happening now - model implementation

app/models/conference.rb

@@ -784,6 +784,16 @@ class Conference < ApplicationRecord
     end_date < Time.current
   end
 
+  def find_live_events()
+    live_events = []
+    for event in program.events
+      if event.is_live?
+        live_events.append(event) 
+      end
+    end
+    live_events
+  end
+
   private
 
   # Returns a different html colour for every i and consecutive colors are

app/models/event.rb

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #  id                           :bigint           not null, primary key
 #  abstract                     :text
 #  comments_count               :integer          default(0), not null
-#  committee_review             :text
 #  description                  :text
 #  guid                         :string           not null
 #  is_highlight                 :boolean          default(FALSE)
@@ -338,6 +337,10 @@ class Event < ApplicationRecord
     time <=> other.time
   end
 
+  def is_live?
+    start_time >= Time.now && Time.now <= start_time + event_type.length  
+  end
+
   private
 
   ##