diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/osem-schedule.js b/app/assets/javascripts/osem-schedule.js
index 12b207bc..baae1933 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/osem-schedule.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/osem-schedule.js
@@ -116,3 +116,28 @@ $(document).ready( function() {
       }
   });
 });
+
+function eventClicked(e, element){
+  var url = $(element).data('url');
+  if(e.ctrlKey)
+    window.open(url,'_blank');
+  else
+    window.location = url;
+}
+
+/* Links inside event-panel (to make ctrl + click work for these links):
+ = link_to text, '#', onClick: 'insideLinkClicked();', 'data-url' => url
+*/
+function insideLinkClicked(event){
+  // stops the click from propagating
+  if (!event) // for IE
+    var event = window.event;
+  event.cancelBubble = true;
+  if (event.stopPropagation) event.stopPropagation();
+
+  var url = $(event.target).data('url');
+  if(event.ctrlKey)
+    window.open(url,'_blank');
+  else
+    window.location = url;
+}
diff --git a/app/views/schedules/_event.html.haml b/app/views/schedules/_event.html.haml
index 1be0e685..b9e91e95 100644
--- a/app/views/schedules/_event.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/schedules/_event.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.panel.panel-default.event-panel{ id: "link-#{event.id}" }
+.panel.panel-default.event-panel{ onClick: 'eventClicked(event, this);', "data-url" => "#{url_for(conference_program_proposal_path(@conference.short_title, event.id))}" }
   .panel-body
     - if speaker = event.speakers.first
       = image_tag speaker.gravatar_url, :class => "img-circle pull-right all-speaker-pic", |
@@ -30,14 +30,3 @@
         %span.fa.fa-road
         %span.label{ style: "background-color: #{event.track.color}; color: #{ contrast_color(event.track.color) }" }
           = event.track.name
-
-:javascript
-
-  $("#link-#{event.id}").click(function(e) {
-    var url = "#{url_for(conference_program_proposal_path(@conference.short_title, event.id))}";
-
-    if(e.ctrlKey)
-      window.open(url,'_blank');
-    else
-      window.location = url;
-  });