Product: Showrunner is conference operations software with a real-time Command Center, visual schedule builder, room lead dashboards, speaker check-in tracking, and incident management.
Intended users: It is aimed at operations leads, production managers, program managers, and volunteer room leads.
Event size: The site says it is designed for events with 500 to 10,000 attendees and 50 to 300 sessions.
Live operations: The Command Center tracks session statuses, speaker check-ins, alerts, and incidents in real time across the team.
Scheduling: The schedule builder supports drag-and-drop scheduling, conflict detection, and beta intelligent slot finding and auto-scheduling.
Room leads: The mobile-first Room Lead dashboard runs in a browser, so volunteers can update session statuses and flag issues without downloading an app.
Venues: Showrunner supports multiple venues and rooms, with room capacities, AV equipment profiles, floor plans, and configurations.
Scheduling inputs: The slot finder scores options using speaker availability, room capacity, AV compatibility, track clustering, day distribution, and speaker transition time.
Attendee schedule: Attendees can view a mobile-friendly public schedule, filter by track, save sessions, and export to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook without an account.
Incident reporting: Anyone can scan venue QR codes to report an issue, which the team can triage by severity, assign, and track through resolution.
Security: The site says Showrunner uses row-level security on every database table, role-based permissions at the UI and backend, and encryption in transit and at rest.
Access: Room leads use Showrunner in a browser, and the site says no app download is required for that dashboard.
Getting started: The site says users can create their first event in under two minutes and start free without a credit card.
Founder: The site identifies Armaan Virani as Showrunner's founder.
Price from: Free

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Best Event Scheduling Software in 2026#25 of 34

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showrunnerapps.com· checked 4 Oct 2026