# Quickstart: launch your first event app > Go from a new account to a live event app, one setup step at a time. Source: https://help.highbar.ai/docs/get-started/quickstart Audience: event organizers, working in the Highbar dashboard This guide takes you from sign-up to a launched event app. Each step links to a full article if you want more detail. You can stop at any point: everything saves as you go, and nothing is public until you launch. ### Create your account Go to [hub.highbar.ai](https://hub.highbar.ai), enter your work email and click **Continue**, or choose **Continue with Google**. If the email is new to Highbar, you're asked for your first and last name. Highbar then emails you a code to confirm your address. ![The Highbar sign-in page, with Continue with Google, a Work email field and a Continue button.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/quickstart/sign-in.webp) Enter the code and click **Confirm**. If the email hasn't arrived, check your spam folder or click **Resend email**. ![The Check your email page, with an Enter code field and a Confirm button.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/quickstart/check-email.webp) Your account comes with a **Demo** event: open it to see what a finished app looks like. ### Create your event On the dashboard, click **Create event**. ![The Events dashboard with the Create event button at the top right and the Demo event, Horizons Conference, under Drafts.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/quickstart/dashboard.webp) Enter the event name, dates and venue (or tick **Virtual, multiple, or no venue yet**), check the time zone, then click **Create event**. If you already own an organization, also choose the one the event belongs to. ![The Create Event form, with fields for Event name, Organization, Start date, End date, Venue and Time zone, and a Create event button.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/quickstart/create-event.webp) Your event opens with the setup steps in the sidebar. See [Event details](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/event-app/event-settings/event-details). ### Event: add your branding In the **Event** step, open **Appearance** and add an app label, app icon, navigation bar logo and event cover. All four are required to launch. You can also pick a **Navigation bar color** to match your brand. ![The Appearance tab of Event settings, with App label, Navigation bar color, App icon, Navigation bar logo and Event cover, and the App preview showing the install page.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/quickstart/appearance.webp) See [Appearance](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/event-app/event-settings/appearance). ### AI: set up the AI Concierge In the **AI** step, give the AI Concierge a **Chatbot name** (1), a **Welcome message** (2) and an **Unknown Response** (3), the reply for questions it can't answer. ![The AI Concierge tab of the AI step, with Chatbot name (1), Welcome message (2) and Unknown Response (3) highlighted, and the App preview showing the chat.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/quickstart/ai-concierge.webp) Then open the **FAQ** tab and click **Add FAQ**. The AI Concierge already knows your sessions, speakers and sponsors, so add FAQs for anything else attendees will ask, such as wifi, parking and where to pick up badges. ![The FAQ tab of the AI step, with an empty FAQ list and an arrow pointing to the Add FAQ button.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/quickstart/faq.webp) See [AI Concierge](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/event-app/ai/ai-concierge) and [FAQs and AI Toolkit shortcuts](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/event-app/ai/faqs-and-shortcuts). ### Content: add your agenda, speakers and sponsors Open the **Content** step (1) and click **Add section** (2). ![The Content step with no sections yet. The Content step in the sidebar (1) and the Add section button (2) are highlighted.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/quickstart/content.webp) Choose a section type: **Schedule**, **Speakers**, **Sponsors**, **Interactive Map**, **Resource library**, **Photo gallery** or **Web view**. Add a section for everything your attendees need. ![The Add section menu open, listing Schedule, Speakers, Sponsors, Interactive Map, Resource library, Photo gallery and Web view, with an arrow to the Import button at the top.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/quickstart/add-section.webp) Then fill each section. To add items one at a time, click **Add content** next to the section. To add many at once, **Import** them from a spreadsheet or connect a platform you already use with **Integrations**. See [Sections and visibility](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/event-app/content/sections-and-visibility) and [Importing content](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/event-app/content/importing-content). ### App menu and Start page Check the **App menu**, which sets the order attendees see your sections in. Each section you add appears under **Menu** automatically: drag entries to reorder them. ![The App menu step, with Messages and Notifications under Top of menu, and Home page, Community, My agenda, Bookmarks, a divider and Schedule under Menu.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/quickstart/app-menu.webp) Then build the **Start page**, the first screen attendees see after logging in. It's made of sections, such as a cover image, **Curated for you**, a welcome message and an **AI summary**: hover over a section and click **Edit** to change it. ![The Start page step, with the cover image, Curated for you, Welcome to Horizons and AI summary sections, and the App preview showing the start page.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/quickstart/start-page.webp) The App menu and Start page both start from defaults you can keep. See [App menu](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/event-app/app-menu) and [Start page](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/event-app/start-page). ### Access: decide who can log in Open the **Access** step (1), then open **Access settings**. Under **Access control** (2), choose **Attendee list** (only people you add) or **Open access** (anyone with a valid email address). ![The Access step with the Access settings panel open. The Access step in the sidebar (1) and the Access control options, Attendee list and Open access (2), are highlighted.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/quickstart/access.webp) Then add your attendees by upload, one by one with **Add attendee**, or through an integration. See [Access: who can log in](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/event-app/access). ### Launch When the Event, AI and Content steps show a check mark (Content needs at least one session, speaker or sponsor), click **Launch App** at the bottom of the sidebar. Under **Your app link**, choose the **Domain name** you'll share with attendees. Under **Card on file**, add a card or US bank account for billing after the event, then click **Launch app**. ![The Launch app panel, with Your app link, Pay for real engagement and Card on file, and the Launch app button.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/quickstart/launch.webp) See [Launch your app](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/event-app/launch). ### Share it On your dashboard, click **Published** on the event's card to open **Share**, where you can copy the app link or download its QR code. The same link is on the event's **Overview** page, under **Quick Links**: click **Copy** or **QR Code**. ![The Overview page of a published event. Under Quick Links, the app link with the Copy and QR Code buttons is highlighted.](https://help.highbar.ai/images/quickstart/share.webp) Put it in your confirmation and reminder emails, on your website, and on signage at the venue. Send attendees to [Installing the app](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/attendees/installing-the-app) if they need help getting in. ## What's next - Before the event, ask a few colleagues to log in and try the app on their phones. - During the event, use [push notifications](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/run-your-event/push-notifications) for changes and reminders. - Watch [engagement](https://help.highbar.ai/docs/analytics/engagement-metrics) on the Overview page to see how attendees are using the app.