diff --git a/symposion/schedule/tests/test_views.py b/symposion/schedule/tests/test_views.py
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+import json
+
+from django.test.client import Client
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+from . import factories
+
+
+class ScheduleViewTests(TestCase):
+
+    def test_empty_json(self):
+        c = Client()
+        r = c.get('/conference.json')
+        assert r.status_code == 200
+
+        conference = json.loads(r.content)
+        assert 'schedule' in conference
+        assert len(conference['schedule']) == 0
+
+    def test_populated_empty_presentations(self):
+
+        factories.SlotFactory.create_batch(size=5)
+
+        c = Client()
+        r = c.get('/conference.json')
+        assert r.status_code == 200
+
+        conference = json.loads(r.content)
+        assert 'schedule' in conference
+        assert len(conference['schedule']) == 5