lange, the co-director of the hiv netherlands research collaborator, science director at the amsterdam institute and former president of the international aids society. jacqueline van tongeren, pim de kuijer, who is at aids fund now, martine de schutter, lucy van mens, who was at the female health company, and glenn thomgs of the world health organization. beginning of the conference which was somber and serious and full of a lot of shock and some pain. it also reminded all of us something really important about our community and the response to hiv, and that is the community. it's a community of scientists, of activists, advocates, of patients, politicians, many times embodied in the same person. so just to remember these individuals, i'd like to quote a friend of mine who worked very closely with joep and jacqueline, dr. kate hankins as a reminder of who they were and what this means for our community. and also, you know, frankly to recognize the act of violence that occurred that took them. these are kate's words. they were a tribute she just gave a few days ago. about joep and jacqueline in particular. as she said, it is incomprehensible that people who worked so hard to sav