diff --git a/beamerinnerthemehhubeamer.sty b/beamerinnerthemehhubeamer.sty
index 1240829c8bedb8740584c48ad30fe080bcb27b9d..fb400699951f74207c7f0e64a585ed5c388c97dd 100644
--- a/beamerinnerthemehhubeamer.sty
+++ b/beamerinnerthemehhubeamer.sty
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       % Date
       \vspace{5mm}
       \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=12cm,leftskip=3cm,#1]{date}
-        \usebeamerfont{author}\insertdate%
+        \usebeamerfont{author}\insertevent%
       \end{beamercolorbox}
   \end{textblock}
   \vfill
diff --git a/beamerthemehhubeamer.sty b/beamerthemehhubeamer.sty
index 08eb7779478ca0d8f419d99a3e5f89bbd91cbc7c..1b9d317239cef3b2040bf5d09fd65230b8a4fa6c 100644
--- a/beamerthemehhubeamer.sty
+++ b/beamerthemehhubeamer.sty
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 \definecolor{hhuorange}{HTML}{ee7f00} % Orange
 \definecolor{hhured}{HTML}{be0a26} % Rot
 
+\newcommand{\insertevent}{}
+\newcommand{\insertshortevent}{}
+\newcommand{\event}[2][~]{%
+  \renewcommand{\insertevent}{#2}
+  \renewcommand{\insertshortevent}{#1}
+}
 
 % Settings
 \useinnertheme{hhubeamer}
diff --git a/presentation.tex b/presentation.tex
index a33d1b4820734ce0c90113d80a3e646bf92db7db..b1e5d149b6ea72a7cdd0a9d68b56d4cfffe3353c 100644
--- a/presentation.tex
+++ b/presentation.tex
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 
 \title{There Is No Largest Prime Number}
-\date[ISPN ’80]{27th International Symposium of Prime Numbers}
+\event[ISPN ’80]{27th International Symposium of Prime Numbers}
 \author[Euclid]{Euclid of Alexandria {\small\texttt{<euclid@alexandria.edu>}}}