A select list of lectures, presentations, tastings, and other events:

• CHOCOA Moderator The Chocolate Maker's Forum, tastings and pairings (Amsterdam; 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018)
• Festival del Chocolate Co-creator/organizer Mini-Foro (Villahermosa, Tabasco, MX; 2016)
• Origin Chocolate event Invited international guest, presenter (Amsterdam; 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
• Academia de Cacao Co-creator, co-host (Nicaragua; 2015, 2016)
• Salon del Cacao y Chocolate Invited international guest, presenter (Lima, PE; 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017)
• NYU Experimental Cuisine Collective Invited speaker How Chocolate Gets Its Taste (NYC; 2013)
• 2nd International Conference on Fine Flavor Cocoa in the Andean Region/Segundo Congreso Internacional de Cacaos Finos y de Aroma en la Region Andina Invited international guest, presenter (La Paz, Bolivia; Nov 2010)
• Discover Chocolate in Paris
  Four-day group tour (Oct, 2010)
• Chocolate Unwrapped / Salon du Chocolat (London; 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
• Google
  Author Talk in support of the release of Discover Chocolate (2008).
• Discover Chocolate in Belize
  Eco-tours (2007, 2008, 2010)
• National Pastry Team Championship
  Chocolate-Making Demonstration (Nashville, TN; Jul 2007)
• New York Restaurant Association (NYC; Mar 2007)
• NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies / James Beard Foundation
  Advanced Wine and Chocolate Pairings (NYC; Mar 2006, Nov 2006, Mar 2007, Oct 2007)
• Les Dames d'Escoffier, New York Chapter
  Wine/Chocolate pairing at the Harriet Lembeck School of Wine (NYC; Feb 2007)
• Making Chocolate (bean to bar) in a Home Kitchen
  Workshops (NYC; Dec 2006, Feb 2007, Oct 2007)
• 2Beans NYC Chocolate and wine educational events (various dates, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
• 92nd St Y
  The World Chocolate Tasting (NYC; 2005, 2006)
  The Chocolate Collection: An Evening of Tasting (NYC; Dec 2006, Jun 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016)
• The Chocolate Show (NYC; Nov 2004 - 2007)
• NY Metro Discover Chocolate Meetup
  Monthly chocolate meetup (NYC; Apr 2006 - May 2008)
• The World Pastry Forum
  Talking Taste with chef Patrick Coston (Las Vegas, NV; Jul 2004)
• MILIA
  International Multimedia Market (Cannes, FR; 1994-1996)
• National Computer Graphics Association (annual national conferences 1986-1988)