Welcome and good morning to everyone! Scott Dee and the program committee have done a great job of putting together an exciting program for the next two days. It is indeed a privilege for me to be here delivering the Howard Dunne Memorial Lecture. Last April I received a cryptic email from Scott that said "Give me a call sometime, I have a favor to ask of you." I called Scott and this talk was "the favor." My first reaction was that acceptance needed careful consideration, so I asked for several days to think about the project. Two things were on my mind. First, was the amount of time and effort it would take to do a good job. Second was the memory from a professorial mentor who once said "If it's in print, it's probably wrong!"
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