diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ebbf3b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Django==1.4.15
+Pillow==2.5.3
+django-discover-runner==1.0
+django-markitup==2.2.2
+django-model-utils==1.5.0
+django-nose==1.2
+django-reversion==1.8.0
+django-timezones==0.2
+factory-boy==2.4.1
+nose==1.3.4
+pytz==2014.7
diff --git a/symposion/schedule/models.py b/symposion/schedule/models.py
index 0d7f642e..a47afb9d 100644
--- a/symposion/schedule/models.py
+++ b/symposion/schedule/models.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import datetime
+
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.db import models
 
@@ -92,6 +94,29 @@ class Slot(models.Model):
         except ObjectDoesNotExist:
             return None
 
+    @property
+    def start_datetime(self):
+        return datetime.datetime(
+            self.day.date.year,
+            self.day.date.month,
+            self.day.date.day,
+            self.start.hour,
+            self.start.minute)
+
+    @property
+    def end_datetime(self):
+        return datetime.datetime(
+            self.day.date.year,
+            self.day.date.month,
+            self.day.date.day,
+            self.end.hour,
+            self.end.minute)
+
+    @property
+    def length_in_minutes(self):
+        return int(
+            (self.end_datetime - self.start_datetime).total_seconds() / 60)
+
     @property
     def rooms(self):
         return Room.objects.filter(pk__in=self.slotroom_set.values("room"))
diff --git a/symposion/schedule/tests/factories.py b/symposion/schedule/tests/factories.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccddb58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/symposion/schedule/tests/factories.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import datetime
+import random
+
+import factory
+from factory import fuzzy
+
+from symposion.schedule.models import Schedule, Day, Slot, SlotKind
+from symposion.conference.models import Section, Conference
+
+
+class ConferenceFactory(factory.DjangoModelFactory):
+    title = fuzzy.FuzzyText()
+    start_date = fuzzy.FuzzyDate(datetime.date(2014, 1, 1))
+    end_date = fuzzy.FuzzyDate(datetime.date(2014, 1, 1)
+                               + datetime.timedelta(days=random.randint(1, 10)))
+    # timezone = TimeZoneField("UTC")
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Conference
+
+
+class SectionFactory(factory.DjangoModelFactory):
+    conference = factory.SubFactory(ConferenceFactory)
+    name = fuzzy.FuzzyText()
+    slug = fuzzy.FuzzyText()
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Section
+
+
+class ScheduleFactory(factory.DjangoModelFactory):
+    section = factory.SubFactory(SectionFactory)
+    published = True
+    hidden = False
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Schedule
+
+
+class SlotKindFactory(factory.DjangoModelFactory):
+    schedule = factory.SubFactory(ScheduleFactory)
+    label = fuzzy.FuzzyText()
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = SlotKind
+
+
+class DayFactory(factory.DjangoModelFactory):
+    schedule = factory.SubFactory(ScheduleFactory)
+    date = fuzzy.FuzzyDate(datetime.date(2014, 1, 1))
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Day
+
+
+class SlotFactory(factory.DjangoModelFactory):
+    day = factory.SubFactory(DayFactory)
+    kind = factory.SubFactory(SlotKindFactory)
+    start = datetime.time(random.randint(0, 23), random.randint(0, 59))
+    end = datetime.time(random.randint(0, 23), random.randint(0, 59))
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Slot
diff --git a/symposion/schedule/tests/runtests.py b/symposion/schedule/tests/runtests.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..dcb46455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/symposion/schedule/tests/runtests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# see runtests.py in https://github.com/pydanny/cookiecutter-djangopackage
+
+import sys
+
+try:
+    from django.conf import settings
+
+    settings.configure(
+        DEBUG=True,
+        USE_TZ=True,
+        DATABASES={
+            "default": {
+                "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
+            }
+        },
+        ROOT_URLCONF="symposion.schedule.urls",
+        INSTALLED_APPS=[
+            "django.contrib.auth",
+            "django.contrib.contenttypes",
+            "django.contrib.sites",
+
+            "markitup",
+            "reversion",
+
+            "symposion",
+            "symposion.conference",
+            "symposion.speakers",
+            "symposion.schedule",
+            "symposion.proposals",
+
+        ],
+        SITE_ID=1,
+        NOSE_ARGS=['-s'],
+
+        MARKITUP_FILTER=('django.contrib.markup.templatetags.markup.textile', {}),
+    )
+
+    try:
+        import django
+        setup = django.setup
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        setup()
+
+    from django_nose import NoseTestSuiteRunner
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImportError("To fix this error, run: pip install -r requirements-test.txt")
+
+
+def run_tests(*test_args):
+    if not test_args:
+        test_args = ['tests']
+
+    # Run tests
+    test_runner = NoseTestSuiteRunner(verbosity=1)
+
+    failures = test_runner.run_tests(test_args)
+
+    if failures:
+        sys.exit(failures)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    run_tests("symposion.schedule.tests.test_views")
diff --git a/symposion/schedule/tests/test_views.py b/symposion/schedule/tests/test_views.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bc2606b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/symposion/schedule/tests/test_views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import json
+
+from django.test.client import Client
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+from . import factories
+
+
+class ScheduleViewTests(TestCase):
+
+    def test_empty_json(self):
+        c = Client()
+        r = c.get('/conference.json')
+        assert r.status_code == 200
+
+        conference = json.loads(r.content)
+        assert 'schedule' in conference
+        assert len(conference['schedule']) == 0
+
+    def test_populated_empty_presentations(self):
+
+        factories.SlotFactory.create_batch(size=5)
+
+        c = Client()
+        r = c.get('/conference.json')
+        assert r.status_code == 200
+
+        conference = json.loads(r.content)
+        assert 'schedule' in conference
+        assert len(conference['schedule']) == 5
diff --git a/symposion/schedule/urls.py b/symposion/schedule/urls.py
index 59e9b55f..94acd3e1 100644
--- a/symposion/schedule/urls.py
+++ b/symposion/schedule/urls.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # flake8: noqa
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import url, patterns
 
-
 urlpatterns = patterns("symposion.schedule.views",
     url(r"^$", "schedule_conference", name="schedule_conference"),
     url(r"^edit/$", "schedule_edit", name="schedule_edit"),
@@ -13,4 +12,5 @@ urlpatterns = patterns("symposion.schedule.views",
     url(r"^([\w\-]+)/list/$", "schedule_list", name="schedule_list"),
     url(r"^([\w\-]+)/presentations.csv$", "schedule_list_csv", name="schedule_list_csv"),
     url(r"^([\w\-]+)/edit/slot/(\d+)/", "schedule_slot_edit", name="schedule_slot_edit"),
+    url(r"^conference.json", "schedule_json", name="schedule_json"),
 )
diff --git a/symposion/schedule/views.py b/symposion/schedule/views.py
index 98771b59..b03aa28a 100644
--- a/symposion/schedule/views.py
+++ b/symposion/schedule/views.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+import json
+
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404, redirect
 from django.template import loader, Context
 
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
+from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 
 from symposion.schedule.forms import SlotEditForm
 from symposion.schedule.models import Schedule, Day, Slot, Presentation
@@ -156,3 +160,49 @@ def schedule_presentation_detail(request, pk):
         "schedule": schedule,
     }
     return render(request, "schedule/presentation_detail.html", ctx)
+
+
+def schedule_json(request):
+    slots = Slot.objects.filter(
+        day__schedule__published=True,
+        day__schedule__hidden=False
+    ).order_by("start")
+
+    protocol = request.META.get('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO', 'http')
+    data = []
+    for slot in slots:
+        slot_data = {
+            "room": ", ".join(room["name"] for room in slot.rooms.values()),
+            "rooms": [room["name"] for room in slot.rooms.values()],
+            "start": slot.start_datetime.isoformat(),
+            "end": slot.end_datetime.isoformat(),
+            "duration": slot.length_in_minutes,
+            "kind": slot.kind.label,
+            "section": slot.day.schedule.section.slug,
+        }
+        if hasattr(slot.content, "proposal"):
+            slot_data.update({
+                "name": slot.content.title,
+                "authors": [s.name for s in slot.content.speakers()],
+                "contact": [
+                    s.email for s in slot.content.speakers()
+                ] if request.user.is_staff else ["redacted"],
+                "abstract": slot.content.abstract.raw,
+                "description": slot.content.description.raw,
+                "content_href": "%s://%s%s" % (
+                    protocol,
+                    Site.objects.get_current().domain,
+                    reverse("schedule_presentation_detail", args=[slot.content.pk])
+                ),
+                "cancelled": slot.content.cancelled,
+            })
+        else:
+            slot_data.update({
+                "name": slot.content_override.raw if slot.content_override else "Slot",
+            })
+        data.append(slot_data)
+
+    return HttpResponse(
+        json.dumps({'schedule': data}),
+        content_type="application/json"
+    )