The Importance of Women Scientists to the World

Dear Professor Barbara Sandow, Conference Chair; Ms. Young‐Ah Park of the National Assembly; Professor Jeong‐Gu Kim, President of Korean Physics Association; and Professor Elizabeth Giacobino, Director of CNRS: Hello and welcome. It is good to see you all. Today I congratulate you on the Third ICWIP Conference and welcome so many women physicists from around the world. Also, I express my sincere gratitude to those who have worked hard preparing for this Conference.