 Hello, my name is Brianna and I'm here to welcome you to the Open Education Conference of 2022. This is the 19th year that the Open Education Conference community has gathered together to share and learn from one another at this event. It's the third year to be held virtually and the first to be led by our new community elected Board of Directors. This year's theme, Rise to Action, allows us to focus on how we can all act in large and small ways to make education more affordable, equitable, accessible, and inclusive for all. There's an amazing program ahead and we are so excited for you to be here. Let's take a quick tour of the conference so that you can make the most out of your experience. To access the conference, you'll log into SCED at OpenEd22.SCED.com. There you will be able to set your time zone and act sessions to your schedule. The best place to start is on the SCED conference homepage where you can quickly browse key parts of the program. Each day features a plenary session with inspiring keynote talks and panels. There are live presentations and panels scheduled throughout the day and posters and pre-recorded videos are available as well for your viewing either at the schedule time or on your own time. Viewing the schedule in grid mode will give you a better sense of the layout. There are also many ways to connect and engage more casually. There are breaks throughout the day that we call tea time where you can chat with other conference attendees and participate in games or wellness activities. Each day will end with an open debrief session led by our conference community members. Remember that you must be logged into SCED in order to access all sessions. When it's time to join a session, click the title to access the session page, then click the blue button at the top of the page. This will take you to a Zoom instant registration page where you can enter your name and email to join the session. We recommend downloading the free Zoom desktop software for the best experience. The primary digital spaces to be social are on Twitter where the official hashtag is OpenEd22 and Discord, which is a private space with chat and voice channels. A link to join Discord is provided in the day one welcome email that was sent to all attendees. Please note that our Code of Conduct applies to all participants at all times, and it is essential to maintaining a welcoming and safe environment. Please ensure that you have read the Code of Conduct and know how to submit a report. Each aspect of this year's conference was designed through a community driven process. Hundreds of individuals have contributed to reimagining, organizing and hosting the Open Education Conference over the last three years, and everyone has worked so hard to ensure that you feel welcome and have a great time. It has been an incredible year for Open Education, and the work that you do to share knowledge, support learning and advocate for students is more important now than ever. We're so excited to officially welcome you to the Open Education 2022 conference.