partnership with the de groot foundation to launch the miami book fair de groot prize for unpublished novell la. as far as i know just about the only one in the country and we're lucky enough to have charles and clydette de groot here with us to say a few words and introduce tonight's session. charles de groot has mba from the harvard business school and worked in finance until founding a real estate company which he listed on the new york stock exchange. he has served on the boards of directors of several for-profit and non-profit organizations and lectures in international business schools. clydette de groot hold as doctorate in psychology and post doctoral in neurodevelopment. beautiful sciences and family medicine training programs and international consulting business and has served on numerous non-profit boards. charles and clydette are chairs of the de groot foundation which supports literary, art, education and innovation projects. they divide their time between paris and miami. on a personal note, there couldn't be two more nice people in the entire world. so please welcome charles and