Begin by telling the audience why you are there.
My purpose today is to .....
What I want to do this afternoon is to .....
My objective today is to .....
I'm here today to .....
My talk today will deal with ......
My presentation this morning will concern primarily .....
This afternoon, I'd like to cover two topics of interest to the automobile industry, .....
I've been asked to......
I've been invited here this morning to .....