diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/events_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/events_controller.rb
index 0461877b..760785c0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/events_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/events_controller.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ class Api::V1::EventsController < Api::BaseController
     unless params[:conference_id].blank?
       events = events.where("conferences.guid" => params[:conference_id])
     end
-    respond_with events
+    respond_with events.confirmed
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index 2760e7ae..c735cfb7 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates :title, :presence => true
   validates :abstract, :presence => true
 
+  scope :confirmed, where(:state => "confirmed")
+
   state_machine :initial => :new do
     state :new
     state :review