While it is traditional to show slides extolling the setting of the conference (and perhaps whet people's appetite for the planned salmon barbeque) there is a better reason to come: Geometry is truly honoured in Vancouver.
(Please pardon a few inside jokes in the following 7 pages of slides. These slides were shown at the 1994 conference to encourage people to come to the 1995 conference. You are welcome even if you don't catch all the jokes...)