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Good evening. Happy wednesday. How is everyone feeling . Great. Happy friday. Just making sure you guys are paying attention. Welcome. My name is megan, new executive director of chicago ideas and having been born and raised in this amazing city and now raising my own family just down the street in the south loop i feel incredibly proud to call myself a true blue chicagoan. Anyone else feel that way . [applause] it makes me even prouder to now be a part of this fantastic city team who works each and every day to challenge our city in the world beyond to share ideas and inspire action and ignit...

Romaine we will pause here and take a quick check of what is happening in the market. Royal caribbean down about 13 . Expedia, sabr moving lower. Nasdaq, the s p, and the all up more than 3 on the day. The russell rising about 2 . Semiconductors up about 4 . Some of the software and software services, the indexes that track those, up pretty strongly. The restaurant names, a little bit of a bounce. Still seeing some software financials. The treasury market, we came into the day, we saw some significant buying. 610 10 basis points basis points across the curve. As we got closer to the close of e...

I am the new executive director of chicago ideas. Being born and raised this amazing city and now raising my own family just down the street come i feel incredibly proud to call myself a true blue chicago in. Anybody else feel that way . [applause] the makes me even prouder to know this team that works each and every day to challenge our city in the world beyond to share ideas and inspire actions and ignite change. Chicago ideas is all about piquing curiosity and pursuing connectivity so in that spirit i would like you to turn to a person you dont know and introduce yourself and share why you ...

[applause]. Good evening. How is everybody feeling great. Happy friday. Just making sure you guys are paying attention. Well welcome, i am the new executive director chicago ideas. Having been born and raised in this amazing city, and now raising my own family just down the street. I feel incredibly proud to call myself a true blue chicagoan anybody else for that way. Thank you. It makes me w even prouder to be part of this ideas team. Each and every day, to challenge her city in the world beyond to share ideas and inspire action and ignite change. Chicago ideas is all about curiosity and purs...

Admiral blair serves as a member of the Energy Security leadership council, the National Bureau of Asian Research, u. S. China relations in the atlantic council. Previously served as director of National Intelligence from january 2009 to may 2010 and prior to retiring from the navy he was after 34 years commander of u. S. Pacific command, admiral blair will provide testimony on the drivers of chinas development of expeditionary capabilities. After admiral blair we will hear from kristin, chief executive officer of Vantage Point asia llc, a consultancy that provides expertise on the Indo Pacifi...