diff --git a/app/controllers/conference_controller.rb b/app/controllers/conference_controller.rb
index 7068061e..1dc1ded8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/conference_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/conference_controller.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ class ConferenceController < ApplicationController
     @conf_start = 9
     conf_end = 20
     @conf_period = conf_end - @conf_start
+
+    # the schedule takes you to today if it is a date of the schedule
+    @current_day = @conference.current_conference_day
+    @day = @current_day.present? ? @current_day : @dates.first
+    return unless @current_day
+    # the schedule takes you to the current time if it is beetween the start and the end time.
+    @hour_column = @conference.hours_from_start_time(@conf_start, conf_end)
   end
 
   def events
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 5004347c..ddc072af 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -335,4 +335,14 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     # speaker picture padding: 4px 2px; and we want the picture to be a circle
     speaker_height(rooms) - 4
   end
+
+  def carousel_item_class(number, carousel_number, num_cols, col)
+    item_class = 'item'
+    item_class += ' first' if number == 0
+    item_class += ' last' if number == (carousel_number - 1)
+    if (col && ((col / num_cols) == number)) || (!col && number == 0)
+      item_class += ' active'
+    end
+    item_class
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/conference.rb b/app/models/conference.rb
index d3fd5590..6d35946b 100644
--- a/app/models/conference.rb
+++ b/app/models/conference.rb
@@ -615,6 +615,15 @@ class Conference < ActiveRecord::Base
     day if (start_date..end_date).cover? day
   end
 
+  # Returns the number of hours since the conference start hour (9) to the
+  # current hour, in case that the current hour is beetween the start and the
+  # end hour (20). Otherwise, returns 0
+  def hours_from_start_time(start_hour, end_hour)
+    current_time = Time.find_zone(timezone).now
+    current_hour = current_time.strftime('%H').to_i
+    (start_hour..(end_hour-1)).cover?(current_hour) ? current_hour - start_hour : 0
+  end
+
   private
 
   # Returns a different html colour for every i and consecutive colors are
diff --git a/app/views/conference/_carousel.html.haml b/app/views/conference/_carousel.html.haml
index 4a43f424..bc8b3157 100644
--- a/app/views/conference/_carousel.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/conference/_carousel.html.haml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   .carousel-inner
     - start_time = DateTime.parse("#{date} #{@conf_start}:00")
     - (0..carousel_number-1).each do |number|
-      %div{ class: "item #{ number == 0 ? 'active first' : ( number == carousel_number-1 ? 'last' : '') }" }
+      %div{ class: "#{ carousel_item_class(number, carousel_number, number_columns, @hour_column)}" }
         %table.table.table-bordered.schedule-table#schedule
           %tr
             %th
diff --git a/app/views/conference/schedule.html.haml b/app/views/conference/schedule.html.haml
index 05476aae..ea9971c1 100644
--- a/app/views/conference/schedule.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/conference/schedule.html.haml
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@
       = @conference.title
     .dropdown.schedule-dropdown
       %button{ type: "button", class: "btn btn-default dropdown-toggle", 'data-toggle' => "dropdown" }
-        = @dates.first
+        = @day
         %span.caret
       %ul.dropdown-menu
         - @dates.each do |date|
-          %li.li-dropdown-schedule
+          %li.li-dropdown-schedule{ class: "#{ 'active' if @day == date }" }
             = link_to date, "#" + "#{date}", "data-toggle" => "tab", "class" => "date-tab"
 
     .tab-content
       - @dates.each do |date|
-        %div{ class: "tab-pane #{ 'active' if @dates.first == date }", id: "#{ date }" }
+        %div{ class: "tab-pane #{ 'active' if @day == date }", id: "#{ date }" }
 
           .visible-xs-inline
             = render partial: 'carousel', locals: { date: date, number_columns: 1 }
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
             = render partial: 'carousel', locals: { date: date, number_columns: 3 }
 
 :javascript
-  // change of active tab and the button title when a date clicked
+  // change of active tab and the button title when a date is clicked
   $(function() {
     $('.date-tab').on('click', function(e) {
       $('.li-dropdown-schedule').removeClass('active');
@@ -43,14 +43,22 @@
     $(this).children('.right.carousel-control').show();
     if($(this).find('.first').hasClass('active')) {
       $(this).children('.left.carousel-control').hide();
-    } else if($(this).find('.last').hasClass('active')) {
+    }
+    if($(this).find('.last').hasClass('active')) {
       $(this).children('.right.carousel-control').hide();
     }
   });
 
   $(document).ready(function(){
     // hide the left control when the page is ready
-    $('.carousel').children('.left.carousel-control').hide();
+    $('.carousel').each(function() {
+      if($(this).find('.first').hasClass('active')) {
+        $(this).children('.left.carousel-control').hide();
+      }
+      if($(this).find('.last').hasClass('active')) {
+        $(this).children('.right.carousel-control').hide();
+      }
+    });
 
     // carousel swipe
     $(".carousel-inner").swiperight(function() {
@@ -60,10 +68,14 @@
       $(this).parent().carousel('next');
     });
 
-    // use the date tag in the url to select a tab and the title of the button
-    var hash = window.location.hash;
-    if(hash && !(hash === '#schedule')){
-      hash && $('ul a[href="' + hash + '"]').tab('show');
-      $('button.dropdown-toggle').text(hash.substr(1));
+    var day = "#{@current_day}";
+    // we only go to the date tag in the url if the conference is not taking place now
+    if(day === ""){
+      // use the date tag in the url to select a tab and the title of the button
+      var hash = window.location.hash;
+      if(hash && !(hash === '#schedule')){
+        hash && $('ul a[href="' + hash + '"]').tab('show');
+        $('button.dropdown-toggle').text(hash.substr(1));
+      }
     }
   });