Sept 11, 2025 | 3 min read
Managing Speakers and Speaker Categories in Eventact
This guide explains how to manage speakers in your Eventact website—how to define them, group them into categories, and control their visibility across different languages.
Understanding Speaker Categories
Eventact allows you to group speakers into categories and control where and when they appear on your event website.
- Organize Speakers by Role or Type: Create categories such as Keynote Speakers, Moderators, or Panelists to organize your speaker list.
- Language-Specific Display: Each speaker category can be linked to a specific language. Speakers assigned to that category will appear on the website only when that language is selected.
- Applies Only to the Speakers Page: Language-based visibility affects only the Speakers section of the website and does not impact the Program or other areas.
Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Creating a Speaker Category
To create a new speaker category in Eventact:
- Go to Website > Speakers.
- Open the Categories tab.
- Select a language from the dropdown menu.
- Click Add.
- Enter the category name and set the display order (optional).
- Click Save.
2. Assigning a Speaker to a Category
To assign a speaker to a specific category:
- Edit the speaker’s profile.
- In the Category field, select the relevant category.
- Click Save.
The speaker will now appear only in the Speakers section of the website when the corresponding language is active.
3. Setting the Speaker Display Order
You can control the display order of speakers within a category:
- Edit the speaker’s profile.
- Locate the Position field.
- Enter a number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) to set the speaker’s position on the grid.
- Click Save.
Lower numbers appear first. Speakers with the same position value will appear in the order they were added.
4. Create a Speaker Description
- Add spekers's profile summary and/or personal website
- A modal window with short description and link to Speaker's page will be created automatically