 My name is Tom Arnold. I've just been started in the position as Director General on the IAA, which I'm very honoured to do. And we are here to talk about an issue which has in all our lives become fairly central over the last number of months. And so it is a matter of cybersecurity really of the first rank both politically and economically. So this conference is both timely and relevant. And it is the biggest event on cybersecurity in Ireland this year. And I think you'll agree we've assembled a high-level lineup of policymakers, practitioners and experts from the EU, the US and beyond to explore the scale of emerging ongoing threats and policy responses to them. At the outset, I'd like to thank EY who are supporting this conference. And you'll find on your chairs a very interesting global information security survey which has been just produced a couple of weeks ago. We also want to thank Silicon Valley or Silicon Republic, our media partner, and you'll see chairing the first session. Today's conference will be discussing some of the key issues that we've been talking about in recent months. We'll be looking at the causes and the very real impacts of the type of incidents we've experienced as well as the steps that policymakers and industry players are taking to prevent them. You'll hear from three high-level panels today. The first focusing on the implications for global business of emerging cyber threats, the second on protection of the individual and their civil liberties online, and the third on global responses to new security challenges. Really delighted to formally open the conference, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbit. Minister Rabbit was appointed Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in March 2011, and since then his department has led the development of the first phase of Ireland's national digital strategy, which was published in July of this year, as well as the national broadband plan published in August 2012. In June of this year during Ireland's EU presidency, Minister Rabbit's department co-hosted an extremely successful digital agenda assembly with the European Commission. This was the first time this annual event was hosted outside Brussels, and it's a testament to Ireland's position as a major hub in the global digital economy. Minister Rabbit previously served as Minister of State to the government from 1994 to 1997, and as Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with Responsibility for Commerce, Science and Technology. He's been a TD for the constituency of Dublin Southwest since 1989, re-elected every time, and was leader of the Labour Party from 2002 to 2007. The little bit I forgot was to say this indispensable thing that if in the event of the Twitter account, it's Twitter at IIEA and the hashtag IIEA underscore cyber. And now with great pleasure, I'll hand over to Minister Rabbit.