Ben Sabrin, VP of Sales at 10gen, welcomed attendees to the MongoDB Seattle conference. The document provided historical context about changes in computer hardware from 1970 to 2012, noting massive increases in memory, storage and processor capabilities. It suggested this signals a "data revolution" and the need for a new database like MongoDB. The document outlined MongoDB's goals of being scalable, agile, natural and cloud-ready. It described some key design decisions, 10gen's vision and team members. It concluded by outlining the conference schedule covering MongoDB concepts, use cases and the ecosystem.