Struggling to craft an introduction that gets ICLR/ICML/NeurIPS reviewers to read on? In this lesson you’ll learn a disciplined, conference-ready “introduction funnel” that turns broad motivation into a single testable thesis and a tight roadmap so your claims are verifiable. You’ll get a reusable, LaTeX-friendly template, concrete examples and critique, and short exercises to practice writing hooks, gap statements, contribution bullets, and cross-references—delivered with precise, confidential guidance tuned to top-tier ML submissions.