 Hi, Paul Stacey here. I'm the Executive Director of Open Education Global. Welcome. I'm here in Vancouver, Canada, on the traditional ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Slaveltooth peoples, which I thank them for. And not far from here, there's a path that goes, follows along the ocean, towards Granville Island. And just as you pass underneath the Burrard Bridge, there's a large eight meter tall welcoming totem pole. Its arms are outstretched like this, welcoming all visitors. Whether they pass by on foot, by bicycle, by water, it faces the city and the water and the ocean in front of it. That pole was carved by a Squamish master carver named Darren Yelton. And his ancestral name means he who works to shape the future of the people. Love that. It's in the spirit of that pole and his name that I welcome you all from around the world to the Open Education Global 2021 conference. And I invite you all to come together and shape the future of all people through Open Education. This year's conference is a little unique. The pandemic has led us to shift our conferences, as we did last year, from in person to online. And this 2021 conference will take place online. We also are uniquely focusing the entire conference on the UNESCO Open Educational Resources recommendation. This is a really important key recommendation that was adopted by all 193 member states of UNESCO back in November 2019, encouraging all governments in these member state countries to move forward with the adoption and implementation use of Open Education. We've chosen to focus the entire 2021 conference on that recommendation and its five action areas, which are capacity building, open education policy, ensuring open education is inclusive and accessible, sustainability and international cooperation, of which this conference is a great example. The 2021 conference will take place online from the 27th of September to the 1st of October, and each day we'll focus on one of those action areas. The 2022 conference we're already planning, and it's intended to build out on this online conference through a in-person Congress still focused on the UNESCO OER recommendation, which we hope will take place in person in Nantes, France, in partnership with the University of Nantes, who's also our partner on this online conference. So on behalf of the entire Open Education Global team and our partners, the University of Nantes and the wonderful planning committee, I welcome to the 2021 Open Education Global conference. We look forward to collaborating with you all in shaping the future of all people through Open Education. Enjoy.