Walk us through some of the big names getting awards as we speak. Reporter you know, its an extraordinary day. It always is, but this one, i think, because it is the president s last after eight years, and it really does this list of recipients reflect what his interests have been. Officially this is about who has made a contribution to society. Whos made the world a better place. But it also is a reflexes of the things that this president cares about. Look at the number of people who are here. The media, this is not typical. Arts heavily represented, about 45 of the people here getting awards today. Tom hanks, Ellen Degeneres, robert de niro, Robert Redford, from saturday night live, Lorne Michaels, cicely tyson bill and Melinda Gates is right behind me. Quite a few scientists including margaret hamilton, whose software on apollo 11. Of course, this president who loves sports so much, basketball in particular the first lady, the Vice President is here as well. National security advise
Reporter its packed inside the east room and everyone is here. Weve seep some people already take their seats but most of them are going to make the procession in just a few minutes and we are talking about superstars. You cant believe the number of press and people and guests the excitement is palpable. S Ellen Degeneres is being honored. She couldnt make it into the white house because she didnt have her i. D. So she tweeted out a photo waiting until somebody gotten a i. D. And she was able to come in. But security as you can imagine is pretty tight, it always is here at the white house. But then she went back to the Reception Room and did a mannequin challenge with all the other honorees and they posted that on twitter so you can imagine theres a lot of fun people are having. But weve philanthropists bill and melinda gaits, sici ze cecily tyson, Kareem Abduljabbar, Michael Jordan. Then we saw snl creator Lorne Michaels who was here. Well try to get a question to see how hes feeling
The 21st edition of the IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) 2024 will be hosted by the Software Engineering Research Center at IIIT Hyderabad. The event, featuring keynote speeches and several interactive sessions, will take place from June 4-8, 2024, and expects participation from over 150 international delegates.