Welcome to the 2020 georgia legislative policy forum. I am the president and ceo of the georgia Public Policy foundation. On behalf of our entire staff in the board of trustees, we are very glad you joined us. If you have attended this event in the past, you are well aware this years edition is quite different. Weve had to adapt to different circumstances. To this yearseme event, wisdom, justice, adaptation. Is theeve adaptation right focus for this years session. Oday is only the Opening Event over the next several weeks, we will be back here on tuesdays at 11 00 a. M. To explore the ways georgias businesses, families, and environment are adapting to a changing world. We will cover education, the budget, land use and transportation, the economy, housing, and health care. Panels ofciting experts lined up for each of them. We hope you will be able to join us for as many of those as you can. We are grateful to be joined on this journey by some key sponsors, without which our work with no