president of kosovo, president mary robinson former president of -- currently a global leader in so many regards and prime minister helen clark former prime minister of new zealand and currently the head of the u.n. development program. those are just again the next panel so this is going to be an amazing few days and if we all take the approach that we are here to listen and we are here to learn from experts from so many different walks of life and we are here to celebrate the ideas they have to share with us, ideas that we know or hear from talented leaders. i want to take just a moment to thank steve ratliff. steve is there usaid chief economists in a weiland has helped us instill a culture of discipline around a more quantitative and economic growth oriented rich to development and his responsible really for pulling this together. when steve came to me about a year ago with the basic idea, it