 Hi, my name is Hashmed Khan and I am the chair of the Department of Economics here at Carleton University. As we get ready for the fall 2020 term, I just want to extend my very warm welcome to you all. In particular, all the incoming new students into our BEECON program and the MA and PhD programs. This has been such an extraordinary, challenging year and the COVID-19 pandemic has affected us all. But we have made sure that all courses during the fall term are being offered remotely. In particular, the entire first year BEECON program is being offered remotely. We are very excited to have a new concentration, economic data science concentration in our BEECON program. And I encourage you to go to our website and read more about it. Over the next few weeks, we will be organizing a series of online events for our undergraduate and graduate students. And you will get an opportunity to meet faculty members, administrative staff, and most importantly, meet each other, connect with each other, which is such an important part of your experience in our programs. Please do not hesitate to contact me or any of the graduate supervisors or graduate administrators. If you have any questions or queries at any point in time. Once again, a very warm welcome to the Department of Economics. Thank you.