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Chat with Program

Guide for conference chairs to enable and manage AI-powered program chat

Chat with Program

Enable AI-powered chat for your conference program to help attendees quickly find sessions, speakers, and schedule information.

1. Prerequisites

  • Your conference program must be published
  • At least one program day with sessions must be created
  • You must be a conference chair with program builder permissions

2. Enable and Sync Program Chat

  1. Navigate to your conference dashboard Program Builder
Program Builder Button
  1. Click "Refresh AI Data" to sync your program with the AI system
  2. Toggle "Enable Program Chat" to ON
  3. Wait for the background sync to complete

The system processes your program schedule, sessions, speakers, and locations. This may take a few minutes depending on program size.

Enable Chat with Program

3. Chat Button on Program Page

Once enabled, the chat button will appear on your public program page:

Program Page

Attendees can now use the AI assistant to explore your program.

4. How Attendees Use Chat

Attendees can ask the AI assistant about sessions, speakers, topics, schedule, and logistics.

Here is an example:

Chat with Program

5. Add Items to Favorites via Chat

Attendees can add sessions or program items to their favorites directly through the chat interface:

  1. Ask the AI assistant about specific sessions, speakers, or topics
  2. Click "Add to Favorite" button that appears with relevant results
  3. The item will be saved to their personal favorites list for quick access
Add to Favorites via Chat

Favorited items will appear in the attendee's personalized schedule view:

View Schedule

This feature helps attendees build their personalized conference schedule while exploring the program.

6. Updating Program Data

When you modify your program (add sessions, change times, update speakers):

  1. Click "Refresh AI Data" again
  2. The AI assistant will use the updated information

The chat feature remains enabled during updates.

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