 This is something I developed in 2020. Yeah. During the pandemic, after I got sick, I was sick for a while. I had lots of time. I thought I'm going to think about the business statement. Why are we here? What are we doing to make sure that this, when I'm not here, maybe I retire one day or when I die, whatever, but when you guys have to continue these business, it should be super clear what Blender is. So the story of Blender is much bigger than the software. Of course the software is important, but the story of Blender is always what we do with it. What do you do with the software? That's interesting, not so much the software itself. I was at 2019 at the conference, and it was the first time when we had big corporations talking to us to support Blender, and for example Ubisoft. And when I asked them, hey, why are you the big corporation and you can talk to any software vendor and get whatever you want. So why are you working with Blender? What is the real thing that you like Blender? And they really said, because you guys care, you really care. And it's true, we really care. I care about this. I care about making great things. I care about making the software. I care about the community. I care about the people here in the business. This is very personal, and that attitude, you see it with everyone. You see it with the Blender community. Because we have our passion and we share that. That's the only main motivation that drives people. You can put your hands down like that, and then you have, like this other hand, you can pull on those straps to tighten it as much as you want, if you need to. Even like those just have a good point. I'm just supposed to watch you in half, so I will argue. Sometimes I just put random stuff on the walls just to stay inspired during the day. The rest of the stuff is just random. For example, I just connected the disco ball last week after having this disco ball for almost five years or so. At some point I found it in the cupboard in one of the apartments I was living in, and I put it at work, even in the old office. It was just always hanging there, and I always wanted to get a disco ball motor. No, I finally did it. Yay! We're spending so much time here that we just have to make it comfortable. Sometimes I do things like 3D printing. The octopus lamp and the dinosaur thing, they are 3D printed and then just painted. That's the cool thing. I'm working with Blender every day, and with 3D printing you can take everything that is virtual and make it something real, which is pretty cool. The conference is in two weeks. Well, three weeks. Today is the 10th. It's on the 26th. I should know the days. That is very soon. We have basically two full weeks. We have these weeks next week, and then the week after, basically we are fully preparing for it, and then the day before the event, we are there doing all the build-up, and then there is the event. It's two full weeks before the whole train starts. The week of the conference is pure chaos. It's an artwork. It's not a logo. I think that as something to put on a t-shirt, it works well. It's nice. But the question number one is, does that even work for you? Because if you don't like it, that's a second iteration with the second design. This shouldn't be something that you are accepting, and you're like, okay, I guess that's what we can do. That's the best we can do. You're not happy with this? Not super, no. To be honest, we also have to finish a version of Heist two weeks before the conference. Doing this on top of that gets a little bit too much. I would rather... I definitely feel confident. I could try out something. But... I mean, it's your guys' call. If you guys want this, then we make it. But I'd rather just spend time on the film also. So, yeah, Wednesday also. I think on Wednesday it was finished. And we have a bright version, dark version. All the colors for print, because this needs to go also to the person doing the schedule. So, they can use this kind of layout for that and these colors. I hope everyone's going to get one of them. And I hope they turn out nice. Please, make them turn out nice. Right now it's going pretty relaxed, other than, I would say, for Francesco and Ton, because they're... I think they're having a lot of stress right now. Organizing everything. And then, next week, it's going to be very, very busy. And with the... I can show you, do you need someone to help you? These two guys, they're like strong and powerful. And they can... Your nose first, and then into one of the network ports, please. Yes. We move by hearing aids, so you can fit it in. And we're going to do a walkthrough through the whole thing. Experience, learn touch, teach touch, that you have to do everything. Not like, ah, there's a word, there's a word. It's okay with that, but you have to do the everything. Like slides, sound, streams, the projections. You do something that is complete, including a recording and uploading the recording to the internet. The day before, you have the conference. But you always find out that one of those things suddenly breaks. And then you don't have to panic on the day of the event itself. Yes. Okay. And you, uh, at least turn on the slides. I can. I will. So you can talk to people upstairs. Okay, so I can be upstairs. So I mean, like, if you're here, then when people hear you, you always have to scream out loud. I will, uh... But this, this is all like this, right? It's a common mistake if you think it's all fine, but it's not. It's not. How's the problem? Well, we were missing this part. So now you have it. And I am getting those slides right, because I didn't have those yet. The blue, the green thing is... Do the whole thing. So I'm going to record it. And the recording will be checked and uploaded. That's what we are gonna try. He-he-he-he-he-he-he-he, Che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che-che. Sir, hey hey. Hey hey hey. Hey hey. Hey hey. Hey hey hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey, check, check, check, check, check, hey, hey, yeah. So, okay, the first speaker is Tom, so he's doing the keynote. So I think that that is, yeah, we... Starts at 11, right? Yeah, if we do quarter to 11, then he can get quarter to 11, it's gonna be too soon for him. Five to 10 minutes. Yeah, let's do five minutes to 11, that is super important, the other person is here. He's gonna do a 20-minute thing, and then, actually, after that, I go on stage with the handheld as well. It's part of the same presentation. I will tell the guys from Faber, I forgot to mention that. And that's it. And then you can already have the next speaker, Sarah. Great. Thank you. Welcome to the Blender conference 20-22. I want to start the presentation with good news, because I'm still there. Wait, wait, wait. I can't hear shit from here. The same as you guys showed. Okay. It was the end. So when Tom says that's it, that's my cue to get in. Okay. And the slide before is an extension platform, so it should be basically now. I wish you guys a fantastic conference, and I will see you around, and I will see you probably tomorrow. Bye. Okay, now move in really really close to the camera. That's one. Okay. Like people do. Cheese. Bigger cheese. Cheese. Lots of cheese. Six weeks ago, at the Blender conference, I still feel like it's something that will stay with us for the whole year, I think. I did get to enjoy a lot, still. Even though I have to go there working, and I'm working from capacity, so I had meetings I had to attend. I had a presentation I had to give with Jack and Hans. Super nice. But there was so much time in between with people that I wanted to catch up and wanted to make plans together that was just a blast throughout all the days. What was the best thing about the Blender conference? Everything? I don't know. Yeah, it's just, it's so quick. It happens over three or four days or so, and then everything is over. So everything is the best thing. You know, the highlight of getting to talk to people and seeing what they're up to, that's I think the best thing. And then of course for me personally, it was a lot of fun with Simon to play. To play the party set with music and Blender visuals. So that was a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to next year. And Andy's office. The top. There's a big thing. Andy's office? Yeah. He has one. Yes. You go in. No, no. I go to bring some mail to Germany. And then I'll be right back so we can have our meeting. Look, there is three. We usually knock it over. Yeah. Like a cat. He experienced the three before. Yeah, yeah. He was born at October. Yeah, yeah. I got him last December. Yeah. This Sunday, one year. Huh? And then we had Christmas. Are you good, Bowie? So when he was in my place, I had a Christmas tree for him. Okay. Yeah. So you remember, huh? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. A colorful ball. Can you give me one? Can you give me one? Okay. Merry Christmas. Okay. How do I describe the year 2022? It was for me a little bit more return back to normal. Exciting. Because obviously getting out of the pandemic felt a little bit more real. We got the chance to go to a number of events that we did with the pandemic. We got the chance to go to a number of events that we didn't do the year before and we were working on productions. We started to be able to be together again in the office. So it was very exciting. Most of the things happened this year, but I always almost forgot when I'm looking at the future. I'm looking at what happens next year, not what happened this year. It's biased, right? If I also tell about the conference, yeah, the conference is special. First of all, if you also mention how it's Blender, it was special. But I think the year as a whole was a pretty good year. I think we had a pretty good run. And we also had a team of talents around us who are really good at what they do. And it's a joy every day to see how incredibly well they are doing it. I feel lucky every day to work with such a talented team. Artists that know most of the time what they are doing. We're a little bit like a family, yeah. Especially because, I mean, like a family, we go through stressful times and less stressful times. So, yeah. But unlike a family, we get along much better, I would say.