I hope that you are doing well during these unusual and challenging times. The GLF-CEM is an organization which began about 10 years ago to bring leaders from academia and industry from around the world together to share ideas on building stronger academic programs and help shape our future construction industry leaders. We come together once a year to discuss and share common concerns in research, teaching, academic administration, and opportunities for collaboration. Typically, we meet in person, but this time we are gathering virtually and hope that next year we will be back to “normal”, meeting face-to-face. This year’s forum considers the opportunities and threats from the current pandemic and will include topics such as remote virtual construction education, disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, and innovative rapid project delivery techniques. I sincerely thank the planning committee for helping to organize this year’s conference and look forward to a successful program.