The Scottish National Party is holding its first annual conference since its Holyrood election victory in May.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has opened his party's annual conference by claiming a "solid record" of achievement in 160 days of power.
It will be the Nationalists' biggest yet, but party bosses are keen to focus on serious new policies amid the expected triumphant atmosphere.
The SNP leader used his welcome speech to announce a £100m investment in Scotland's colleges and universities.
The three-day conference in Aviemore will also celebrate the SNP's achievements in government.
The conference, in Aviemore, is the first since the SNP won the Scottish election in May.
However, the event comes as opposition parties accused the minority administration of breaking promises.
Mr Salmond warned delegates that the Labour Westminster government would "make life difficult" for Scotland.
Every cabinet secretary addressing conference will have a government announcement to make.
Despite the jubilant atmosphere at the three-day conference, party bosses are keen to focus on serious policy announcements from the minority government's cabinet secretaries.
Nicola Sturgeon's speech, which she is due to deliver on Saturday, is expected to address the issue of hospital waiting times.
CONFERENCE AGENDA - DAY ONE 1000 - Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon arrive1030 - Conference opens1045 - Resolution on housing1130 - Address by Finance Secretary John Swinney1150 - Resolutions on planning gain supplement, compulsory competitive tendering, cities growth fund and social enterprise.1400 - Plaid Cymru fraternal address1410 - Topical and emergency resolutions1445 - Resolutions on the Europe national forum, nuclear weapons in Scotland and Burma.1540 - Address by Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill
When quizzed about a possible announcement on the issue during an interview on BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme, she said: "I'll speak tomorrow at the conference - I may well have something to say about the NHS and possibly on waiting lists as well."
Mr Salmond said more people were identifying with the Scottish national party, adding: "The Scottish Government in the last 160 days or so, has moved forward very quickly on the programme.
CONFERENCE AGENDA, DAY ONE 1000 - Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon arrive1030 - Conference opens1045 - Resolution on housing1130 - Address by Finance Secretary John Swinney1150 - Resolutions on planning gain supplement, compulsory competitive tendering, cities growth fund and social enterprise.1400 - Plaid Cymru fraternal address1410 - Topical and emergency resolutions1445 - Resolutions on the Europe national forum, nuclear weapons in Scotland and Burma.1540 - Address by Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill
"The ministerial team, our members of the Scottish Parliament, our representatives in local government, our delegation at Westminster.
SNP Westminster group leader Angus Robertson said the conference marked a watershed for the party, whose success he claimed was built on a positive election campaign.
"These people are working hard on Scotland's behalf. They're living up to the expectations, not just of Scotland's party but Scotland as a whole."
In government the party has claimed several key achievements, including reversing decisions made by the previous Labour/Liberal Democrat administration to close accident and emergency units, abolishing "hidden" NHS waiting lists and scrapping the graduate endowment fee for students.
The first minister outlined what his administration had achieved so far, including;
The conference is getting under way a day after ministers suffered a parliamentary defeat over opposition claims they had broken promises on boosting police numbers, and further accusations that the party is backing away from commitments to cut class sizes.
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reversing
decisions made by the previous Labour/Liberal Democrat administration to close accident and emergency units
Mr Salmond, who will address the event on the final day, has dismissed the criticism, saying he will use the event to talk about "160 days of achievement".
abolishing
"hidden" NHS waiting lists
About 1,000 delegates are expected to attend over the three days.
scrapping
the graduate endowment fee for students
a timetable for tolls to be scrapped on the Tay and Forth road bridges
a council of economic advisers set up to boost competitiveness
and the new broadcasting commission, which had already resulted in a commitment from the BBC to increase network commissions in Scotland
Mr Salmond said: "This is a government, this is an administration and this is a conference which will be setting its eye to the future, and I can tell you, that pace will start very strongly."
Turning to his political rivals, he quipped: "Labour lost their first election for 50 years in May. As you can probably detect, they don't like it very much."
"We must expect Westminster to make life difficult for Scotland,.
"I don't think they're sitting round the Cabinet table and cheering us on.
"I don't detect any great level of enthusiasm from Gordon Brown, from Des Browne and still less from Douglas Alexander over the last few days about the progress that Scotland's making."
