opening remarks

Opening Remarks i. opening remarks sample opening remarks 1) thank you very much, prof. fawcett, for your very kind introduction. mr. chairman, ladies and gentleman, good morning! i consider it a great honor to be asked to speak about on this session of our symposium. 2) ladies and gentleman. its an honor to have the opportunity to address such a distinguished audience. 3) good morning. let me start by saying just a few words about my own background. 4) mr. chairman, thank you very much for your kind introduction. president, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentleman, good morning! is my voice loud enough? 5) good morning, everyone. i appreciate the opportunity to be with you today. i am here to talk to you about 6) good morning, everyone. i am very happy to have this chance to give my presentation. before i start my speech, let me ask you a question. by a show of hands, how many of you own a car? expressing thanks to the chairperson mr. chairman, thank you for your introduction. first, i would like to thank mr. chairman for his gracious introduction. thank you very much, prof. fawcett, for your very kind introduction. i would like to thank dr. huang for permitting me the privilege to speak to this audience. forms of address and greetings distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentleman, good morning! members of the conference! expressing pleasure and honor i am very happy/glad/pleased to be here in hong kong. i am honored/privileged to be here (with you this afternoon). i am proud to be here on this special occasion. its a very great pleasure for me to be able to attend this conference. i consider it a great honor to be asked to speak about on this session of our symposium/ at this conference it is a great pleasure to be given the honor of first speaker on this important topic. others can you hear me all right? is my voice too loud? reference to the audience i can see many of you are from department. i know many of you are familiar with this topic. you all look as though youve heard this before. i understand that youve all traveled a lo