So it's a real pleasure to welcome you to your attack and I know that there are a number of you from Georgia Tech but those from outside Thanks for coming in when I when. You joined this solve matter forefront that we forget. And that we're very excited about so. The first thing that I want to do is thank some of the sponsors and people that have may be responsible right and I have to start thanking Sharon Lawrence and Dr King Parker and they're really being essential to any aspects that are related with the organization of the event so they've been critical also the team of volunteers you'll see them around there want to be wearing blue T. shirts OK that said stop me in their T. shirts of course are you going to approach them with any questions Friday issues problems that you may half about anything right during your stay here Georgia Tech. Also I mean study the signs. And technology of advancement there is an interface is this is a Georgia Tech Center that has four branches and one of their branches seeds their software in Kuwait are we tallied and standing right. There main sponsor of the event right we also are very thankful to the Georgia Tech Institute of materials to Exxon Mobil we have a few people from Exxon that have joined to Georgia Tech College of Sciences there's been support from the physics department from the school of materials science and engineering and then be A.B.B.. And then also the American Physical Society he's every door here adults already at or sometimes using the audience Fridays in fields where we write software house also provided support and also the National Science Foundation. OK So as you know the event is happening in the Georgia Tech campus and there are two locations so on Wednesday on Friday we will be in the Student Center OK So Friday the event is happening in this room right the theater the poster session together with lunch will be off stairs in room three nineteen to three twenty one going on Thursday we will move to a different building to give you a little bit of an experience within the Georgia Tech campus OK and you have a look at a hearing them up the event will happen in room one one one six and then there will be a reception. At the end of the day right in the atrium of the same building so we will be in markets all Thursday and then on Friday we return to the student center by the event will be in the ballroom that's also in the opera floor of this building OK. So for dinner we've provided a number of local restaurants are in the area right for you to see and choose which you may find appealing of course you can ask local people and any of the volunteers if you want to how specific recall invasions about anything in particular so I hope you also know that lunches are included by so you just need your batch and then lunch is included in the registration right to they are suffering you mention we have a luncheon poster long event where we'll have a box lunch and a number of posters are exposed and you'll be able to talk and chat and visit with different posters and then their reception again is Thursday at the end of the day OK I'm eating the same place where the event will be held on Thursday right and that's it will be in the atrium the third floor OK for why fight those that are not Georgia Tech you can you may have either wrong which works fine if not you can connect to the T.V. cedar network OK you will need to create an account and once you have an accounting need an access code which hopefully you've been given a great distraction if you need it and you haven't got it just go to the registration desk and they should give it to you OK And again any issues are problems you can ask any of us right that are wearing blue shirts there's a little change in the program today. So Professor Paul Goldberg who's they convene of the College of Sciences in the end will be able to speak on Friday so when I speak at the end of today and then every Fessor Martin would rush to put supposed to speak today at the end of the day we'll be speaking on Friday OK. So I just wanted to announce that and then I want to really thank all of the invited speakers right it's really because you've been here that we hope that this is going to be out there we think event right we really. I think we have a fantastic program that we feel at least some of what we really see as a forefront in soft matters and so we're very excited and of course I thank you all right for being here and for participating in the.