2010   "Affect and Landscape in the Film Music and Film Sound of 21st Century Turkish Cinema." Society for Ethnomusicology 55th Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Chair, "Landscapes, Soundscapes and Depictions of Place in Asian Film Music" panel.

2009   "Social Collaborations and Meaning Production in Turkish-Speaking Publics." American Anthropological Association 108th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

2009   "Technologies of Spirituality, Hi-tech-sponsored Communalism, and the Dialectics of Northern California's Electronic Dance Music Microcultures." Middle Atlantic Chapter, Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA.

2008   "Ron's Right Arm: Tactility, Visualization, and the Synesthesia of Audio Engineering." Art of Record Production 4th Annual Conference, Lowell, MA

2008   "Folkloric resources and the legitimation of innovative arranged recordings in Turkey." Society for Ethnomusicology 53rd Annual Conference, Middletown, CT.

2008   "Comfort and tea: institutional culture and aesthetic decision-making in the Turkish recording industry." Northern California Chapter, Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, Fremont, CA.
[Winner of the Marnie Dilling Prize]

2007   "The arrangement and engineering of individual musicianship and group interaction in contemporary Turkish recordings." Society for Ethnomusicology 52nd Annual Conference, Columbus, OH.

2006   "Karadeniz Müzigi ve Karadeniz Yöresel Müziklerinin Karsilastirmali Teknik Analizi." Orta Dogu Teknik Üniversitesi Halkbilim Toplulugu 45th Annual Meeting, Ankara, Turkey. Invited paper.

2006   "Studios, arrangement, and the distributed production system of contemporary Turkish music." Art of Record Production 2nd Annual Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland.

2003   "Hisses, hums, and pops: Low Fidelity Aesthetics in Contemporary Popular Music." International Association for the Study of Popular Music, US Branch Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

2003   "Bi-musicality and Middle Eastern Musemes in Electronica Music." Society for Ethnomusicology 48th Annual Conference, Miami, FL.
Chair, "Technology and Mediation" panel.

2003   "The Electric Orient: Bi-musicality and Middle Eastern Inflections in British Electronica." Northern California Chapter, Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, Berkeley, CA.

1997   "Turkish Makams in Rebetika." Northeast Chapter, Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, Middletown, CT.

2011   Cornell University: Music, Gender & Globalization conference, "Between Global and Local" panel, respondent.

2010   Syracuse University: "Music of Conflict and Reconciliation: The War in Iraq/Post-9/11 World" symposium, respondent.

2010   University of Pittsburgh: "What is a halay dance? The Collaborative Production of Meanings on Turkish Social Networking Sites"

2010   Brown University: "Ron's Right Arm: Synesthesias, Sensoriums, and the Experience of Recording Studio Work"

2008   Academy Village, Tucson: "Folk music of Anatolia," a lecture/performance, with Ladi Dell'aira

2007   UC Berkeley colloquia in the musicologies: "The arrangement and engineering of individual musicianship and group interaction in contemporary Turkish recordings"

2006   Isik Üniversitesi (Sile): "Digital Audio Workstations and Changes to Turkish Music Performance Practice"

2006   American Research Institute of Turkey (Istanbul): "Ethnic and musical aspects and consequences of pan-Karadeniz popular music"

2004   Stanford University: "What can we know about Ancient Music?" An interactive multimedia presentation on ancient Egyptian, Sumerian, and Hurrian music.

2004   St. Mary's College, Moraga: "Sufism and Music in Turkish Islamic Society"

2003   UC Berkeley colloquia in the musicologies: "Hisses, Hums, and Pops: Low-Fidelity Aesthetics in Contemporary Popular Music"

1997   Wesleyan University colloquia series: "The Ambient Belief System: an Introduction"