Speaker timer software.

Speaker timer software keeps talks inside their slot so the conference stays on schedule. The speaker sees a large, legible countdown; the crew starts, pauses and adjusts it from the production desk — and sends a discreet message when it is time to wrap up.

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How it works

The speaker sees time. The crew controls it.

Set the slot, show the countdown, and manage the room without stepping on stage.

A countdown they can actually read

Large digits on a confidence monitor, tablet or extra screen. The speaker knows where they stand without squinting at a laptop clock or a phone on the lectern.

Controlled from the desk

Start, pause, add a minute or reset remotely. When a session shifts — and it will — you adjust without interrupting anyone or crossing the stage.

Discreet messages

Send "2 minutes left" or "wrap up" straight to the speaker's screen. Firm, polite and invisible to the audience — nobody has to wave a card from the front row.

Why it matters

One overrun talk costs the whole afternoon.

Conference agendas have almost no slack. A speaker who runs eight minutes long does not just lose eight minutes — they push every following session, shorten the break where sponsors expected traffic, and force the moderator to cut someone else's talk to recover. By late afternoon the programme no longer matches the printed schedule, and attendees who came for one specific session miss it.

Most overruns are not arrogance. Speakers genuinely lose track of time, especially when the room is engaged and questions come early. Giving them a visible countdown solves the problem at its source: people manage their own time well when they can see it.

Who uses it

Conferences with tight agendas, sessions built from many short talks, panel discussions, pitch events, medical and scientific symposia. Wherever consecutive speakers share a limited block and a moderator needs a civilised way to enforce time, controlled countdown makes a measurable difference to how the day runs.

Better than a stopwatch or a paper card

A stopwatch on a phone is visible only to the crew — the speaker learns their time is up when somebody starts waving. That moment is awkward for everyone and often arrives too late to be useful. Paper cards have the same flaw with worse ergonomics: the speaker must be looking in exactly the right direction at exactly the right second.

TimerPRO puts the information where it belongs — in front of the person who needs to act on it — and gives the crew a way to escalate gently before the hard stop. It is a stage tool, not an improvised timer.

Part of the stage toolkit

TimerPRO sits alongside the presentation remote, so the speaker controls slides and sees their time without touching a laptop. It works with the same agenda used for collecting presentations and distributing them over LAN — one schedule driving the whole event, as part of the Kondukto conference toolkit.

Setup and support

Runs on Windows and macOS with a screen the speaker can see and a machine at the production desk. No server, no installer to push through IT. Kondukto is built by AS LIVE MEDIA, an AV company that runs conferences — we can help position the confidence monitor and configure the desk, or handle the technical side of your event outright.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What does speaker timer software do?

It shows the speaker a large countdown of their remaining time and gives the crew remote control over it. Talks finish closer to their slot, so the agenda stops drifting through the day.

Can the crew control the timer remotely?

Yes. Start, pause, add time and reset from the production desk, without walking on stage or interrupting the talk.

Can I send messages to the speaker?

Yes. Besides the countdown you can display short messages such as '2 minutes left', 'wrap up' or 'slow down' — visible to the speaker, invisible to the audience.

Where is the countdown displayed?

On a confidence monitor facing the speaker, a tablet on the lectern or an additional screen. The crew drives it from their own computer.

What happens when time runs out?

The display changes state clearly — colour and emphasis shift as the end approaches and after it passes — so the speaker and the moderator both see the situation without anyone waving a card.

Does it work alongside the presentation remote?

Yes. TimerPRO handles time while the presentation remote handles slides, so the speaker keeps both control and awareness without touching a laptop.