 All right. Good afternoon, everyone. On behalf of Lucina and myself and the entire program committee, welcome to Cloud Native Telco Day 2023 here in Chicago. We're so glad you could join us. And in our opening remarks, we're going to go over a few important logistical items, as well as kind of set the stage and frame the conversation for today. First off, we are here as a community today to collaborate, to support each other's technical work as thought leaders in this space, will share lessons learned, ideas, requirements, as we all work together to be the best Cloud Native Telco advocates that we can be. And in the nature of that community, we ask that everybody adhere to the CNCF code of conduct. It's linked here by the QR code. You can also find it on the events homepage menu. And at the end of the day, it's just be kind, treat each other with respect, just as you would like to be treated. If you are in need of accessibility or translation support, you can use your personal device to scan this QR code. You can choose your language, select attend, and then captioning will begin when the session does. I'll give y'all a few moments just to scan that if you need. All right, refreshments, snacks, and lunch, as I'm sure you noticed as you made your way into this room, will be picked up right outside in the foyer, outside of the session room. Please stay nourished. Also it's a great idea to use these breaks as a way to connect with your fellow event attendees and build your community. And then in the same space, directly following our event today, will be the CNCF hosted co-located event reception from 5.30 to 7.00 PM. Please join us to continue the conversation and meet some of your other attendees. A few logistical items. We are in room W193AB, as you noticed. Our scheduled break for today will be 3 to 3.15. We will resume our programming promptly at 3.15. So if you can try and make your way back to your seats by then so that we don't get too off schedule, that would be great. If you're interested in joining the conversation via Slack, that information is up on the page for you, as well as the Wi-Fi information, which is also on the back of your badge, should you need it. And today's event schedule. Quick reminder to our session speakers, you need to be miked up five minutes prior to your session. So just see the AV team in the back of the room, and they can help get you miked up and ready to go. That way, when the previous speaker concludes their session, you can come up here, plug in, and just be ready to hit the road. Thank you to our livestream sponsor, the Vote Co-op today. It's really great that our colleagues and event attendees that weren't able to be here in person are still able to participate in the programming. So we really appreciate that support that they've given to us today. Thanks, Mary. I have a question for everyone in the audience. How many are attending Cloud Native Tocade for your very first time? Oh, awesome. Wow, thank you so much for joining us today. Has anyone here joined more than one? Welcome back. And has anyone like me joined all four? Hey. We should get jackets or something. Welcome back. We're glad you're here. We hope you all learned something new. So we're here today because Cloud Native Tocade brings us together to share what we've learned in our Cloud Native transformation journey. Back in 2018, the term Cloud Native Network Function, or CNF, was introduced at one summit. Since then, we've seen transformation in the Cloud Native telco space. We've seen vendors are certifying their Cloud Native network functions. Operators are using Cloud Native architectures and applications now in production. And we've also had product announcements at our previous telco days. We've heard about when Project Silva was just an experiment over at Orange, when DT was using the shift internally. Now these things are in production and some are fully funded projects, also including FIO and the CNF certification program. So this is a good spot to collaborate with others in the space. And I hope that you find the right people to collaborate at the end of today. Here's our agenda for today. In the first part of the program, we'll hear about the Linux Foundation initiatives that are helping telcos with this transformation. Some will hear about the LF networking, as well as the Nephio project updates. And after our break, we'll hear some real-world applications of Cloud Native in telco. We'll hear about CNF deployments and a panel of operators sharing their expectations, along with our many lightning talks. After today, there are several ways to get connected. You can stay tuned for updates from the CNF working group. There's meetings on Mondays every week. You can also check out the Slack channel, the CNCF Slack for the CNF working group, and social media. So thanks so much for joining us. We're so glad that you're here. And we hope that you find this talk to be inspirational.