The Conference Chair briefly announces some formalities, most notably the location of the Coffee Room. Whoever made the schedule had rather overestimated his enthusiasm, providing him with full ten minutes to speak. The rest of the allocated time, everybody is asked to wait until 9 sharp, for the first presentation to begin.
You have taken a seat eagerly near the front.
Better to start sooner rather than later.
Go
Coffee Break is on the schedule. That is always a motivating thought.
Sit it out