for our wider postal sector Colleagues to add their voice to the deliberations of the UPU through the consultative committee Our last panel explores the partnership potential through this channel. I Strongly encourage our potential partners in this room to consider to join the consultative committee We will be happy to have your views hurt not only here But also back at UPU headquarters in burn in Switzerland and in all UPU fora Before I conclude my remarks I would like to express my sincere thanks to Robbie Tony Robinson and his colleagues at UQ media It's a thank to a very long and fruitful Caribolation with Tony and his team that the UPU is able to organize this forum and to be present within the expo this week Thank you very much. Thank you, Ben. Hot