dr. lipsky to the podium. thank you. [applause] >> i can assure you i deserve no applause. i have the second easiest job. you have the easiest job. you get to sit and enjoy a wonderful presentation i'm sure by our three distinguished speakers, but i'm just here to explain how we're going to go about this. first, we will hear from each of our speakers in turn. i won't take time to introduce each of them individually. they are all very capable of, doing when it's time to come up, and you are very capable of knowing how this program will unfold. we will start with professor cui and then professor lampton and then amy celico, who just to amplify what dean nassar said, but only as a graduate of sais and the hopkins council but attended if i'm right all three sais campuses, washington, bologna, and, of course, in china so we are especially proud of her accomplishments. so we will have our three speakers at this event, individually, then i will rejoin you and they will join us on stage. we will have a brief discussion and then open to questions from you, the audience. so without f