Occasion vs Event in detail
The two words cause real confusion, so the platform model fixes them. Occasion means the whole conference, wedding, programme or exhibition, the thing you plan for months and promote with one name. Event means a single item inside its agenda: a keynote, a gala dinner, a bus departure. Sociana's product pages use these meanings strictly and never mix them in one paragraph. Marketing and search copy, however, keeps the market's usage, so phrases such as event app, event record or 300+ events refer to gatherings in the everyday sense. The distinction is more than vocabulary. Permissions, reporting and templates attach to the occasion, while attendance, feedback and reminders often attach to the event. Getting it right early avoids ambiguous requirements like we need attendance for the event, which could mean the whole gathering or one session.
How Sociana uses it
On product and docs pages: Occasion = container, Event = agenda item. In marketing copy, event retains its everyday meaning, so check context when reading a page.
Example
A conclave is one occasion; its inaugural plenary, networking dinner and airport transfers are events inside it.