diff --git a/androidApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/androidApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 16a48d6d4..9d8bfae10 100644
--- a/androidApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/androidApp/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
             </intent-filter>
+
+            <intent-filter android:autoVerify="true">
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
+                <data
+                    android:scheme="https"
+                    android:host="confetti-app.dev" />
+            </intent-filter>
         </activity>
 
         <activity android:name=".car.signin.SignInWithGoogleActivity" />
diff --git a/androidApp/src/main/java/dev/johnoreilly/confetti/MainActivity.kt b/androidApp/src/main/java/dev/johnoreilly/confetti/MainActivity.kt
index 4a70effeb..0ac634dee 100644
--- a/androidApp/src/main/java/dev/johnoreilly/confetti/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/androidApp/src/main/java/dev/johnoreilly/confetti/MainActivity.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 package dev.johnoreilly.confetti
 
+import android.net.Uri
 import android.os.Bundle
 import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
 import androidx.activity.compose.setContent
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ import org.koin.android.ext.android.inject
 
 class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
 
+    private var isDeepLinkHandledPreviously = false
+
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
 
@@ -54,9 +57,18 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
         // including IME animations
         WindowCompat.setDecorFitsSystemWindows(window, false)
 
+        isDeepLinkHandledPreviously = savedInstanceState?.getBoolean(KEY_DEEP_LINK_HANDLED) ?: false
+        val initialConferenceId = intent.data?.extractConferenceIdOrNull(isDeepLinkHandledPreviously)
+        if (initialConferenceId != null) {
+            intent.setData(null)
+            isDeepLinkHandledPreviously = true
+        }
         val appComponent =
             DefaultAppComponent(
-                componentContext = defaultComponentContext(),
+                componentContext = defaultComponentContext(
+                    discardSavedState = initialConferenceId != null,
+                ),
+                initialConferenceId = initialConferenceId,
                 onSignOut = {
                     lifecycleScope.launch {
                         credentialManager.clearCredentialState(ClearCredentialStateRequest())
@@ -86,6 +98,33 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * From a deep link like `https://confetti-app.dev/conference/devfeststockholm2023` extracts `devfeststockholm2023`
+     */
+    private fun Uri.extractConferenceIdOrNull(isDeepLinkHandledPreviously: Boolean): String? {
+        if (isDeepLinkHandledPreviously) {
+            return null
+        }
+        if (host != "confetti-app.dev") return null
+        val path = path ?: return null
+        if (path.firstOrNull() != '/') return null
+        val parts = path.substring(1).split('/')
+        if (parts.size != 2) return null
+        if (parts[0] != "conference") return null
+        val conferenceId = parts[1]
+        if (!conferenceId.all { it.isLetterOrDigit() }) return null
+        return conferenceId
+    }
+
+    override fun onSaveInstanceState(outState: Bundle) {
+        super.onSaveInstanceState(outState)
+        outState.putBoolean(KEY_DEEP_LINK_HANDLED, isDeepLinkHandledPreviously)
+    }
+
+    companion object {
+        const val KEY_DEEP_LINK_HANDLED: String = "dev.johnoreilly.confetti.KEY_DEEP_LINK_HANDLED"
+    }
 }
 
 @Composable
diff --git a/iosApp/iosApp/AppDelegate.swift b/iosApp/iosApp/AppDelegate.swift
index 09aea5aa2..fdf96bd38 100644
--- a/iosApp/iosApp/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/iosApp/iosApp/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ class AppDelegate : NSObject, UIApplicationDelegate {
             componentContext: DefaultComponentContext(lifecycle: ApplicationLifecycle()),
             onSignOut: {},
             onSignIn: {},
-            isMultiPane: UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom != UIUserInterfaceIdiom.phone
+            isMultiPane: UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom != UIUserInterfaceIdiom.phone,
+            initialConferenceId: nil
         )
     }
 }
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/johnoreilly/confetti/decompose/AppComponent.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/johnoreilly/confetti/decompose/AppComponent.kt
index 3a8599c68..14a804d5c 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/johnoreilly/confetti/decompose/AppComponent.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/dev/johnoreilly/confetti/decompose/AppComponent.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class DefaultAppComponent(
     private val onSignOut: () -> Unit,
     private val onSignIn: () -> Unit,
     private val isMultiPane: Boolean = false,
+    initialConferenceId: String? = null,
 ) : AppComponent, KoinComponent, ComponentContext by componentContext {
 
     private val coroutineScope = coroutineScope()
@@ -53,15 +54,22 @@ class DefaultAppComponent(
 
     init {
         coroutineScope.launch {
-            val conference: String = repository.getConference()
-            if (conference == AppSettings.CONFERENCE_NOT_SET) {
-                showConferences()
+            if (initialConferenceId != null) {
+                // todo, consider changing how conference theme colors are decided so that only knowing the conference
+                //  ID is enough to also get the right color
+                repository.setConference(initialConferenceId, null)
+                showConference(conference = initialConferenceId, conferenceThemeColor = null)
             } else {
-                val conferenceThemeColor = repository.getConferenceThemeColor()
-                showConference(conference = conference, conferenceThemeColor = conferenceThemeColor)
-
-                // Take the opportunity to update any listeners of the conference
-                repository.updateConfenceListeners(conference, conferenceThemeColor)
+                val conference: String = repository.getConference()
+                if (conference == AppSettings.CONFERENCE_NOT_SET) {
+                    showConferences()
+                } else {
+                    val conferenceThemeColor = repository.getConferenceThemeColor()
+                    showConference(conference = conference, conferenceThemeColor = conferenceThemeColor)
+
+                    // Take the opportunity to update any listeners of the conference
+                    repository.updateConfenceListeners(conference, conferenceThemeColor)
+                }
             }
         }