diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index afd2ded8..95c1cb04 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -52,16 +52,15 @@ There are a couple of environment variables you can set to configure OSEM.
 | CLOUDINARY_URL		| *string*			| Configure your cloudinary.com cloud name and api key/secret
 | STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY    | *string*          | Publishable Key for Stripe Gateway
 | STRIPE_SECRET_KEY    | *string*          | Secret Key for Stripe Gateway
+| OSEM_TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY | *string* | To embed tweets about the conference in the conference wide page
+| OSEM_TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET | *string* | To embed tweets about the conference in the conference wide page
+| OSEM_TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN | *string* | To embed tweets about the conference in the conference wide page
+| OSEM_TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET | *string* | To embed tweets about the conference in the conference wide page
 
 ### Online Ticket Payments
 We use [Stripe](https://stripe.com) for accepting your ticket payments securely over the web.
 Our application uses iFrame for accepting your user's payment details without storing them, making the application PCI SAQ-A Compliant.
 Please refer to [PAYMENTS](PAYMENTS.md) documentation file for setting up your stripe account and start accepting payments from your users.
-| CLOUDINARY_URL		| *string*			| Configure your cloudinary.com cloud name and api key/secret
-| OSEM_TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY | *string* | To embed tweets about the conference in the conference wide page
-| OSEM_TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET | *string* | To embed tweets about the conference in the conference wide page
-| OSEM_TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN | *string* | To embed tweets about the conference in the conference wide page
-| OSEM_TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET | *string* | To embed tweets about the conference in the conference wide page
 
 ## Dependencies
 
diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index f77f6c9c..856766d1 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@
     },
     "RAILS_ENV": {
       "required": false
+    },
+    "OSEM_TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY": {
+      "required": true
+    },
+    "OSEM_TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET": {
+      "required": true
+    },
+    "OSEM_TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN": {
+      "required": true
+    },
+    "OSEM_TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET": {
+      "required": true
     }
   },
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/refresh_current_events.js b/app/assets/javascripts/refresh_current_events.js
index 2d9ac5e0..a6d050f7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/refresh_current_events.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/refresh_current_events.js
@@ -1,21 +1,32 @@
 $(document).ready(function() {
   // will call refreshCurrentEvents every 15 minutes
-  setInterval(refreshCurrentEvents, 900000)
-  // To cycle through tweets
-  var tweets = $('div[id^="tweet"]').hide();
-  var i = 0;
+  setInterval(refreshCurrentEvents,900000);
 
-  (function cycle() {
-    tweets.eq(i).show(0)
-                .delay(5000)
-                .hide(0, cycle);
-    i = ++i % tweets.length;
-  })();
+  // Only show the first child of tweet and sponsor containers on page load
+  $('#tweet-container').children().hide();
+  $('#tweet-container').children().eq(0).show();
+  $('#sponsor-container').children().hide();
+  $('#sponsor-container').children().eq(0).show();
 
-  });
+  setInterval(function(){ cycleVisibleElement($('#tweet-container'))}, 5000)
+  setInterval(function(){ cycleVisibleElement($('#sponsor-container'))}, 10000)
+});
 
+// Makes an ajax call for fresh data
 function refreshCurrentEvents(){
   $.ajax({
     url: "conference_wide_screen.js"
   });
 };
+
+// Cycle through children in a container and toggles visibility
+function cycleVisibleElement(container){
+  var childrens = $(container).children();
+  for(var i = 0; i < childrens.length; i++ ){
+      if(childrens.eq(i).is(":visible")){
+        childrens.eq(i).hide();
+        childrens.eq(++i % childrens.length).show();
+        return
+      }
+  }
+};
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
index 662ab1cd..ac01136f 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  *= require osem-schedule-print
  *= require osem-dashboard
  *= require osem-splash
- *= require osem-conference-wide-screen
  *= require font-awesome
  *= require osem-fonts
  *= require bootstrap-markdown
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/osem-conference-wide-screen.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/osem-conference-wide-screen.css.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 51f43c08..00000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/osem-conference-wide-screen.css.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-@import "breakpoints.css.scss";
-
-html {
-  position: relative;
-  min-height: 100%;
-}
-
-body {
-  /* Margin bottom by 2 times the footer height */
-  // margin-bottom: 60px;
-  /* Margin bottom by navbar height */
-  padding-top: 10px;
-}
-
-#main-display {
-  // Counter the general padding for #content
-  // margin-bottom: -60px;
-  section {
-    padding: 10px;
-  }
-
-  #main-heading {
-    position: absolute;
-    top: 0;
-    width: 100%;
-    height: 120px;
-    background-color: #abcdef;
-  }
-
-
-  #event-display{
-    position: absolute;
-    bottom:480px;
-    width: 100%;
-    top: 120px;
-    background-color: #00FF00;
-  }
-  #tweets-display {
-    position: absolute;
-    height: 150px;
-    bottom: 330px;
-    width: 100%;
-    background-color: #F63;
- }
-
-  #sponsor-display {
-    position: absolute;
-    bottom: 0;
-    width: 100%;
-    max-height: 330px;
-    background-color: #FF1493;
-    .container {
-      background-color: yellow;
-      max-height: 310px;
-    }
-
-    .img-sponsor {
-      max-height: 50px;
-      margin: 2% auto;
-    }
-    .img-sponsor-1 {
-      max-height: 90px;
-    }
-    .img-sponsor-2 {
-      max-height: 70px;
-    }
-    .img-sponsor-3 {
-      max-height: 50px;
-    }
-    @include breakpoint(xs) {
-      .img-sponsor, .img-sponsor-1, .img-sponsor-3, .img-sponsor-3{
-        max-height: unset;
-        max-width: 280px;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/conferences_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/conferences_controller.rb
index f3d87af1..2ad2369a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/conferences_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/conferences_controller.rb
@@ -175,10 +175,9 @@ module Admin
 
     def conference_wide_screen
       # To display sponsors in the conference wide information page
-      @conference = Conference.find_by(short_title: params[:id])
       @sponsors = @conference.sponsors
       @program = @conference.program
-      @current_events = @conference.program.events.confirmed.select(&:current?)
+      @current_events = @conference.program.events.current
       @tweets = twitter_client.search_tweets(15, @conference.contact.social_tag)
 
       respond_to do |format|
diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index da7efd0f..652597d0 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
   scope :canceled, -> { where(state: 'canceled') }
   scope :withdrawn, -> { where(state: 'withdrawn') }
   scope :highlighted, -> { where(is_highlight: true) }
+  scope :current, -> { joins(:event_type).where('start_time <= ? AND state = ?', Time.current, 'confirmed').map { |e| e if e.end_time > Time.current }.compact }
 
   state_machine initial: :new do
     state :new
@@ -248,10 +249,10 @@ class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   ##
-  # Compares event start_time, end_with with current time to predict current events
+  # Returns end of the event
   #
-  def current?
-    Time.current >= self.start_time && Time.current <= self.end_time
+  def end_time
+    self.start_time + self.event_type.length.minutes
   end
 
   private
@@ -308,5 +309,4 @@ class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
   def current?
     Time.current >= self.start_time && Time.current <= self.end_time
   end
-
 end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/conference/_conference_tweets.html.haml b/app/views/admin/conference/_conference_tweets.html.haml
index 83b5168c..58ed4e9e 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/conference/_conference_tweets.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/conference/_conference_tweets.html.haml
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 .container
   .row
     .col-md-12.text-center
-      %h2 Conference Tweets
-      - @tweets.each do |tweet|
-        %div#tweet
-          = tweet.user.name
-          = tweet.text 
+      %h2
+        = "#" + @conference.contact.social_tag + " Tweets"
+      %div#tweet-container
+        - @tweets.each do |tweet|
+          %div#tweet
+            %blockquote.twitter-tweet
+              %p{:lang => "en"}
+                = tweet.text
+              = link_to "— @" + tweet.user.name, "http://www.twitter.com/#{tweet.user.name}",  target: "_blank"
+              = link_to tweet.url, tweet.url.to_s
+            
diff --git a/app/views/admin/conference/_sponsors.html.haml b/app/views/admin/conference/_sponsors.html.haml
index 335eade8..5fb6a8c7 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/conference/_sponsors.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/conference/_sponsors.html.haml
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
   .row
     .col-md-12.text-center
       %h2 Sponsors
-      - @conference.sponsorship_levels.each do |sponsorship_level|
-        -if sponsorship_level.sponsors.any?
-          - sponsorship_level.sponsors.each_slice(3) do |slice|
-            .row.row-centered
-              - slice.each do |sponsor|
-                .col-md-4.col-sm-4.col-centered.col-top
-                  = image_tag get_logo(sponsor), class: "img-responsive img-sponsor img-sponsor-#{sponsorship_level.position}"
+      %div#sponsor-container
+        - @conference.sponsorship_levels.each do |sponsorship_level|
+          -if sponsorship_level.sponsors.any?
+            - sponsorship_level.sponsors.each_slice(3) do |slice|
+              .row.row-centered#sponsor
+                - slice.each do |sponsor|
+                  .col-md-4.col-sm-4.col-centered.col-top
+                    = image_tag get_logo(sponsor), class: "img-responsive img-sponsor img-sponsor-#{sponsorship_level.position}"
diff --git a/app/views/admin/conference/conference_wide_screen.html.haml b/app/views/admin/conference/conference_wide_screen.html.haml
index 4e2991fe..5f2e7c71 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/conference/conference_wide_screen.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/conference/conference_wide_screen.html.haml
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
       - if @conference.description.present?
         %h3
           = @conference.description
-  - if @program.present?
-    .row
+  - if @current_events.present?
+    .row#current-events
       = render 'current_events'
   - if @conference.contact.social_tag.present? && @tweets.present?
-    .row
+    .row#conference-tweets
       = render 'conference_tweets'
   - if @sponsors.any?
     = render 'sponsors'
diff --git a/app/views/admin/conference/conference_wide_screen.js.haml b/app/views/admin/conference/conference_wide_screen.js.haml
index 998342dc..694d5ace 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/conference/conference_wide_screen.js.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/conference/conference_wide_screen.js.haml
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 $('#current-events').html("#{escape_javascript(render 'current_events', data: @current_events)}");
+$('#conference-tweets').html("#{escape_javascript(render 'conference_tweets', data: @tweets)}");
+$('#tweet-container').children().hide();
+$('#tweet-container').children().eq(0).show();
diff --git a/spec/controllers/admin/conferences_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/admin/conferences_controller_spec.rb
index ac377a69..eac4c68c 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/admin/conferences_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/admin/conferences_controller_spec.rb
@@ -165,18 +165,6 @@ describe Admin::ConferencesController do
       end
     end
 
-    describe 'GET #conference_wide_screen' do
-      it 'assigns the requested conference to conference' do
-        get :show, id: conference.short_title
-        expect(assigns(:conference)).to eq conference
-      end
-
-      it 'renders the conference_wide_screen page' do
-        get :conference_wide_screen, id: conference.short_title
-        expect(response).to render_template :conference_wide_screen
-      end
-    end
-
     describe 'GET #index' do
       context 'with more than 0 conferences' do
         it 'populates an array with conferences' do
@@ -292,18 +280,6 @@ describe Admin::ConferencesController do
         end
       end
     end
-
-    describe 'GET #conference_wide_screen' do
-      it 'requires organizer privileges' do
-        get :conference_wide_screen, id: conference.short_title,
-                                     conference: attributes_for(:conference,
-                                                                short_title: 'ExCon')
-        expect(response).to redirect_to(send(path))
-        if message
-          expect(flash[:alert]).to match(/#{message}/)
-        end
-      end
-    end
   end
 
   describe 'participant access' do
diff --git a/spec/factories/events.rb b/spec/factories/events.rb
index c306cdf9..916e840a 100644
--- a/spec/factories/events.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/events.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,19 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
           event.event_schedules << build(:event_schedule, event: event)
         end
       end
+
+      factory :past_event do
+        after(:build) do |event|
+          event.start_time = (DateTime.current - 2.days).to_s
+          event.state = 'confirmed'
+        end
+      end
+      factory :future_event do
+        after(:build) do |event|
+          event.start_time = (DateTime.current + 2.days).to_s
+          event.state = 'confirmed'
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/event_spec.rb b/spec/models/event_spec.rb
index 77aa4566..65b73103 100644
--- a/spec/models/event_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/event_spec.rb
@@ -114,6 +114,14 @@ describe Event do
         expect(conference.program.events.highlighted).to eq [my_event]
       end
     end
+    context 'current' do
+      it 'returns only current events' do
+        current_event = create(:event, start_time: Time.current.to_s, state: 'confirmed', program: conference.program)
+        create(:past_event, program: conference.program)
+        create(:future_event, program: conference.program)
+        expect(conference.program.events.current).to match_array([current_event])
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#scheduled?' do
@@ -327,28 +335,4 @@ describe Event do
       expect(other_event.week).to eq 48
     end
   end
-
-  describe 'current?' do
-    let(:past_event) { create(:event, program: conference.program) }
-    let(:future_event) { create(:event, program: conference.program) }
-
-    before do
-      event.update_attributes(start_time: Time.current.to_s)
-      past_event.update_attributes(start_time: (Time.current - 2.days).to_s)
-      future_event.update_attributes(start_time: (Time.current + 2.days).to_s)
-    end
-
-    it 'returns false for a completed event' do
-      expect(past_event.current?).to be_falsey
-    end
-
-    it 'returns false for a future event' do
-      expect(future_event.current?).to be_falsey
-    end
-
-    it 'returns true for a current event' do
-      expect(event.current?).to be_truthy
-    end
-  end
-
 end