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# Opening remarks

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- Welcome to EmacsConf 2021
- How to participate
- Conduct guidelines
- What's new in this EmacsConf 2021
  - Lots of talks! Shorter time, Q&A might be live/pad/IRC, might have alternate stream
  - Streaming with open captions thanks to volunteers
  - Prerecorded videos will be published as soon as we can
  - APAC-time-friendly alternate stream <https://libreau.org/upcoming.html#emacsconf21>
- Thanks
  - Speakers, volunteers
  - Fosshost
  - Organizers
  - Everyone
- Schedule overview
  - Day 1 (general talks), Day 2 (development) - but come back for the closing talk on M-x Forever by David Wilson (System Crafters)
  - Day 1
    - Morning
      - User stories
      - Philosophy (including a talk by Prot)
      - Configuration
      - Emacs's flexibility
    - Afternoon
      - A peek behind the curtain at Emacs Development
      - Org Mode
        - Workflows
        - Tech
        - Research
      - External things
      - On the design of text editors - Nicolas P. Rougier
  - Even if you're not a developer, consider coming back for tomorrow's closing
- APAC stream

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