It’s an incredible time to be a computer scientist now because our ability to affect life and the world is dramatically more than it was back then. Whether it’s computing technologies to assist with medical care, tackle environmental issues, improve agricultural technology, develop materials, protect networks and digital systems from breaches, or it’s by reinventing programming, computing and even science, we are impacting the human condition in significant and concrete ways, and the future of our discipline is looking even brighter.