This is the first of three preview episodes for the OAME 2023 Conference: Empowering Me. We are going to hear from the keynote and featured speakers from the day one of the conference. In this episode we'll hear from Marian Small, Dan Finkel, Octavia Beckles, Lindsay Gold, hema khodai and Deborah Loewenberg-Ball. More information about OAME 2023 can be found at oame2023.ca. Podcast: Listen above, or subscribe or download this podcast direct from iTunes or Google Play Podcast notes: Recorded December 2022 - January 2023 Marian is an independent consultant who has created many resources to further math education. She can be found at www.onetwoinfinity.ca and Tweets at @Marian_Small. Dan runs Math for Love and Tweets at @MathForLove. Octavia is a Mathematics Consultant with the York Region District School Board and Tweets at @BecklesOctavia. hema is educator with the Peel District School Board and Tweets at @HemaKhodai. Deborah is the William H. Payne Collegiate Professor of education at the University of Michigan and Tweets at @Deborah_Ball.bs.