diff --git a/app/controllers/conferences_controller.rb b/app/controllers/conferences_controller.rb
index 53e5bd6d..dcb38eeb 100644
--- a/app/controllers/conferences_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/conferences_controller.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class ConferencesController < ApplicationController
   protect_from_forgery with: :null_session
   before_action :respond_to_options
   load_and_authorize_resource find_by: :short_title
-  load_resource :program, through: :conference, singleton: true, except: :index
+  load_resource :program, through: :conference, singleton: true, except: [:index, :current]
 
   def index
     @current = Conference.where('end_date >= ?', Date.current).reorder(start_date: :asc)
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ class ConferencesController < ApplicationController
 
   def show; end
 
+  def current
+    current = Conference.where('start_date <= ? AND end_date >= ?', Date.current, Date.current).first
+    current = Conference.where('start_date = ?', Date.current + 1).first if current.blank?
+    redirect_to conference_path(current.short_title)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def respond_to_options
diff --git a/app/models/ability.rb b/app/models/ability.rb
index 6fa8c12f..58ced4c2 100644
--- a/app/models/ability.rb
+++ b/app/models/ability.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Ability
 
   # Abilities for not signed in users (guests)
   def not_signed_in
-    can [:index], Conference
+    can [:index, :current], Conference
     can [:show], Conference do |conference|
       conference.splashpage && conference.splashpage.public == true
     end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index ae67a820..42d527de 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+require 'root_route_constraint'
 Osem::Application.routes.draw do
 
   if ENV['OSEM_ICHAIN_ENABLED'] == 'true'
@@ -152,6 +153,8 @@ Osem::Application.routes.draw do
   end
 
   get '/admin' => redirect('/admin/conferences')
-
+  constraints RootRouteConstraint.new do
+    get '/' => 'conferences#current'
+  end
   root to: 'conferences#index', via: [:get, :options]
 end
diff --git a/lib/root_route_constraint.rb b/lib/root_route_constraint.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5aee9b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/root_route_constraint.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+class RootRouteConstraint
+  def initialize
+    @current = Conference.where('start_date <= ? AND end_date >= ?', Date.current, Date.current)
+    @current = Conference.where('start_date = ?', Date.current + 1) if @current.blank?
+  end
+
+  ##
+  # Checks if only one conference is live and has a public splashpage
+  # If any conference is live it checks how many live conferences are there
+  # ====Returns
+  # * +true+ -> only one conferene is live AND the conference has public splashpage
+  # * +false+ -> no or more than one conferences are live or the only live conferece has no public splashpage
+  def matches?(*)
+    @current.present? && @current.first.splashpage.present? && @current.count == 1 && @current.first.splashpage.public?
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/conferences_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/conferences_controller_spec.rb
index 6479eb34..40bae2b4 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/conferences_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/conferences_controller_spec.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ describe ConferencesController do
     end
   end
 
+  describe 'GET #current' do
+    it 'redirects to first conference splashpage' do
+      get :current
+      expect(response).to redirect_to(conference_path(Conference.first.short_title))
+    end
+  end
+
   describe 'OPTIONS #index' do
     it 'Response code is 200' do
       process :index, 'OPTIONS'
diff --git a/spec/lib/root_route_constraint_spec.rb b/spec/lib/root_route_constraint_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed9a5ac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/root_route_constraint_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe RootRouteConstraint do
+  describe '#matches?' do
+
+    it 'returns false, if no conference is live' do
+      constraint = RootRouteConstraint.new
+      expect(constraint.matches?).to eq false
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false, when one conference is live but no splashpage' do
+      create(:conference)
+      constraint = RootRouteConstraint.new
+      expect(constraint.matches?).to eq false
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false, when one conference is live but no public splashpage' do
+      conference = create(:full_conference)
+      conference.splashpage.public = false
+      conference.splashpage.save
+      constraint = RootRouteConstraint.new
+      expect(constraint.matches?).to eq false
+    end
+
+    it 'returns true, when one conference is live and has public splashpage' do
+      create(:full_conference)
+      constraint = RootRouteConstraint.new
+      expect(constraint.matches?).to eq true
+    end
+
+    it 'returns false, if more than one conference is live' do
+      create(:full_conference)
+      create(:full_conference)
+      constraint = RootRouteConstraint.new
+      expect(constraint.matches?).to eq false
+    end
+  end
+end