# What is “Event (session)”?

An event, in Sociana's model, is a single session inside an occasion's agenda — a keynote, dinner, workshop or bus departure — that can carry its own timing, attendance, feedback and reminders.

Also called: session, agenda item

SSociana team·19 Oct 2026·2 min read

## Event (session) in detail

Inside every occasion sits an agenda, and each line on it is an event: the opening plenary at 10 am, the gala dinner, the return coach to the hotel. In product pages Sociana keeps the capital-E word for exactly this meaning, while marketing copy still says event app in the everyday sense. The distinction matters because many controls attach to the session rather than the whole occasion. A session can show a Live or Up Next badge based on the clock, collect its own feedback form, open a time-boxed attendance activity or trigger a poll from a manager's phone. Sessions can also be scoped to groups, so a partners-only workshop never appears for employees. Reporting follows the same logic: session-level attendance and ratings roll up into occasion-level metrics, but each remains inspectable on its own. Themed labels such as Show Flow, Programme or JSAgenda rename the agenda without changing how sessions behave.

## How Sociana uses it

Events are the agenda rows of an occasion. Admins set time, room, speakers and group visibility, and the app derives Live and Up Next badges, reminders and session feedback prompts from them.

## Example

The Indian Coast Guard's SAREX-26 maritime search-and-rescue workshop ran its day-wise agenda as sessions, each with its own room, time and reminder, while delegates saw only the sessions meant for their category.

[Read the case study: SAREX-26](https://sociana.in/case-studies/sarex-26/)

[Agenda, Show Flow & Live / Up NextWhere this term lives in the Sociana app.See how it works](https://sociana.in/features/agenda-and-show-flow/)

## Questions

What is an event session in Sociana?

It is one item on an occasion's agenda, such as a keynote or a dinner. It has its own time, room, visibility and, where enabled, attendance and feedback controls. An event, in Sociana's model, is a single session inside an occasion's agenda — a keynote, dinner, workshop or bus departure — that can carry its own timing, attendance, feedback and reminders.

How is a session different from an occasion?

The occasion is the whole gathering and owns members, groups and rules. A session is a single scheduled item inside it, so one occasion normally holds many sessions. The distinction matters because many controls attach to the session rather than the whole occasion.

Can sessions be hidden from some people?

Yes. Sessions can be scoped by group, so partners, employees or a bride's side each see only their own programme while the occasion remains one app. Events are the agenda rows of an occasion. Themed labels such as Show Flow, Programme or JSAgenda rename the agenda without changing how sessions behave.

## Keep reading

[Agenda, Show Flow & Live / Up Next](https://sociana.in/features/agenda-and-show-flow/)[Feedback forms & session feedback](https://sociana.in/features/feedback-forms/)[Conferences & summits](https://sociana.in/event-types/conferences/)[Government & defence workshops](https://sociana.in/event-types/government-workshops/)[Occasion](https://sociana.in/glossary/occasion/)[Occasion vs Event](https://sociana.in/glossary/occasion-vs-event/)[Attendance activity](https://sociana.in/glossary/attendance-activity/)[What is Run of show?](https://sociana.in/glossary/run-of-show/)

[Back to Glossary](https://sociana.in/glossary/)

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