Bruce Meyer I had my first experience indicating that things are starting to slowly get back to normal. I attended my first in-person rubber industry event since before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold and shut down such gatherings. It was the ACS Rubber Division's Spring Technical Meeting, put on April 27-29 in Independence, Ohio, but also presented as a hybrid event. That allowed those who were not ready to travel the chance to view the keynote speech and technical presentations online. And a good number of the speakers also gave their talks remotely, including the keynote speaker, who was live from Japan.