[Freeswitch-users] Newbie question: can Freeswitch create subconferences on-the-fly & let a moderator speak to all of them?

[Brian Burt]

Short version: can Freeswitch create subconferences on-the-fly & let a
moderator speak to all of them?

Long version:  We lead live experiential learning workshops, where we are
constantly saying "get a partner and share about x" and then "now get in
groups of 4/6/8" to share about that and then finally we come back to the
"big room" where we take a few shares from the big group.  In particular we
would like to place participants in small groups where they interact with
each other, but all groups can hear the facilitator.

I'd like to do something similar over the phone, and am wondering if a
programmer could fairly easily accomplish this in Freeswitch.

It's critical that the presenter still be able to speak to everyone, even
when they are in small subconferences.

Thinking that Asterisk could do it, I wrote up some requirements below.
They're definitely not all "must-haves".  I heard from several Asterisk
experts that the "one-way" nature of this requirement (subconference hears
presenter but not the other way around) meant that Asterisk really wasn't
suited for it.

Below are the full requirements.  Do people think they're do-able?
Easily?   What platforms would allow that, especially open-source?

ps. If there's a video it's likely always simply the presenter delivering
that.  Ideally would have ability to connect with POTS but if this can be
done in a computer-only method (is there still such a thing?) I'd still love
to know about it.

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