EventsAgenda builder

Agenda builder

The agenda builder is a per-day timeline editor. Drag a session onto a day, pick a room and a track, and Novex flags any conflict (overlapping room booking, double-booked speaker) before you save.

Anatomy of an agenda

Every event has:

  • Agenda days — one per calendar date in the event’s date range. Auto-created on event creation; you can add or remove days as the event shifts.
  • Sessions — the time-bound items (talk, break, lunch, registration, social).
  • Tracks — optional parallel streams (“Main Hall”, “Workshop A”, “Plenary”).
  • Speakers — assigned per session. A speaker double-booked across overlapping sessions throws a yellow warning.
  • Rooms — assigned per session. Two sessions in the same room at overlapping times throw a red error and block save.

Adding a session

  1. Open the event, click Agenda in the left nav.
  2. Pick the day you want to populate.
  3. Click + Add session — or drag from the session-type sidebar (Talk, Break, Lunch, Networking, Other).
  4. Set start time and duration. End time is computed.
  5. Pick a room (optional but recommended for multi-room events).
  6. Pick a track (optional).
  7. Attach speakers if applicable.
  8. Save.

Conflict types

SeverityWhat triggers it
🟡 WarningSpeaker assigned to two overlapping sessions.
🟡 WarningSession ends after the agenda day’s closing time.
🔴 ErrorSame room booked by overlapping sessions. Save is blocked until you fix one.
🔴 ErrorSession start time is before the event’s published start.

Warnings are saved-with-an-asterisk; errors block save until resolved.

Duplicating an agenda day

If day 2 is mostly a copy of day 1, click the menu on day 1 and pick Duplicate day. All sessions copy across (with the date shifted), so you only edit deltas.

Public agenda page

Once the event is CONFIRMED or later, an attendee-facing read-only agenda is exposed at https://nov3x.com/e/<event-code>/agenda for sharing on social / email blasts. Visibility is per-event toggle in Settings → Agenda → Make public.

Tips

  • Set room capacities when you create rooms (Settings → Rooms). The Command Center uses them to compute ”% room utilisation” tiles on show day.
  • Use tracks for multi-stream events. The agenda renders one column per track, so attendees scan their stream visually.
  • Lock the agenda before the event by switching it to “Final” mode under ⋯ → Lock agenda. Locked agendas can still be edited by Admins; everyone else sees read-only.