Such as my woman in search of the futuristic ATM machine. Waking Up is an old cliche, but that doesn't mean it can't still be used. I suspect that giving it a twist can make it fresh, for example if the protagonist finds on waking that she is not where she went to sleep. Or if she wakes up and finds someone on the next pillow who wasn't there before. Or she wakes up and discovers that she can sniff, and the bedroom mirror explodes.
Discovery can also cover that last one, obviously.
Or a secret power. Or overhears a conversation between a brace o' bad guys. Interview and Conference are not action scenes, they are Reaction openings, but they are great for getting data across. If the need is strong, if emotional reaction is evident, they can be absorbing right from the start. What doesn't work for me are Cosmic Myths, or The Story Before.