diff --git a/app/models/conference.rb b/app/models/conference.rb
index b5fcf15c..fb3e14ae 100644
--- a/app/models/conference.rb
+++ b/app/models/conference.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class Conference < ActiveRecord::Base
 		              :questions_attributes, :question_ids, :answers_attributes, :answer_ids,
                   :difficulty_levels_attributes, :use_difficulty_levels,
                   :use_vpositions, :use_vdays, :vdays_attributes, :vpositions_attributes, :use_volunteers,
-                  :media_id, :media_type, :color
+                  :media_id, :media_type, :color, :description
 
   has_paper_trail
 
diff --git a/app/views/admin/conference/edit.html.haml b/app/views/admin/conference/edit.html.haml
index 13000e52..8ad5d0a3 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/conference/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/conference/edit.html.haml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
       = f.input :social_tag, :hint => "The hashtag you'll use on Twitter and Google+.  Don't include the '#' sign!'"
       = f.input :contact_email, :hint => "Contact email address for your conference. Will be used as reply-to address in emails sent out by the system."
       = f.input :color, :hint => "The color will be used eg for the dashboard.", :input_html => {:size => 6, :type => "color"}
+      = f.input :description, hint: 'This description will be shown in the program segement of the Splash'
 
       = f.inputs :name => "Scheduling" do
         = f.input :timezone, :as => :time_zone, :hint => "The conference time zone"
diff --git a/app/views/conference/_program.html.haml b/app/views/conference/_program.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26d0d6de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/conference/_program.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+= content_for :splash_nav do
+  %li
+    %a{ href: '#program' } Program
+
+%div.container.text-center
+  %div.row
+    %div.col-md-12
+      %h1 Program
+      - if !@conference.description.blank?
+        %p
+          = @conference.description
+      - if @conference.call_for_papers and @conference.call_for_papers.schedule_public
+        %span You can find the complete schedule in our
+        %span
+          = link_to 'Master Schedule', conference_schedule_path(@conference.short_title), target: '_blank'
diff --git a/app/views/conference/show.html.haml b/app/views/conference/show.html.haml
index fab08020..319cb460 100644
--- a/app/views/conference/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/conference/show.html.haml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 = content_for :brand do
   = link_to @conference.title, conference_url(@conference.short_title), class: 'navbar-brand'
-= render :partial => "home/conference_details", :locals => {:conference => @conference}
+%div#program
+  = render 'program'
diff --git a/db/migrate/20140528084706_add_description_to_conference.rb b/db/migrate/20140528084706_add_description_to_conference.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cb7291d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20140528084706_add_description_to_conference.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddDescriptionToConference < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :conferences, :description, :text
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/views/conference/show.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/conference/show.html.haml_spec.rb
index b822a73e..d72a3070 100644
--- a/spec/views/conference/show.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/conference/show.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 describe 'conference/show.html.haml' do
-  it 'renders conference details' do 
-    @conference = create(:conference)
+  it 'renders program partial' do
+    @conference = create(:conference, description: 'Lorem Ipsum')
     assign :conference, @conference
     render
-    expect(render).to include("#{@conference.title}")
+    expect(render).to include("#{@conference.description}")
+    expect(view).to render_template(partial: 'conference/_program')
   end
-
 end