 The International Rice Congress, IRC 2018, we hold it only every four years. That's why we call it the Olympics of rice science. It's the one place in all of the globe where all of the world's best rice scientists gather. Where the rice industry players come together to see what's the latest in scientific achievement for rice research and for ensuring that we meet our global goals for food and nutrition security. 90% of the world's rice is produced in Asia. So we need and we want participation from all of the world's rice growing economies. China, Africa, the countries of the ASEAN, particularly the ASEAN's largest rice producer Indonesia and also happens to be one of the major importers. The world's largest rice importer is right now China. At the same time the world's largest rice producer. The Chinese, the China is able to produce all of the rice it needs, but its population is demanding higher quality rice. So it's not only about growing rice to meet volume requirements, it's also growing rice to meet quality objectives because as our incomes grow, we want better quality rice, better tasting rice, better smelling rice and rice that meets our goals not only for pure calories but also nutrition and health. Rice is a very important commodity for scientific research. Why? Because think of rice research as a gateway into analyzing other crops. You need the knowledge that you can get from rice genetics in order to look at the genetics of wheat, for example, and other grains so that if a scientist has strong capability in rice science, it is a good likelihood that they also are able to develop strong capability in the other grains. So knowing rice science enables you to know the science of many other commodities. So come and learn the science of rice which is applicable to many other commodities.