Keep every conference track on schedule
Multi-speaker, multi-session conferences need tight timing and a way for attendees to ask questions without derailing the schedule. asktimer.com does both from one dashboard.
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Conferences run on a schedule that cascades — one keynote running long pushes every breakout and panel after it. asktimer.com gives your AV or programme team a clear live control view per track, speaker confidence monitors that keep presenters honest, and audience Q&A with upvoting so the best questions get asked without an open-mic scramble at the end of each session.
How it works
Load your programme
Add every speaker and track to one event, in running order.
Hand off between tracks instantly
Jump to the next speaker the moment a session ends — no manual reset between rooms.
Let Q&A sort itself
Attendees upvote the questions they want answered most, so moderators know exactly where to go.
Live stage timer
Countdown per speaker, host controls, and a confidence monitor your speaker can glance at from the podium.
Audience Q&A, built in
Your audience submits questions and upvotes the ones they care about most, live, from their own phone.
How do you handle rate limiting for votes?
Can we moderate questions before they're shown?
One link each, nothing to install
Host, speaker, and audience each get a simple link. No app downloads, no accounts for anyone but you.
A countdown timer for conferences helps stop a late keynote from cascading through the day
A single overrunning keynote pushes every session behind it for the rest of the day. A shared, visible countdown per speaker is the cheapest fix conference organizers rarely put in place.
Frequently asked questions
How do I time conference speakers across multiple tracks?
Add every speaker for your programme to one event and manage each track's countdown independently — jump between speakers the moment a session ends, no waiting on a manual handoff.
How do I stop conference sessions running over?
Each speaker gets a confidence monitor showing their remaining time, colour-staged as it runs low, so they can self-pace instead of relying on a stage manager's signal.
What's a free alternative to conference engagement apps?
asktimer.com is free to start — live speaker timing plus audience Q&A and upvoting in one tool, instead of a separate paid engagement app layered on top of your programme.
Is there a limit on how many attendees can submit or vote on questions?
No hard limit — submission and voting are rate-limited per device to prevent spam, not to cap genuine participation from a large conference audience.
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