Gallieno Denardo, former head of the ICTP Office of External Activities and organizer of training and research in optical physics, has been awarded the SPIE Educator Award “for organizing dozens of optics and photonics ICTP schools, colleges, conferences, and workshops educating students and young researchers throughout the last 20 years.” SPIE established its Educator Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to optics education by an SPIE instructor or an educator in the field.