Robert Hickey was a guest speaker at the Protocol & Diplomacy International-Protocol Officers Association 7th Annual Education Conference in Kansas City, Missouri in August 2008. He spoke on to the entire conference on five traditions in titles and forms of address most often encountered by protocol officers. Each conference participant received a copy of his book for their reference.
    The book was also the association's gift to other conference presenters including Ambassador Nancy Brinker, Chief of Protocol of the United States; Ms. Cari Guittard, Executive Director, Business for Diplomatic Action; Ms. Mary Eisenhower, President and Chief Executive Officer, People to People International; Ms. Luby Ismail, Founder and President, Connecting Cultures, Inc.
    Above he is seen autographing copies for protocol officers at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, MO during a conference-sponsored visit. Immediately below he is participating at a protocol exercise at the Libary, and at the bottom, presenting to the conference at the Intercontinental Hotel, Kansas City.