The Custom Speaker Roles feature helps you break free from the one-size-fits-all "Speaker" label. Organizers can now define precise, event-level roles (like Moderator, Panelist, Emcee, or Track Chair) and assign them to speakers on a per-session basis. This gives you absolute control over how your talent is showcased and grouped on the Event App, maximizing clarity for your attendees and elevating your speakers' profiles. 🎤✨

🚀 What’s New?

Managing a complex lineup just got a whole lot easier. Instead of every presenter being lumped into a single list, you can now curate exactly how your speaker ecosystem looks across three different management levels: Event, Session, and People.

🏛️ 1. Event-Level: Master Role Management

Head to Sessions > Sessions settings > Speaker roles to set up your global hierarchy.

• Tailor the Labels: The system auto-creates a default "Speaker" role, but you can edit, delete, or add custom roles (e.g., Facilitator, Co-Author, Keynote).
• Dual-Naming Control: Define a Session Speaker role name (how it looks next to a presentation) and a Profile Speaker role name (how it looks on their personal bio).
• Global Ordering: Manually drag and drop the roles into your preferred order. This sequence applies globally across all sessions on the Event App.
• Go Global: Translate role labels into all active event languages.

⚠️ Deleting Roles: If you delete a role that is already assigned to active sessions, a safety alert module will warn you. Confirming the deletion will cleanly remove that role assignment from both the sessions and user profiles.

📅 2. Session-Level: Precise Lineup Curation

Navigate to Sessions > [Select a Session] > Speaker role to build your perfect stage.

• Assign & Regroup: Select from your event-level custom roles and assign exactly one specific role to each speaker in that session.
• Custom Sorting: Drag and drop to re-order the individual speakers within their specific role groups to highlight your lead presenters.
• Quick Navigation: Need a new role on the fly? The "Manage Role" shortcut will take you directly back to your global settings.

👤 3. People-Level: The Speaker's Perspective

Manage a single speaker's entire schedule from People > [User Profile] > Speaker to.

• Cross-Session Assignment: View and assign any event-level role to the user across multiple sessions simultaneously.
• Session Ordering: Easily add, remove, or re-order the sessions tied to their specific role groups.

📱 The Event App Experience

Your attendees will experience a highly polished, intuitive interface that mirrors your exact configuration.

On the Session Detail Page:

• Clean Grouping: Speakers are automatically displayed under their designated role headers (e.g., Moderators listed together, Panelists listed together).
• Smart Display: Empty roles are automatically hidden. If a custom role only has one person assigned, it cleanly displays just that speaker and their specific title.
• Perfect Ordering: The app strictly respects your hierarchy—sorting first by your global Role Order, and then by the specific Speaker Order you set within that session.

On the People Detail Page:

• Dynamic Schedules: The "Speaking at" section and "Is attending" sections are now mutually exclusive. If a user is speaking at any session under any custom role, the standard "Is attending" list is hidden to keep the focus purely on their professional contribution.
• Multi-Role Visibility: If a VIP is a Keynote for Session A and a Moderator for Session B, both sessions will dynamically display in their respective translated role blocks right on their profile.

🛠️ How to Get Started

Ready to level up your event program?

1. Go to Sessions in your Studio organizer center.
2. Click Session settings and toggle to the new Speaker roles tab to build your custom roster.
3. Open any session or user profile to start assigning your new roles!

Got questions about mapping out your custom speaker workflows? Let us know!