diff --git a/cms/schemaTypes/event.ts b/cms/schemaTypes/event.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e859bf8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/schemaTypes/event.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { defineField, defineType } from 'sanity'
+
+export default defineType({
+  name: 'event',
+  title: 'Conference or meetup',
+  type: 'document',
+  fields: [
+    defineField({
+      name: 'name',
+      title: 'Name',
+      type: 'string',
+    }),
+    defineField({
+      name: 'date',
+      title: 'Date',
+      type: 'date',
+    }),
+    defineField({
+      name: 'endDate',
+      title: 'End date (for multi-day events)',
+      type: 'date',
+    }),
+    defineField({
+      name: 'link',
+      title: 'Link',
+      type: 'url',
+    }),
+    defineField({
+      name: 'location',
+      title: 'Location',
+      type: 'string',
+    }),
+    defineField({
+      name: 'image',
+      title: 'Image',
+      type: 'image',
+    }),
+  ],
+})
diff --git a/cms/schemaTypes/index.ts b/cms/schemaTypes/index.ts
index 199db35e..c79f280e 100644
--- a/cms/schemaTypes/index.ts
+++ b/cms/schemaTypes/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 import ama from './ama'
+import event from './event'
 
-export const schemaTypes = [ama]
+export const schemaTypes = [ama, event]
diff --git a/server/api/upcoming-conferences.get.ts b/server/api/upcoming-conferences.get.ts
index 9c7649b6..3a7d4bcf 100644
--- a/server/api/upcoming-conferences.get.ts
+++ b/server/api/upcoming-conferences.get.ts
@@ -1,40 +1,54 @@
 import { imageMeta } from 'image-meta'
 
-const upcomingConferences: Array<{
+const eventQuery = groq`
+*[_type == 'event' && date > now()] {
+  name,
+  "dates": date,
+  endDate,
+  link,
+  location,
+  "image": image.asset->{
+    "height": metadata.dimensions.height,
+    "width": metadata.dimensions.width,
+    url
+  }
+} | order(date)
+`
+
+interface Event {
   name: string
   dates: string
+  endDate?: string
   link: string
+  location: string
   image?: {
     url: string
     width: number
     height: number
   }
-  location: string
-}> = [
-  {
-    name: 'DevFest Scotland',
-    dates: '30 November',
-    link: 'https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-glasgow-presents-devfest-scotland-2024-1/cohost-gdg-glasgow',
-    location: '🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿',
-  },
-  {
-    name: 'DundeeScript Meetup',
-    dates: '10 December',
-    link: 'https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dundeescript-meetup-tickets-1038765113417',
-    location: '🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿',
-    image: {
-      url: 'https://www.dundeescript.co.uk/images/dundeescript-logo.png',
-      width: 684,
-      height: 466,
-    },
-  },
-]
+}
 
-export default defineCachedEventHandler(async () => {
+export default defineEventHandler(async event => {
   if (!import.meta.dev && !import.meta.prerender) return []
 
+  const sanity = useSanity(event)
+
+  const upcomingConferences = await sanity.client.fetch<Event[]>(eventQuery)
+
+  console.log(upcomingConferences)
+  const formatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en', {
+    month: 'long',
+    day: 'numeric',
+  })
+
   return Promise.all(
     upcomingConferences.map(async conference => {
+      let dates = formatter.format(new Date(conference.dates))
+      if (conference.endDate) {
+        dates += ` - ${formatter.format(new Date(conference.endDate))}`
+        delete conference.endDate
+      }
+      conference.dates = dates
       if (conference.image) {
         return conference as Omit<typeof conference, 'image'> & { image: NonNullable<typeof conference.image> }
       }