According to estimates of the John Hopkins University COVID-19 infected 5 million cases. 323,000 died, 10% of them in Italy, 5% in Lombardy region from where I am talking to you. Spain, UK , Brazil, USA …. so many others are facing the same emergency and we do not yet know how this will affect our lives and our way to be together and meet in the future. Palermo is missing this conference. Italy is missing this conference, Sebastiano Mercadante, our host in Palermo, is missing this conference.