# Opening remarks
Amin Bandali and Sacha Chua

- 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, sachac, zaeph, dto, mplsCorwin, publicvoit, bhavin192
  - Speakers and participants
- Schedule overview: <https://emacsconf.org/2020/schedule>
- How to participate
  - Watch: <https://live.emacsconf.org>
  - Ask questions / take notes: <https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/emacsconf-2020>
  - Chat: IRC - chat.freenode.net (Web client: <https://chat.emacsconf.org>)
    - #emacsconf - General discussion
    - #emacsconf-accessible - Community-provided descriptions of what's happening
    - #emacsconf-org - Low-traffic for speaker checkins, anything that organizers need to know about
- Mailing list: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-discuss>
- Conduct guidelines: <https://emacsconf.org/conduct/>