Hosts connect your event to external webinar providers for live sessions. You only need to add hosts when you are using a native webinar integration such as Zoom, Zoom Meeting, BigMarker, LiveWebinar, Remo, GoToWebinar, or Webex.

A host is usually the person who owns or manages the webinar account for a live talk. They might be the event organizer, a team member, a speaker, or someone else whose webinar account you need to connect.

Go to Event Setup > Webinar Hosts.

From this page you can add hosts, connect or reconnect webinar providers, see whether a host is active, send login details, revoke host access, or delete a host.

To add a host, click Add Host and enter the host's first name, last name, and email address.

After a host has been added, you can either connect the webinar provider yourself from the host card, or invite the host so they can log in and connect their own webinar account.

If the webinar account belongs to someone else, use the action menu on the host card and choose Send Login Details. They will receive an email from HeySummit and will be asked to create or access their account before connecting the webinar provider.

When a host manages their own account, organizers will no longer see the same provider Connect button for that host. The Webinar Hosts page will show that the account is managed by the user.

You can revoke that access from the host action menu by choosing Revoke Host Access. After access is revoked, an organizer or staff member can manage the host connection again.

Only send login details to people you trust to manage the host account or provider connection for your event. Depending on their wider event permissions, they may also be able to access other event management areas.

For a fuller explanation of event roles, see Understanding the roles and permissions in your event.

For step-by-step provider connection instructions, see How to connect your webinar account.