diff --git a/conference.go b/conference.go
index 2cc4811..fef0b15 100644
--- a/conference.go
+++ b/conference.go
@@ -46,6 +46,17 @@ func Conferences(ctxt ui.AmContext) (string, any, error) {
 		return ui.ErrorPage(ctxt, err)
 	}
 	ctxt.VarMap().Set("conferences", clist)
+	if len(clist) > 0 {
+		newflag := make([]bool, len(clist))
+		for i, conf := range clist {
+			msgCount, err := conf.UnreadMessages(ctxt.Ctx(), ctxt.CurrentUser())
+			if err != nil {
+				return ui.ErrorPage(ctxt, err)
+			}
+			newflag[i] = msgCount > 0
+		}
+		ctxt.VarMap().Set("newflag", newflag)
+	}
 	ctxt.VarMap().Set("canCreate", comm.TestPermission("Community.Create", ctxt.EffectiveLevel()))
 	ctxt.VarMap().Set("canManage", comm.TestPermission("Community.Create", ctxt.EffectiveLevel()))
 	return "framed_template", "conflist.jet", err
diff --git a/docs/MISSINGFUNCS.md b/docs/MISSINGFUNCS.md
index ef6154d..d842140 100644
--- a/docs/MISSINGFUNCS.md
+++ b/docs/MISSINGFUNCS.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ _(italicized items can be deferred)_
   - ~~Find~~
   - Manage (reorder/show/hide/delete)
   - ~~Create New~~
-- Conferences List honor "hide in list" flag
+- ~~Conferences List honor "hide in list" flag~~
 - Community Admin Menu:
   - Set Community Category
   - Set Community Services
diff --git a/ui/views/conflist.jet b/ui/views/conflist.jet
index 068ef00..7f5669f 100644
--- a/ui/views/conflist.jet
+++ b/ui/views/conflist.jet
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {*
  * Amsterdam Web Communities System
- * Copyright (c) 2025 Erbosoft Metaverse Design Solutions, All Rights Reserved
+ * Copyright (c) 2025-2026 Erbosoft Metaverse Design Solutions, All Rights Reserved
  * 
  * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <div class="max-w-4xl">
         <div class="bg-gray-50 p-6 rounded-lg mb-6">
             <div class="space-y-6">
-                {{ range _, c := conferences }}
+                {{ range i, c := conferences }}
                     <div class="flex items-start gap-3">
                         <span class="text-lg pt-0.5 flex-shrink-0">🟣</span>
                         <div class="flex-1">
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
                                 <a href="/comm/{{ commAlias }}/conf/{{ c.AliasesQ(.Ctx())[0] }}" 
                                     class="text-blue-700 hover:text-blue-900 font-bold text-lg">{{ c.Name }}</a>
                                 <span class="text-gray-600 text-sm ml-2">- Latest activity: {{ DisplayActivity(c.LastUpdate, .) }}</span>
+                                {{ if newflag[i] }}
+                                    <span class="ml-2" title="There are new messages in this conference">🔔</span>
+                                {{ end }}
                             </div>
                             <div class="text-sm text-gray-700 mb-1">
                                 {{ hl := c.HostsQ(.Ctx()) }}
@@ -35,8 +38,8 @@
                                     <span class="font-medium">Hosts:</span>
                                 {{ end }}
                                 {{ if len(hl) > 0 }}
-                                    {{ range i, u := hl }}
-                                        {{ if i > 0 }}, {{ end }}
+                                    {{ range j, u := hl }}
+                                        {{ if j > 0 }}, {{ end }}
                                         <a href="/users/{{ u.Username }}" class="text-blue-700 hover:text-blue-900">{{ u.Username }}</a>
                                     {{ end }}
                                 {{ else }}