diff --git a/src/core/models/events.py b/src/core/models/events.py
index fd156b7cb17072cbc80baa4d32642dd186c8c9dd..19ea075f7122435c7d853ac2827e97a75b946e57 100644
--- a/src/core/models/events.py
+++ b/src/core/models/events.py
@@ -190,11 +190,31 @@ class Event(TaggedItemMixin, BackendMixin, ActivityLogMixin, models.Model):
 
     last_update = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
 
+    # if _can_manage is set, user can edit event. This is a cache variable for the can_manage property
+    _can_manage = None
+
     def get_absolute_url(self):
         from core.templatetags.hub_absolute import hub_absolute  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
 
         return hub_absolute('plainui:event', event_slug=self.slug, i18n=settings.ARCHIVE_MODE)
 
+    def can_manage(self, user=None):
+        if self._can_manage is None:
+            if not user or not user.is_authenticated:
+                # guests are not allowed to manage anything
+                self._can_manage = False
+                return False
+
+            if self.is_sos and user and self.owner == user:
+                # the owner of a self-organized session can always manage it
+                self._can_manage = True
+                return True
+
+            if self.assembly:
+                self._can_manage = self.assembly.user_can_manage(user, staff_can_manage=True)
+
+        return self._can_manage
+
     @cached_property
     def public_speakers(self) -> list:
         """Returns a list of all public speakers of this event."""
diff --git a/src/plainui/jinja2/plainui/event.html.j2 b/src/plainui/jinja2/plainui/event.html.j2
index 70ab95da53844e25a590c9c9fe1673abb937ab73..2c27246351a9e800806aad55ada80dadfc7a43ce 100644
--- a/src/plainui/jinja2/plainui/event.html.j2
+++ b/src/plainui/jinja2/plainui/event.html.j2
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@
             </div>
 
             <div>
+              {%- if not event.is_sos and can_manage -%}
+                {{ fbtns.edit(hub_absolute('backoffice:assembly-event', assembly=assembly.id, pk=event.id) , color="secondary") }}
+              {%- elif event.is_sos and can_manage -%}
+                {{ fbtns.edit(hub_absolute('backoffice:sos-edit', pk=event.id) , color="secondary") }}
+              {% endif %}
               {{ fbtns.fav(event.id, "event", is_favorite, color="secondary") }}
               {{ fbtns.report(lookup_key=event.slug, color="primary") }}
               {% if event.additional_data.get('feedback_url') and running_state == "complete" %}
diff --git a/src/plainui/views/events.py b/src/plainui/views/events.py
index 535ff95b0adf5941f0c6d808a7e481858efea78b..7a82df3a87fd33e120a908f6af2d7ca728679d40 100644
--- a/src/plainui/views/events.py
+++ b/src/plainui/views/events.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class EventView(ConferenceRequiredMixin, TemplateView):
         favorites = session_get_favorite_events(self.request.session, self.request.user)
         context['is_favorite'] = str(event.id) in favorites
         context['is_favorite_events'] = favorites
+        context['can_manage'] = event.can_manage(self.request.user)
         context['speakers'] = event.public_speakers
         context['tags'] = TagItem.objects.select_related('tag').filter(
             tag__is_public=True, target_type=ContentType.objects.get_for_model(Event), target_id=event.pk