diff --git a/app/controllers/index.js b/app/controllers/index.js
index 94e0992f483..308041c1b44 100644
--- a/app/controllers/index.js
+++ b/app/controllers/index.js
@@ -12,24 +12,12 @@ export default class IndexController extends Controller {
   event_name = null;
   filterDate = null;
 
-  @computed('filteredEvents.[]')
+  @computed('filteredEvents.[]', 'featuredEvents.[]')
   get callForSpeakersEvents() {
-    return this.filteredEvents.filter(event => {
-      const callForPapers = event.get('speakersCall');
-      const sessionEnabled = event.isSessionsSpeakersEnabled;
-      if (!callForPapers || !callForPapers.get('startsAt')  || !callForPapers.get('endsAt')) {
-        return false;
-      }
-      const startDateTime = callForPapers.get('startsAt');
-      const endDateTime = callForPapers.get('endsAt');
-      const privacyState = callForPapers.get('privacy');
-      return (moment().isBetween(startDateTime, endDateTime) && (sessionEnabled) && (privacyState === 'public'));
-    });
-  }
-
-  @computed('filteredEvents.[]')
-  get featuredEvents() {
-    return this.filteredEvents ? this.filteredEvents.filter(event => {return event.isFeatured}) : null;
+    const filteredEventsCfs = this.filteredEvents.filter(isEventCfsOpen);
+    const featuredEventsCfs = this.featuredEvents.filter(isEventCfsOpen);
+    const combinedCfsEvents = new Set(filteredEventsCfs.concat(featuredEventsCfs));
+    return Array.from(combinedCfsEvents);
   }
 
   @computed('filteredEvents.[]')
@@ -48,3 +36,15 @@ export default class IndexController extends Controller {
     this.set('isShareModalOpen', true);
   }
 }
+
+function isEventCfsOpen(event) {
+  const callForPapers = event.get('speakersCall');
+  const sessionEnabled = event.isSessionsSpeakersEnabled;
+  if (!callForPapers || !callForPapers.get('startsAt')  || !callForPapers.get('endsAt')) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const startDateTime = callForPapers.get('startsAt');
+  const endDateTime = callForPapers.get('endsAt');
+  const privacyState = callForPapers.get('privacy');
+  return (moment().isBetween(startDateTime, endDateTime) && (sessionEnabled) && (privacyState === 'public'));
+}
diff --git a/app/routes/index.js b/app/routes/index.js
index 269ddbf3e08..f6bde51262a 100644
--- a/app/routes/index.js
+++ b/app/routes/index.js
@@ -127,11 +127,24 @@ export default class IndexRoute extends Route {
 
   async model(params) {
     let filterOptions =  this._loadEvents(params, 'filterOptions');
+
+    let featuredEventsFilterOptions = this._loadEvents(params, 'filterOptions');
+    featuredEventsFilterOptions[0].and.push({
+      name : 'is-featured',
+      op   : 'eq',
+      val  : true
+    });
+
     return {
       filteredEvents: await this.store.query('event', {
         sort    : 'starts-at',
         include : 'event-topic,event-sub-topic,event-type,speakers-call',
         filter  : filterOptions
+      }),
+      featuredEvents: await this.store.query('event', {
+        sort    : 'starts-at',
+        include : 'event-topic,event-sub-topic,event-type,speakers-call',
+        filter  : featuredEventsFilterOptions
       })
     };
   }
@@ -139,6 +152,7 @@ export default class IndexRoute extends Route {
   setupController(controller, model) {
     super.setupController(...arguments);
     controller.set('filteredEvents', model.filteredEvents);
+    controller.set('featuredEvents', model.featuredEvents);
     this.set('controller', controller);
   }