diff --git a/chicago-annotated-bibliography.csl b/chicago-annotated-bibliography.csl
index 8a44cc232a0d..afa407fc146a 100644
--- a/chicago-annotated-bibliography.csl
+++ b/chicago-annotated-bibliography.csl
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
     <contributor>
       <name>Sebastian Karcher</name>
     </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Brenton M. Wiernik</name>
+    </contributor>
     <category citation-format="note"/>
     <category field="generic-base"/>
     <summary>Chicago format with short notes and annotated bibliography</summary>
@@ -698,7 +701,14 @@
     <choose>
       <if variable="title">
         <group delimiter=" ">
-          <text term="presented at"/>
+          <choose>
+            <if variable="genre">
+              <text term="presented at"/>
+            </if>
+            <else>
+              <text term="presented at" text-case="capitalize-first"/>
+            </else>
+          </choose>
           <text variable="event"/>
         </group>
       </if>
diff --git a/chicago-author-date-16th-edition.csl b/chicago-author-date-16th-edition.csl
index e2a278946b41..a1c11fe62b2e 100644
--- a/chicago-author-date-16th-edition.csl
+++ b/chicago-author-date-16th-edition.csl
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
       <name>Andrew Dunning</name>
       <email>andrew.dunning@utoronto.ca</email>
     </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Brenton M. Wiernik</name>
+    </contributor>
     <category citation-format="author-date"/>
     <category field="generic-base"/>
     <summary>The author-date variant of the Chicago style</summary>
@@ -509,8 +512,15 @@
     </choose>
   </macro>
   <macro name="event">
-    <group>
-      <text term="presented at" suffix=" "/>
+    <group delimiter=" ">
+      <choose>
+        <if variable="genre">
+          <text term="presented at"/>
+        </if>
+        <else>
+          <text term="presented at" text-case="capitalize-first"/>
+        </else>
+      </choose>
       <text variable="event"/>
     </group>
   </macro>
diff --git a/chicago-author-date.csl b/chicago-author-date.csl
index 32d0cab05436..9f126b305119 100644
--- a/chicago-author-date.csl
+++ b/chicago-author-date.csl
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
       <email>matthew.g.roth@yale.edu</email>
       <uri> https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7902-6331</uri>
     </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Brenton M. Wiernik</name>
+    </contributor>
     <category citation-format="author-date"/>
     <category field="generic-base"/>
     <summary>The author-date variant of the Chicago style</summary>
@@ -509,8 +512,15 @@
     </choose>
   </macro>
   <macro name="event">
-    <group>
-      <text term="presented at" suffix=" "/>
+    <group delimiter=" ">
+      <choose>
+        <if variable="genre">
+          <text term="presented at"/>
+        </if>
+        <else>
+          <text term="presented at" text-case="capitalize-first"/>
+        </else>
+      </choose>
       <text variable="event"/>
     </group>
   </macro>
diff --git a/chicago-fullnote-bibliography-16th-edition.csl b/chicago-fullnote-bibliography-16th-edition.csl
index 3c7e31ca945b..448a23e0988d 100644
--- a/chicago-fullnote-bibliography-16th-edition.csl
+++ b/chicago-fullnote-bibliography-16th-edition.csl
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
       <name>Andrew Dunning</name>
       <email>andrew.dunning@utoronto.ca</email>
     </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Brenton M. Wiernik</name>
+    </contributor>
     <category citation-format="note"/>
     <category field="generic-base"/>
     <summary>Chicago format with full notes and bibliography</summary>
@@ -665,7 +668,14 @@
     <choose>
       <if variable="title">
         <group delimiter=" ">
-          <text term="presented at"/>
+          <choose>
+            <if variable="genre">
+              <text term="presented at"/>
+            </if>
+            <else>
+              <text term="presented at" text-case="capitalize-first"/>
+            </else>
+          </choose>
           <text variable="event"/>
         </group>
       </if>
diff --git a/chicago-fullnote-bibliography-short-title-subsequent.csl b/chicago-fullnote-bibliography-short-title-subsequent.csl
index 79c1c72aa00f..522ee11ff742 100644
--- a/chicago-fullnote-bibliography-short-title-subsequent.csl
+++ b/chicago-fullnote-bibliography-short-title-subsequent.csl
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
     <contributor>
       <name>Sebastian Karcher</name>
     </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Brenton M. Wiernik</name>
+    </contributor>
     <category citation-format="note"/>
     <category field="generic-base"/>
     <summary>Chicago format with full notes and bibliography</summary>
@@ -699,7 +702,14 @@
     <choose>
       <if variable="title">
         <group delimiter=" ">
-          <text term="presented at"/>
+          <choose>
+            <if variable="genre">
+              <text term="presented at"/>
+            </if>
+            <else>
+              <text term="presented at" text-case="capitalize-first"/>
+            </else>
+          </choose>
           <text variable="event"/>
         </group>
       </if>
diff --git a/chicago-fullnote-bibliography-with-ibid.csl b/chicago-fullnote-bibliography-with-ibid.csl
index 9c18286a2734..c5427a688542 100644
--- a/chicago-fullnote-bibliography-with-ibid.csl
+++ b/chicago-fullnote-bibliography-with-ibid.csl
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
     <contributor>
       <name>Sebastian Karcher</name>
     </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Brenton M. Wiernik</name>
+    </contributor>
     <category citation-format="note"/>
     <category field="generic-base"/>
     <summary>Chicago format with full notes and bibliography</summary>
@@ -698,7 +701,14 @@
     <choose>
       <if variable="title">
         <group delimiter=" ">
-          <text term="presented at"/>
+          <choose>
+            <if variable="genre">
+              <text term="presented at"/>
+            </if>
+            <else>
+              <text term="presented at" text-case="capitalize-first"/>
+            </else>
+          </choose>
           <text variable="event"/>
         </group>
       </if>
diff --git a/chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl b/chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl
index a9f375b05194..d0d599c289ec 100644
--- a/chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl
+++ b/chicago-fullnote-bibliography.csl
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
     <contributor>
       <name>Sebastian Karcher</name>
     </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Brenton M. Wiernik</name>
+    </contributor>
     <category citation-format="note"/>
     <category field="generic-base"/>
     <summary>Chicago format with full notes and bibliography</summary>
@@ -698,7 +701,14 @@
     <choose>
       <if variable="title">
         <group delimiter=" ">
-          <text term="presented at"/>
+          <choose>
+            <if variable="genre">
+              <text term="presented at"/>
+            </if>
+            <else>
+              <text term="presented at" text-case="capitalize-first"/>
+            </else>
+          </choose>
           <text variable="event"/>
         </group>
       </if>
diff --git a/chicago-library-list.csl b/chicago-library-list.csl
index ca28f2190392..4e41d01fb109 100644
--- a/chicago-library-list.csl
+++ b/chicago-library-list.csl
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
     <contributor>
       <name>Sebastian Karcher</name>
     </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Brenton M. Wiernik</name>
+    </contributor>
     <category citation-format="note"/>
     <category field="generic-base"/>
     <summary>Chicago format for creating library lists, where bibliography includes call numbers</summary>
@@ -698,7 +701,14 @@
     <choose>
       <if variable="title">
         <group delimiter=" ">
-          <text term="presented at"/>
+          <choose>
+            <if variable="genre">
+              <text term="presented at"/>
+            </if>
+            <else>
+              <text term="presented at" text-case="capitalize-first"/>
+            </else>
+          </choose>
           <text variable="event"/>
         </group>
       </if>
diff --git a/chicago-note-bibliography-16th-edition.csl b/chicago-note-bibliography-16th-edition.csl
index 50bd88a5de93..3ab321d009a0 100644
--- a/chicago-note-bibliography-16th-edition.csl
+++ b/chicago-note-bibliography-16th-edition.csl
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
       <name>Andrew Dunning</name>
       <email>andrew.dunning@utoronto.ca</email>
     </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Brenton M. Wiernik</name>
+    </contributor>
     <category citation-format="note"/>
     <category field="generic-base"/>
     <summary>Chicago format with short notes and bibliography</summary>
@@ -665,7 +668,14 @@
     <choose>
       <if variable="title">
         <group delimiter=" ">
-          <text term="presented at"/>
+          <choose>
+            <if variable="genre">
+              <text term="presented at"/>
+            </if>
+            <else>
+              <text term="presented at" text-case="capitalize-first"/>
+            </else>
+          </choose>
           <text variable="event"/>
         </group>
       </if>
diff --git a/chicago-note-bibliography-with-ibid.csl b/chicago-note-bibliography-with-ibid.csl
index d05a481e7148..a6de7136c9af 100644
--- a/chicago-note-bibliography-with-ibid.csl
+++ b/chicago-note-bibliography-with-ibid.csl
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
     <contributor>
       <name>Sebastian Karcher</name>
     </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Brenton M. Wiernik</name>
+    </contributor>
     <category citation-format="note"/>
     <category field="generic-base"/>
     <summary>Chicago format with short notes and bibliography</summary>
@@ -698,7 +701,14 @@
     <choose>
       <if variable="title">
         <group delimiter=" ">
-          <text term="presented at"/>
+          <choose>
+            <if variable="genre">
+              <text term="presented at"/>
+            </if>
+            <else>
+              <text term="presented at" text-case="capitalize-first"/>
+            </else>
+          </choose>
           <text variable="event"/>
         </group>
       </if>
diff --git a/chicago-note-bibliography.csl b/chicago-note-bibliography.csl
index 201e33ee51a9..41c0c9ab5fe2 100644
--- a/chicago-note-bibliography.csl
+++ b/chicago-note-bibliography.csl
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
     <contributor>
       <name>Sebastian Karcher</name>
     </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Brenton M. Wiernik</name>
+    </contributor>
     <category citation-format="note"/>
     <category field="generic-base"/>
     <summary>Chicago format with short notes and bibliography</summary>
@@ -698,7 +701,14 @@
     <choose>
       <if variable="title">
         <group delimiter=" ">
-          <text term="presented at"/>
+          <choose>
+            <if variable="genre">
+              <text term="presented at"/>
+            </if>
+            <else>
+              <text term="presented at" text-case="capitalize-first"/>
+            </else>
+          </choose>
           <text variable="event"/>
         </group>
       </if>
diff --git a/turabian-fullnote-bibliography.csl b/turabian-fullnote-bibliography.csl
index b5c579a5d97b..a5d5d93cd8f6 100644
--- a/turabian-fullnote-bibliography.csl
+++ b/turabian-fullnote-bibliography.csl
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
     <contributor>
       <name>Sebastian Karcher</name>
     </contributor>
+    <contributor>
+      <name>Brenton M. Wiernik</name>
+    </contributor>
     <category citation-format="note"/>
     <category field="history"/>
     <summary>Turabian note style, a variant of Chicago for students</summary>
@@ -455,8 +458,15 @@
     </choose>
   </macro>
   <macro name="event">
-    <group>
-      <text term="presented at" suffix=" "/>
+    <group delimiter=" ">
+      <choose>
+        <if variable="genre">
+          <text term="presented at"/>
+        </if>
+        <else>
+          <text term="presented at" text-case="capitalize-first"/>
+        </else>
+      </choose>
       <text variable="event"/>
     </group>
   </macro>