[00:01.130 --> 00:03.070]  Welcome, everybody, to HOPE XV.
[00:10.060 --> 00:15.860]  We thought it'd be fun to do a super early welcome session of only a couple of minutes because we have a 10 o'clock talk.
[00:16.020 --> 00:16.520]  We are packed.
[00:16.620 --> 00:18.420]  The schedule is really jam-packed.
[00:18.740 --> 00:21.840]  But thank you all for coming, and I hope you don't have to wait on too long a line.
[00:22.600 --> 00:23.780]  Welcome to St. John's.
[00:23.880 --> 00:24.500]  Awesome place.
[00:24.640 --> 00:25.960]  A lot of room to move about.
[00:26.760 --> 00:31.400]  And I'm going to turn it over to Greg, who's going to just outline a couple of things, and then we will get started.
[00:32.040 --> 00:32.600]  Yeah.
[00:32.920 --> 00:36.580]  This is the briefest opening session that I've ever been part of.
[00:36.800 --> 00:45.160]  So the very, very basics are be good to each other, take a look at the code of conduct.
[00:47.580 --> 00:54.940]  We're highly tolerant of everything except being intolerant and nasty and ugly and impinging on other people's spaces.
[00:54.940 --> 00:56.320]  So please review this.
[00:56.920 --> 01:07.460]  The other thing is that, and some people were here two years ago, is that we have sort of a tripartite wellness and security arrangement.
[01:07.580 --> 01:12.420]  And you'll be seeing Operation Hammond, their uniformed personnel, their first aid responders.
[01:12.780 --> 01:14.400]  They are our code of conduct team.
[01:14.540 --> 01:20.560]  So if you have something that might be going on that you want to talk with someone about, they are very well-trained.
[01:20.740 --> 01:26.640]  They are also able to handle confidentiality-sensitive situations, and as well as first aid and stuff like that.
[01:26.640 --> 01:28.660]  So they're uniformed Operation Hammond.
[01:28.880 --> 01:31.460]  In addition, we have our security team.
[01:31.640 --> 01:33.300]  They'll mostly be wearing pink shirts.
[01:33.440 --> 01:34.500]  They'll mostly have radios.
[01:34.800 --> 01:41.580]  And if there's an issue like an open door, a stuck door, you need help going somewhere, something like that, then you can go to security.
[01:41.580 --> 01:44.900]  And we also have the St. John's, and they are also uniformed.
[01:44.980 --> 01:45.540]  They're on site.
[01:45.740 --> 01:52.760]  In the unlikely and hopefully won't happen event that someone's calling 911, the emergency dispatchers call St. John's.
[01:52.860 --> 01:55.860]  They have an on-site response team, and they're also in our space.
[01:55.980 --> 02:06.480]  So just a quick note, but if you have an incident, if you have an issue, if you have a concern, find anybody with a staff badge, find anybody with a radio, find Operation Hammond, find security, go to info desk.
[02:06.620 --> 02:11.440]  I just go and talk to the person that's nearest you, and they'll help you out.
[02:11.800 --> 02:15.220]  So I do want to put out a call for volunteers.
[02:15.560 --> 02:17.900]  There's a website, volunteers.hope.net.
[02:18.040 --> 02:20.440]  You won't find this on the web page.
[02:20.540 --> 02:24.160]  Just remember the word volunteers or volunteer, and you can go and find that website.
[02:24.360 --> 02:34.020]  We're especially looking right now for people to do what I'm doing, which is MCs, which is a lot of fun, trust me, and also to help out with the audiovisual experience.
[02:38.620 --> 02:41.280]  Let's form an intention here together.
[02:42.180 --> 02:43.380]  Give some thought.
[02:43.600 --> 02:45.480]  Take just a moment, quiet moment.
[02:46.380 --> 02:48.760]  Why are you at Hackers on Planet Earth?
[02:49.120 --> 02:51.020]  What are you hoping to get out of this?
[02:51.300 --> 02:52.500]  What are you going to learn?
[02:53.180 --> 02:56.280]  Who are you trying to meet or try to get acquainted with?
[02:56.960 --> 02:58.840]  What are some of your goals for the weekend?
[02:59.120 --> 03:10.100]  Keep those in mind, and we hope that all of your hopes, all of your dreams will be achieved, and the best way of doing that is to visualize it, give some thought to it, and then make it happen.
[03:11.240 --> 03:12.660]  Mitch, do you have any comments?
[03:12.780 --> 03:13.700]  You're going to be running workshops.
[03:14.000 --> 03:14.720]  That's exciting.
[03:15.860 --> 03:26.460]  Yeah, we have over a hundred talks, and we have over 50 workshops of all different sorts, technical, soldiering, and social, and political, and all sorts of things.
[03:26.460 --> 03:30.520]  So check out the schedule, and there's lots to explore here at HOPE.
[03:31.000 --> 03:31.940]  There's so much here.
[03:33.260 --> 03:36.260]  The schedule can be overwhelming.
[03:36.500 --> 03:40.180]  Use the website and the webpages, and use the printed program.
[03:40.720 --> 03:43.040]  Yeah, the electronic badges are a fantastic gift.
[03:43.380 --> 03:45.800]  There's a badge clinic that you can experiment with.
[03:45.960 --> 03:47.820]  A lot of stuff on Marillac Terrace.
[03:47.940 --> 03:48.700]  Spend some time there.
[03:48.800 --> 03:49.820]  We have fantastic vendors.
[03:50.260 --> 03:51.080]  There's some giveaways.
[03:51.400 --> 03:52.440]  There's all kinds of things.
[03:52.440 --> 03:59.020]  There's just so much that we're not going to do the 50-minute usual opening ceremonies because we have to get on with the program.
[03:59.180 --> 03:59.880]  So that's it.
[04:00.100 --> 04:00.680]  Enjoy, HOPE.
[04:00.840 --> 04:03.180]  It's now almost 5 after 10.
[04:03.340 --> 04:10.760]  So let's try to start the first session in both rooms, here and Little Theatre, in about 5 to 7 minutes.
[04:10.980 --> 04:11.340]  Okay?
[04:11.420 --> 04:13.920]  That gives you time to get to Little Theatre if you're going to go to Little Theatre.
[04:14.040 --> 04:17.660]  And then the first session at Tobin and the 11 o'clock sessions will try to start on time.
[04:17.800 --> 04:18.240]  Okay?
[04:18.480 --> 04:18.920]  Welcome.
[04:19.180 --> 04:19.540]  Enjoy.
[04:19.920 --> 04:20.500]  Thank you.
[04:20.500 --> 04:20.560]  Thank you.