# Opening remarks
Amin Bandali and Sacha Chua

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- Hello and welcome to EmacsConf 2020!
- Thanks to:
  - the Free Software Foundation, especially the tech team, for support and sharing their BigBlueButton host
  - Volunteers: bandali, bhavin192, bremner, dto, mplsCorwin, publicvoit, sachac, zaeph
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