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Welcome to my annual retrospective on COMPSAC, which, unfortunately, was virtual again. Despite that, or maybe because of it, the last few months before the conference were very busy for our volunteers. Complicating matters was the difficulty, early this year, trying to forecast the movement of the Coronavirus and its likely effect on COMPSAC's attendance in a “real” environment. In April, our Standing Committee decided to take a very conservative approach and go virtual again rather than opt for an in-person, or even a hybrid version of the conference. With surges from evolving virus variants constantly reported worldwide, there was no reason to regret that decision.