Massive congratulations to Gavin Kearney, who had the honour of receiving the distinguished Audio Engineering Society Board of Governor’s award at the AES New York Convention. Gavin received the award for his outstanding contributions to the society including co-chairing of the 2019 International Conference on Immersive and Interactive Audio held at the University of York last March. Gavin received the award from AES President Nadja Wallaszkovits at the opening ceremony of the convention.