gistfile1.txt

importContents = open("...")
      Time.zone = @timezone
      events = ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(importContents)
      newEvents = []
      
      events.each { |anEvent| 
        aEvent = Event.new( :title => anEvent["title"],
                            :event_type => anEvent["type"],
                            :description => anEvent["description"],
                            :location => anEvent["location"],
                            :start => anEvent["sessionStartTime"],
                            :end => anEvent["sessionEndTime"],
                            :conference => self)