 I'm delighted to join you today in spirit, if not actually in person. Many of you will have heard me speak before, and you will know the pride and love that we as a family have for ICPP. Here we are 56 years later, and it is an honor and a privilege to be with you today. Everyone here today, I mean everybody online, and I mean everybody from the director, the academics, the administrative staff, and the students. Each and every one of you is here because of the spirit of the land. Some choose to remember my father as a man of science and a great physicist. Some choose to remember him as a Muslim world from the first Nobel laureate for the sciences. But I strongly believe and suggest he should be remembered above all else for his humanitarian work, his passion and his love for the service of humanity. As you know, Abbas Alam means servant of peace, and he certainly lived up to that name. Some of you were here in 1997, and ICPP became the Abbas Alam ICPP. We held a wonderfully moving celebration of a life and time with our father. One of the speakers was a very talented science writer, Nigel Calder, who has known my father since the early 1960s. Nigel had been introduced to physics by my father back then, and he got to know him very well. Nigel went on to edit The New Scientist, which was author of a large number of books throughout the 60s and 70s and through into the 80s. And he was a pioneer in explaining science in the most simple way to demand on the street. Nigel was one of those most respected speakers who came to Trieste in 1997. And in his address, he spoke of Abbas Alam's cosmic anger. Now, we as a family knew that father had a very quick temper. He did get angry quick, but then forgot it very quickly too. So when Nigel mentioned his anger, we were not sure where he was going with this. So we were a little uncomfortable. But Nigel went on to simply say that Abbas Alam had a deep anger that the divide between the developed and the developing world, the arrogance of the developed world, imposing their will on the developing world, an anger of the inequalities of the world simply because of an accident of birth. And yet father combined this cosmic anger, actually with a great cosmic patient, worked tirelessly to try and bridge and reduce the gap between the developed and the developing world, at least in science and technology. And if you remember that father was just 34 years old when he began this work in earnest. And it was the service of humanity, which is the essence behind the creation of ICI community. Father had a huge struggle to overcome the resistance and arrogance of the developed countries who opposed the creation of ICTP. Father persevered to keep going where many would simply have given up. And until he could not work any longer, until his physical strength had gone, yet his mind was still as flesh as ever, he was fully forced to stop working for his true love and passion, the ICTP and all that stood for and all that represented. The priority in life was the ICTP and everything that was embodied. Throughout his time, as in GSD, he had one rule. Today was divided into three, one part for administration, one part for his science, and the most important part to keep the door open for all the students and colleagues. He would literally keep an open door policy for students and colleagues to come and see him and talk to him about their work, their issues, their problems with a personal or work related. And he would be there in any way that he could to support, nurture and encourage them. Father took great interest in great pride and great responsibility. Every single person who walked through the door of the ICTP in whatever capacity or role they were there. And interestingly, not just these people, even one who came through the door, did he get to know, but he also got to know their families very well. And this was no mean feat, people with keeping time consuming challenges going. And of course, ICTP was smaller then, but somehow with a superhuman effort and the support of some amazingly committed people, Father managed to keep all these three priorities intact, but obviously at a considerable cost to himself, his health, and his family life. But that was a price he was willing to pay for such a noble cause. It was so special to him and so important that for Father it was a price worth paying. So my plea to everyone here today are all the wonderful people who are a part of ICTP and the wonderful family of ICTP. Don't just look at your time as ICTP is a job, a routine. But look at it, all these illustrious people around to precede you and are with you now. And remember that you too can play a huge role in continuing the work started by Abdul Salam. Look at the legacy and look at the role model of this great humble man. And if let me just finish on this part before I actually talk about the spirit of Salam Award. As you know, one of my father's favorite poems is by John Dunn. No man is an island of itself. Every man is a piece of the continent. Art of the Maine. Largely watched away by the sea, Europe is the less. As if it were from Montreal, where as well as any manner by friends or slime owner. Any man's death diminishes me. I'm involved in mankind. And therefore never send to move for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for me. The spirit of Salam Award is established to remember and remind everyone of ICTP. As I said, the real reason for the existence of ICTP. It came about because of one man's vision and sacrifice. And it came about because one man was firmly committed to try to make that change and devote his life to try and help his fellow human beings. So I'm actually delighted this year to award the spirit of Salam Award to three recipients. First is Mohamed Hussam. Mohamed Hussam is a distinguished and highly influential Sudanese advocate for science in the developing world. He was an early career Sudanese mathematician. When the Salam accrued him to come to ICTP. In 1983, Salam asked him to help organize the foundation meeting that would establish the Third World Academy of Sciences. The World Academy of Sciences as it's now known. And as a recommendation of Salam, the first founding fellow appointed Hussam as the first executive director in 1985. He remained in that role for 26 years, becoming close advisor to Salam and developing twice his worldwide networks that have had a far reaching impact. I've sometimes been a long friend and collaborator of father. Father picked him as a man with a charm, intellect and flair to drive twice as it was then. It's an idea to reality. I always believed father knew that in Hussam he would have someone who could learn the art of networking, building bridges and developing communities. Hussam delivered what father needed and helped build into us into the final organization it is today. He'd worked tirelessly in the spirit of Salam to further education, science and technology for all. He's led from the front and always been willing to sacrifice himself and his comfort for much more noble cause. I know my father was very fond of us and I saw them on many occasions interacting together. It's very grateful to him for the hard work and effort he put into building the foundation of us. We are honored to award husband of spiritual Salam. Second recipient is Gregorio Medrano, a sense of Spain. Gregorio's a Spanish physicist and had a long history of collaboration with my father and was a frequent visitor to YCTP. Inspired by Hussam in 1980, he sent you a proposed creation in Spain at the center for energy studies. This would have established a triangular forum between Spain, the Islamic heritage of Spain and the Islamic world and Latin America. Unfortunately the project did not materialize due to some political changes in Spain. But Gregorio is another long-term associate and friend of under Salam. He lived and breathed the spirit of Salam and he believed that need to build bridges and build to a greater good. Whilst Gregorio was heavily influenced and inspired by father, he also followed his own path. He always kept the ethos and words of father in sight. If the center for energy studies could become reality, it would have allowed a part of the Islamic world to gain a seat at the top table of intellectual excellence and would have given Latin America a much needed boost and step up to also develop relevant expertise in excellence. This is our collective loss with the center to not materialize this time round. But we must be optimistic and believe that Gregorio's and father's dreams may still become a reality. And we are delighted to award Gregorio the spirit of Salam award. Hilda Sidera from Argentina. Hilda was a scientist in ICTP's condensed matter section and still had assignment in 2004. In addition to her scientific work, she developed ICTP's e-journal delivery service. She was allowed scientists of institutions in the least developed or low-income countries to access current scientific literature, mainly in the fields of physics and mathematics. The articles sent an email to reach individual scientists who do not have access to sufficient bandwidth to download material from the internet in a timely manner and or cannot afford to connect. It was a matter of great pressure for us to choose Hilda. Her contribution was so in the whole spirit of ICTP and father and everything that they stood for. That no person should be denied access to intellectual stimulation, reports of knowledge, and the accident of birth did not hinder their personal development. Hilda has worked tirelessly and without wanting any recognition for her work. She has worked quietly and passionately to make the delivery service a reality and ensure access for all. The platform that Hilda helps to create could well be scaled up beyond just mathematics and physics. And it would be wonderful to see this happen. In many ways, Hilda embodies the spirit of Salam and we are thrilled to award Hilda the spirit of Salam award. My deep thanks and appreciation to each and all the organisers for today's event. I do hope we meet again in person soon. And as a family, our best wishes for you all. Thank you on behalf of the whole Salam family. May God bless you all from Keith Easton. Thank you.