Timeline — queue of talks

1Timeline card

• 1 Add — choose lectures from the list to append to the end of the queue.
• 2 AUTO NEXT — when a talk ends the program starts the next one by itself.
• 3 Play — starts the first talk (or resumes the queue).
• 4 Next — ends the current talk and starts the next one.
• 5 Clear all — removes all items from the queue (lectures stay on the list).
• 6 Reset — starts the queue again: all talks go back to Waiting.
• 7 From agenda… — loads the queue from the conference agenda.
• 8 Items — number, title, speaker, time and state.
• 9 Summary — how many talks are finished, total and remaining time.
• 10 Schedule… — automatic start of the queue at a chosen time (next chapter).

2Queue item

• 1 Time of the talk.
• 2 State — ON AIR, next, Waiting or Completed.
• 3 ▲ and 4 ▼ — move the item up / down in the queue.
• 5 ▶ — starts this talk right away.
• 6 × — removes the item from the queue (the lecture stays on the list).

3Adding to the queue

• The window shows lectures that are not in the Timeline yet.
• 1 From conference… — lectures assigned to a conference.
• 2 Select all (next to it: deselect all).
• 3 Check box next to a lecture.
• 4 Add selected — appends the selected lectures to the end of the queue.

4Queue from the agenda

• 1 Conference — choose which agenda to load the sessions from.
• 2 Preview — times, titles and durations of the sessions.
• 3 Load to Timeline — replaces the current Timeline with the agenda sessions.

Result: The conference name and the Refresh from agenda button appear above the queue — it loads changes from the agenda without interrupting the running talk.

5Multi-day conference — choosing the day

• For a multi-day conference (Agenda) the window has one more field:
• 1 Day — the day whose sessions go to the Timeline; today by default.
• 2 Preview — the sessions of the chosen day.

Result: Above the queue: “Agenda: name · Day 2”. Agenda times, delay, end of the day, Refresh from agenda and Fix… apply to this day; the attendee page runs this day live.

6Agenda times in the Timeline

• 1 Day status — On schedule, Delay +N min (orange) or Ahead −N min (blue) and the expected end of the day at the current pace (the planned time in brackets).
• 2 Planned times — the planned start and end of every session from the agenda (e.g. 11:20–11:40).
• 3 Start — a running or finished session: when it really started and whether it was ✔ on time, late (+N min) or early (−N min).
• 4 Forecast — the next session: when it will start and end with the current delay (shown only when it differs from the plan). Breaks in the plan “absorb” the delay.
• 5 List — scrolls on its own (bar on the right); the current session always stays in view and the summary at the bottom of the card — also on a small screen.

7Fix the delay

• When the expected end of the day is later than planned, the Fix… button appears next to the status bar. The window offers three ways — always with a preview before you confirm:
• 1 Shorten the next sessions — recovers the delay from sessions that have not started yet: breaks first, then talks evenly; none gets shorter than the chosen minimum. It changes the times in the Timeline, the Agenda plan stays.
• 2 Shift the plan (accept the delay) — the remaining sessions in the Agenda move by the delay; the bar returns to “On schedule”.
• 3 Skip a session — the chosen session stays on the list, crossed out, and the Timeline skips it; the Restore button in the row brings it back.
• 4 Preview — the state now and after the change (delay, end of the day) and the list of changed sessions.

8Undoing changes during the event

• Every Timeline change during the event — removing or adding a session, changing the order or duration, skipping, “Fix…” — goes on a list of changes. The card shows the Undo button with the number of changes.
• 1 List — time and description of the change, newest first.
• 2 Undo — undoes the last change; Ctrl+Z in the Timer tab does the same.
• 3 Undo to here — undoes the chosen change and all newer ones (e.g. a session removed by mistake returns to its place with the agenda times).

9Running the talks

• 1 Current talk — marked ON AIR; the clock counts down its time. Below it: which talk is next.
• 2 Next — the next talk (also available on Stream Deck).
• 3 AUTO NEXT — turn it on if the talks should follow one another without your action.
• 4 Summary — progress of the whole queue.