Use Q&A when you want attendees to ask structured questions during a session without those questions getting lost in live chat. Q&A is part of HeySummit's Interactive Features, alongside chat and polls, and is available for talks that use an embedded live stream or pre-recorded video when your plan includes interactive features. Q&A is not shown for public events or Public Access talks, because those pages can be viewed without registration.
Where attendees ask questions
When Q&A is enabled, attendees use the Q&A tab in the interactive panel on the session page. Event team members and moderators can use the same panel to review and respond to submitted questions.
Turn Q&A on or off for your event
Go to Event Settings > Event Experience > Live & Replay Experience.
Open the settings and make sure Enable Interactive Features is turned on.
Leave Hide Q&A Tab? off if you want the Q&A tab to appear.
Turn on Require Q&A Approval? if questions should be approved before attendees can see them.
Save your changes.
These settings become the default for your talks. If a specific talk needs different behavior, open that talk's Advanced Settings, choose Override event defaults, turn on Turn Interactive Features On?, and adjust the Q&A visibility or approval setting there.
Moderators and session roles
Team members can moderate chat, Q&A, and polls. Room-specific host or moderator assignments can also grant management controls. The attendee moderator email setting assigns a role, but does not itself guarantee room management; confirm access before the event.
After the session
After the broadcast’s chat period ends, Q&A becomes read-only. You can export Q&A transcripts from Content & Schedule > Reports > Sessions or Content & Schedule > Reports > Stages using the Export Q&A Transcript action.