Accelevents Speaker & Session Sync

Whenever you update speaker data OR session/schedule details on the website, you MUST also push those changes to the corresponding profiles and sessions in Accelevents.

When This Applies

Speaker changes

• Adding or replacing a speaker photo
• Updating speaker name, role, company, bio, or social links
• Any change to src/pages/europe/source/schedule.json that affects speaker metadata

Session/schedule changes

• Changing session start time, end time, or day
• Changing session room, track, or format
• Updating a session/talk title
• Moving a speaker to a different session slot

Accelevents API Details

• API base: https://api.accelevents.com
• Event URL: ai-engineer-europe-2026
• Auth for READ operations: Authorization: Bearer $ACCELEVENTS_API_KEY
• Auth for WRITE operations (PUT/POST): Key: $ACCELEVENTS_API_KEY header

Speaker Update Workflow

1. Find the speaker's Accelevents ID

Look up acceleventsSpeakerId in src/pages/europe/source/schedule.json for the speaker you're updating.

Or search by name:

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCELEVENTS_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.accelevents.com/rest/host/event/ai-engineer-europe-2026/speaker?searchString=SPEAKER_NAME&page=0&size=10&expand=TAG"

2. Upload a new photo (if photo changed)

Upload the image file (must be under 2MB):

curl -s -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCELEVENTS_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@/path/to/photo.jpg" \
  "https://api.accelevents.com/rest/event/upload/image"

This returns {"type": "Success", "message": "<image-uuid>"}. Save the message value as the image UUID.

3. Update the speaker profile

Use PUT with the Key header (NOT Authorization: Bearer) for write operations:

curl -s -X PUT \
  -H "Key: $ACCELEVENTS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"speakerId": SPEAKER_ID, "firstName": "First", "lastName": "Last", "email": "email@example.com", "imageUrl": "<image-uuid>"}' \
  "https://api.accelevents.com/rest/host/event/ai-engineer-europe-2026/speaker/SPEAKER_ID"

Important notes:

• Use the Key header (not Authorization: Bearer) for PUT/write operations
• Use flat JSON body (do NOT wrap in a speakerDTO object)
• Include email in the body — it is required
• Include speakerId, firstName, lastName to avoid clearing existing data

4. Verify the update

Fetch the speaker again to confirm the change took effect:

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCELEVENTS_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.accelevents.com/rest/host/event/ai-engineer-europe-2026/speaker?searchString=SPEAKER_NAME&page=0&size=10&expand=TAG"

Session/Schedule Update Workflow

1. Find the session in Accelevents

List all sessions to find the one you need to update:

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCELEVENTS_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.accelevents.com/rest/events/ai-engineer-europe-2026/session?page=0&size=100&expand=SPEAKER,TRACK,TAG"

Match sessions by title or by the speakers assigned to them. Note the sessionId.

Speakers in schedule.json may have a sessionId field that maps to Accelevents session IDs — check there first.

2. Update the session

Use PUT with the Key header:

curl -s -X PUT \
  -H "Key: $ACCELEVENTS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"title": "Talk Title", "startTime": "2026/04/08 13:00", "endTime": "2026/04/08 15:00", "format": "WORKSHOP"}' \
  "https://api.accelevents.com/rest/host/event/ai-engineer-europe-2026/session/SESSION_ID"

Key fields:

• title: Session/talk title
• startTime / endTime: Format is yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm
• format: One of MAIN_STAGE, BREAKOUT_SESSION, MEET_UP, WORKSHOP, EXPO, BREAK, OTHER
• locationId: Room/location ID (get from current session data)
• status: VISIBLE or HIDDEN

3. Verify the session update

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCELEVENTS_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.accelevents.com/rest/events/ai-engineer-europe-2026/session?page=0&size=100&expand=SPEAKER,TRACK"

Existing Sync Script

The repo has a script at src/pages/europe/source/_scripts/sync_accelevents.py that syncs FROM Accelevents TO the website (pulls data down). The workflows above are the reverse direction (pushing data up to Accelevents).