Dave Young, IES Annual Conference Committee Chair, has done a wonderful job putting together 2022 conference, with 17 speaker sessions and 23 paper presentations and two 3-hour workshops.
Dave aptly called the event Clappy Hour as there were some big names and we did our share of clapping.
IES President Frank Agraz, Jr. formally introduced Colleen Harper, the IES Executive Director. She and others spoke using a teleprompter. To my knowledge this is the first time such technology has been utilized at the conference—and there were no glitches.
Award winners were announced from 2020 and 2021 when the conference was held virtually.
Below are the 2022 service awards:
- Nancy Clanton presented the Medal Award to Dr. Bud Brainard.
- Past President Kimberly Mercier received the Louis B. Marks Award, named in honor of the first President of the IES. It is awarded to a member in recognition of exceptional service to the Society of a non-technical nature. She delivered her speech orally and visually through sign language—something she only learned three weeks ago. She spoke about choices and her choice has always been through action. She spoke for three minutes without notes or a teleprompter, and she received a standing ovation.
- Cameron Miller (Columbia Section) and Erik Page (San Francisco Section) received Fellow awards.
- Rob Cilic (Boston Section), Michelle Prew (Detroit Section), Mark Roush (San Antonio Section), Lisa Reed (St Louis Section), and Ardra Zinkon (Columbus Section) received Distinguished Service Awards.
- Each year, the IES President recognizes member excellence with the IES Presidential Award. IES President Susanne Seitinger, PhD (2021-2022) recognized Cheryl English (Atlanta Section), Antonio Garza (Monterey Section), Rita Harrold (Edison Section), Peter Hugh (Chicago Section), and Kathie Leslie (Allentown Section).
Read more about the awards from IES.
Immediately after the awards, Katie O’Connnell of ETC introduced the keynote speaker, Adam Rogers. Adam is author of Full Spectrum, How the Science of Color Made us Modern. He is also the Senior Tech Correspondent of Insider. He gave a fascinating talk about the history of color and how certain minerals were discovered that allowed for the widespread development of paint. He gave examples of the first uses of color in theater lighting, waterfalls and even consumer packaging. It’s hard to find keynotes that are not in our industry, but he was able to capture the interest of the audience much the way Neil deGrasse Tyson did when he spoke to the conference in 2014.