ARLINGTON, Va. (March 11, 2015) – Sex educator and Wicked Pictures contract performer jessica drake is a featured speaker at CatalystCon East, to be held March 27–29 in Arlington, Va. She will speak on Saturday, March 28, on the panel, “Beyond the Pop Shot: Using explicit instructional media for sex education.”

The event will be presented in the Adams Room from 11 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. at Hilton Crystal City at Reagan National Airport, 2399 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington, Va. 22202. For more information on CatalystCon East, visit http://catalystcon.com.

“I’m really looking forward to participating in this exciting panel,” drake said. “Being an adult performer/director and sex educator has given me unique insight into media’s role in sex education.”

The popular guest speaker will share her experience in the adult industry and about her work as a sex educator and host of the popular instructional sex series “jessica drake’s Guide to Wicked Sex,” distributed by Wicked Pictures. CatalystCon is an annual conference created to inspire conversation about sexuality by bringing together sex educators, sexologists, sex workers, sex therapists, writers and others.

The panel includes clinical sexologist Dr. Ava Cadell, Adam & Eve General Manager Bob Christian and licensed marriage and family therapist Dr. Hernando Chaves.

According to organizers, the event will “discuss the evolution of sex education instructional videos, from their early onset to the modern instructional. The panel will discuss how the use of instructional aids can impact sexual attitudes, challenge sexual anxiety, and improve the overall quality of people’s sexual relationships. How can instructional aids be used by sex educators, therapists, and counselors to better serve their clients and students? How popular are instructional aids and who buys them? Is there any research that looks at the impact of instructional aids on people? The panel will examine these questions and more.”

CatalystCon founder Dee Dennis said, “jessica’s openness and willingness to share her knowledge and unique insight really embodies the spirit of CatalystCon, so I’m thrilled to have her returning to CatalystCon East to speak about sex education.”

Created in 2011 by Wicked Pictures, “jessica drake’s Guide to Wicked Sex” is the leading instructional sex DVD series, and features drake hosting each movie by taking viewers through a variety of topics such as relationship communication, trigger words, and finding your partner’s hot spots by presenting explicit sexual position demonstrations, sexual techniques, and more.

drake is a highly sought-after speaker who has traveled the world, lecturing at universities, seminars, and workshops with her message of sexual wellness and the importance a healthy relationship through a mutually satisfying love life.

For more information about jessica drake’s Guide to Wicked Sex titles, appearances and sex education seminar series, visit http://www.guidetowickedsex.com.

Additional information on Catalyst Con East is available on the conference’s Twitter and Facebook pages.

Three-time AVN Best Actress winner and sexual wellness authority jessica drake brings erotic topics to life through intimate demonstrations performed by some of today’s hottest adult stars in her “Guide to Wicked Sex” series. The stimulating sequences are sensual, provocative and enlivened by an informative optional audio commentary. In each volume of “jessica drake’s Guide to Wicked Sex,” writer, producer, director, and host jessica drake addresses a different aspect of human sexuality, ranging from Fellatio and Anal to Basic Positions and Female Masturbation. jessica explores each topic with the same distinct blend of knowledge, experience, and good humor, which led Dee Dennis, the founder of sexuality conference CatalystCon, to praise her as “an amazing sex educator and speaker, who represents a new direction and is breaking new ground” in the sexual self-help genre. The series’ volume on Fellatio earned AVN’s 2012 Best Educational Release trophy, “Anal” was named XBIZ’s 2012 Specialty Release of the Year, “Anal Sex for Men” received AVN’s 2014 Best Educational Release award. For more information, visit www.GuideToWickedSex.com, www.Facebook.com/GuideToWickedSex, or www.Twitter.com/Guide2WickedSex.

CatalystCon is a conference created to inspire exceptional conversations about sexuality. It is about reaching out and stimulating those who attend to create those important conversations in their own communities, changing how we as a society talk and treat sexuality. It is about stimulating the activist that is within all of us and sparking transformation in the way friends, neighbors, children and even politicians discuss one of the most important aspects of humanity. Founder/Creator Dee Dennis regards this conference as a “melting pot of sexuality” that will unite sex educators, sexologists, sex workers, writers, activists, those in the adult industry and anyone with a passion for creating change. “Knowledge is power, and sharing that knowledge is the first spark in igniting change.” This is the fundamental principle behind CatalystCon. For more information, visit http://catalystcon.com.