diff --git a/app/models/conference.rb b/app/models/conference.rb
index e9a0fa23..581f4839 100644
--- a/app/models/conference.rb
+++ b/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
diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index ff798651..23014f84 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -337,6 +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
 
   ##