Live timing for conferences

Keep the whole building on time.

When the morning keynote runs 15 minutes over, printed schedules die. Give your AV team, speakers, staff, and attendees one live digital timeline that cascades perfectly when reality breaks the plan.

Native ticketing and OBS broadcast overlays included. No app to download.

Simulated director view
Director Dashboard
On Time
10:00 AM
Opening Keynote
45m
+0m
10:05 AM
Panel: Future of Tech
60m
+0m
10:010 AM
Networking Break
30m
+0m
Attendee app view
My Live Schedule
Main Stage
LIVE NOW
6:00 PM
Cocktails & Networking
Up Next
7:00 PM
Dinner & Speeches
Later
8:30 PM
First Dance
< 50ms
cue-to-screen latency
Unlimited
rooms & sessions
One source
of live truth
Zero
reprinted schedules
Multi-room timelineConfidence countdownsLive attendee agendaVendor & AV cuesNative ticketingOBS broadcast overlaysNo app to downloadMulti-room timelineConfidence countdownsLive attendee agendaVendor & AV cuesNative ticketingOBS broadcast overlaysNo app to download
The 11:37 AM problem

Printed schedules die three hours into day one.

Conferences rarely fail because the agenda was weak. They fail because the live coordination layer is missing the moment real-world drift begins. NextSet absorbs the drift.

01 · The reality

The keynote drift

The morning keynote runs 17 minutes over. Every breakout room, coffee break, and sponsor slot for the rest of the day inherits the slip.

The resolution

The director drags the keynote block down 17 minutes on an iPad. The whole timeline — staff, AV, and attendees — cascades forward in lockstep.

02 · The reality

The silent sponsor crisis

Because the schedule slid, the 11:30 sponsor spotlight is now at 11:47 — but the sponsor is in the hall and the AV team has no idea.

The resolution

A vendor cue pushes the exact new time to the sponsor’s phone and the AV booth monitor at the same instant. Nobody misses their slot.

One live state

The room runs on the same clock as the booth.

The director moves a block; the speaker monitor, the AV cue, and every attendee’s phone update together. No reprints, no relays, no “wait, what time is the panel now?”

  • Downstage confidence timers for every speaker
  • Instant agenda updates on attendee phones
  • Vendor & AV cues from the same live timeline
Stage screen — Room C, live
Projector View
LIVE
Now Speaking
David M.
Up Next
Panel Discussion
05:00
Day 1 · live
On air
  1. Doors & registration9:00
  2. Opening keynote9:30
  3. Breakout — Track A10:45
    Live · Room C
  4. Sponsor spotlight12:00
  5. Afternoon sessions1:30

What the platform solves

Turn schedule drift into a highly visible, instantly manageable problem instead of a slow-motion collapse.

Director command center

Track multiple rooms, watch live timer status, and reshape the global timeline from one dashboard.

Confidence countdowns

Speakers get massive, unignorable timing cues on the downstage monitor so sessions stay close to plan.

Live attendee schedules

Attendees scan a QR code. When Room C shifts to 2:15 PM, their agenda updates on the spot.

Ops & vendor cueing

Keep AV, MCs, catering, and VIP wranglers reading from the same live state — no radio chatter required.

The difference, side by side

Same agenda. A conference that holds together.

The plan is never the problem — the live coordination is. Here’s the honest before and after when the day drifts off schedule.

The usual way
  • The keynote runs over and every printed agenda in the building is suddenly wrong.
  • Speakers guess how much time is left, so sessions creep further behind all day.
  • Attendees ask staff "is the panel still at 2?" because their schedule is paper.
  • The AV booth and sponsors find out a slot moved by walkie-talkie — or too late.
With NextSet
  • Move one block and the whole live timeline cascades — rooms, staff, and screens together.
  • Each speaker gets a big downstage confidence countdown, so sessions stay close to plan.
  • Attendees scan a QR code and see the current agenda update on their own phone — no app.
  • Vendor & AV cues push the new time to the booth and sponsors the instant it changes.
  • No app for attendees to download
  • One flat event price — no per-attendee fees
  • Works with your existing AV and screens
  • Reshape the agenda live, mid-event
  • Native ticketing built in

Private Event Plans

Start at 100 guests, gate access with QR and PIN, then unlock more capacity with upgrade packs.

Private Base 100

For private events with a 100-guest cap and guided QR access

$79/month
  • Includes up to 100 participants
  • $1.60 for each additional guest
Start Private Plan

Private Growth Packs

Stack guest-cap upgrade packs for weddings, showcases, and invite-only events

$129/month
  • Includes up to 250 participants
  • $1.20 for each additional guest
Add Capacity Packs

Wedding Planners

For branded private programs, recurring organizations, or multiple weddings

Custom
  • Includes up to 1,000 participants
  • Custom attendee pricing and support package
Talk to Sales

Need a custom onboarding or multi-venue private rollout? We can tailor setup, staffing, and support individually to match your needs.

Before you ask

Every question, answered.

The honest details on pricing, setup, day-of changes, and what happens when reality breaks the plan.

No. NextSet is priced per event, not per head — the same flat price whether your conference has fifty attendees or a packed hall across multiple rooms. You can see the exact tiers in the pricing section just above this.

Start with one live conference.

The fastest path is one real event, one operations team, and one live director workflow. Prove the format once, then reuse it endlessly.