--- title: Dave Young Receives IES Presidential Award description: Dave Young received a 2023 IES Presidential award for his hard work keeping the annual IES conference a success during unprecedentedly difficult times. image: https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/DaveYoungIESPresidentialAward-1200px-1.jpg --- - [ETCCONNECT](https://etcconnect.com/) - [ABOUT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/about) - [AUTHORS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/blog-authors) - [CONTACT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/contact) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/electronic-theatre-controls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.youtube.com/user/ETCVideoLibrary) [![EtCetera_319x104](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EtCetera_319x104.png?width=319&height=104&name=EtCetera_319x104.png "EtCetera_319x104")](https://blog.etcconnect.com) [![ETC Blog](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EtCetera_319x104.png?width=319&height=104&name=EtCetera_319x104.png "ETC Blog")](https://blog.etcconnect.com) - [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) - [ETC CULTURE](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) - [GEAR](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/gear) - [LEARN](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/learn) - [ODDS & ENDS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/odds-ends) - [BRIGHT IDEAS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/bright-ideas) Search ## [![blog-header](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-header.png?width=476&height=155&name=blog-header.png "blog-header")](https://www.etcconnect.com) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/electronic-theatre-controls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.youtube.com/user/ETCVideoLibrary) [✕](https://blog.etcconnect.com/dave-young-ies-presidential-award#gwen-offcanvas-primary) - [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) - [ETC CULTURE](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) - [GEAR](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/gear) - [LEARN](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/learn) - [ODDS & ENDS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/odds-ends) - [BRIGHT IDEAS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/bright-ideas) # Dave Young Receives IES Presidential Award ![Jacob Coakley](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/jacob.png?width=34&height=34&name=jacob.png)By [Jacob Coakley](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/jacob-coakley) 21 Sep 2023 ![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/DaveYoungIESPresidentialAward-1200px-1.jpg) Dave Young, ETC’s Architectural Regional Manager – West, received the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Presidential Award. The award recognizes Young’s hard work to keeping the annual IES conference a success “during unprecedentedly difficult times.” Fittingly, the award was presented at the recent IES conference in Schaumberg, IL. “I’m grateful for the award – but also very grateful to have been of service,” says Young. “The IES is a crucial part of the lighting industry and I’m happy to help support it and ensure it continues. But maybe next time we could skip the havoc of a world-wide shutdown.” Since January of 2020, Young has been the Annual Conference Committee Chair for IES. In that position he negotiated a pandemic, a shift to a fully online conference, and subsequent travel and gathering restrictions that were still felt at this year’s conference. With the successful completion of the 2023 conference, Young will now serve as an advisory member to the IES Conference Committee for the 2024 season. - - - 0 [#ETC Culture](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) ### The New National Theatre embraces Japan’s first Eos Apex console [Previous article](https://blog.etcconnect.com/new-national-theatre-first-eos-apex) ### Stage Lighting Design, Part 3: Controllable Properties of Light [Next article](https://blog.etcconnect.com/stage-lighting-design-part-3) [Jacob Coakley](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/jacob-coakley) ![Jacob Coakley](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/jacob.png?width=180&height=180&name=jacob.png) Jacob joined ETC at the beginning of 2017. A former magazine editor, Jacob is a long veteran of the theatER/theatRE wars and Oxford Comma skirmishes. He trained as an actor in New York, a sound designer in San Francisco, and as a writer everywhere. 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