PB Summit
Principled Business · Events
iPhone · Android · Web
An event that lives on your phone.
Three days in Austin, close to a hundred speakers, breakouts with limited seats and attendees who wanted to plan before they landed. We designed and built the app that carried the Principled Business Summit 2026 — from sign-in with their Luma ticket to the last chat message.
600
attendees
91
speakers
3
days in Austin
1
app for iPhone, Android and web
01 · Schedule
Three days, one thumb.
The whole agenda by day and by room, filters for every track, a red line for “now” and a Live badge on whatever is on stage. Tap Save and it lands in My Schedule.
- ✓Day picker and list or grid view
- ✓Live now indicator
- ✓Personal agenda
02 · Inside a session
Everything about the talk, right when it starts.
Room and time, the speakers with their bios, add-to-calendar and share. Breakouts with limited seats get reservations and a waitlist. When it ends, a one-tap rating.
- ✓Seat reservations + waitlist
- ✓Speaker profiles
- ✓Session ratings
03 · Session chat
A back channel for every room.
Each session opens its own chat thirty minutes before it starts. Attendees ask the panel questions, the team posts slides and room changes, and moderators can slow it down or close it.
- ✓Opens 30 min before
- ✓Typing and read receipts
- ✓Moderation tools
04 · People
Who's here, and who you should meet.
Speakers up top, then every attendee — searchable by name, title or company and filterable by investors, founders, VIPs and members. Tap anyone to connect or book a 1:1 in the VIP lounge.
- ✓A directory of every attendee
- ✓Smart filters
- ✓Connections & 1:1 meetings
05 · Event chat
The hallway, in your pocket.
One conversation for the whole Summit, with live session chats pinned on top. Staff posts are flagged, and everything syncs instantly across hundreds of phones.
- ✓Real-time, at scale
- ✓Staff badges
- ✓Unread counts on the tab
Every screen
Built like a native app. Swipe through it.
Under the hood
One codebase for iPhone, Android and the web — tested before the doors opened.
React Native + Expo
A real mobile codebase, installable to the home screen, opening full screen like any app.
Sign-in with the ticket
Attendees sign in with the email on their Luma ticket and a 6-digit code. No passwords.
Real-time chat server
A dedicated chat service for the event and every session, with moderation and read receipts.
Staff tools
Seat requests, door lists, support inbox and live content edits from the member portal.