
        /* Featured event banner — reuses news-card look but full-width 2-col */
        .ei-featured {
            background: var(--white);
            border: 1px solid #dbe8ff;
            border-radius: 10px;
            overflow: hidden;
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: 1.05fr 1fr;
            margin-bottom: 48px;
            position: relative;
            transition: box-shadow 0.22s;
        }

            .ei-featured:hover {
                box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px var(--gold);
            }

        .ei-featured-img {
            position: relative;
            overflow: hidden;
            min-height: 340px;
        }

            .ei-featured-img img {
                width: 100%;
                height: 100%;
                object-fit: cover;
                display: block;
                transition: transform 0.5s ease;
            }

        .ei-featured:hover .ei-featured-img img {
            transform: scale(1.04);
        }

        .ei-featured-flag {
            position: absolute;
            top: 18px;
            left: 18px;
            font-size: 9.5px;
            font-weight: 700;
            letter-spacing: 0.18em;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            color: var(--white);
            background: var(--gold);
            padding: 5px 12px;
            border-radius: 4px;
        }

        .ei-featured-body {
            padding: 44px 44px 40px;
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
            justify-content: center;
        }

        .ei-featured-meta {
            display: flex;
            align-items: center;
            gap: 10px;
            margin-bottom: 16px;
            flex-wrap: wrap;
        }

        .ei-featured-title {
            font-family: 'DM Serif Display', serif;
            font-size: clamp(22px, 2.2vw, 30px);
            font-weight: 400;
            color: var(--navy);
            line-height: 1.25;
            letter-spacing: -0.01em;
            margin: 0 0 16px;
        }

        .ei-featured-details {
            display: flex;
            flex-wrap: wrap;
            gap: 18px;
            margin-bottom: 18px;
        }

            .ei-featured-details .row {
                display: inline-flex;
                align-items: center;
                gap: 7px;
                font-size: 13px;
                color: var(--muted);
            }

                .ei-featured-details .row i {
                    color: var(--gold);
                    font-size: 12px;
                }

        .ei-featured-excerpt {
            font-size: 14px;
            color: var(--muted);
            line-height: 1.7;
            margin: 0 0 24px;
        }

        .ei-cta {
            display: inline-flex;
            align-items: center;
            gap: 8px;
            padding: 12px 22px;
            background: var(--navy);
            color: var(--white);
            font-size: 11.5px;
            font-weight: 700;
            letter-spacing: 0.1em;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            text-decoration: none;
            border-radius: 6px;
            transition: background 0.2s, gap 0.2s;
            align-self: flex-start;
        }

            .ei-cta:hover {
                background: var(--gold);
                gap: 11px;
            }

            .ei-cta svg {
                width: 11px;
                height: 11px;
            }

        /* Event-type coloured variants of the shared news-tag */
        .news-tag.tag-webinar {
            background: #1d4ed8;
        }

        .news-tag.tag-workshop {
            background: #059669;
        }

        .news-tag.tag-conference {
            background: var(--navy);
        }

        .news-tag.tag-lecture {
            background: #7c3aed;
        }

        .news-tag.tag-panel {
            background: #c2410c;
        }

        /* Seat status indicator on event cards */
        .ei-status {
            display: inline-flex;
            align-items: center;
            gap: 6px;
            font-size: 11px;
            font-weight: 600;
            color: var(--muted);
            margin-top: auto;
            padding-top: 14px;
            border-top: 1px solid #f0ecdb;
        }

            .ei-status .dot {
                width: 7px;
                height: 7px;
                border-radius: 50%;
                background: #9ca3af;
            }

            .ei-status.open .dot {
                background: #10b981;
            }

            .ei-status.open {
                color: #047857;
            }

            .ei-status.low .dot {
                background: #f59e0b;
            }

            .ei-status.low {
                color: #b45309;
            }

        /* Footer strip inside an event card — action + status on same row */
        .ei-card-footer {
            display: flex;
            align-items: center;
            justify-content: space-between;
            margin-top: auto;
            padding-top: 14px;
            border-top: 1px solid #f0ecdb;
            gap: 12px;
        }

            .ei-card-footer .ei-status {
                margin-top: 0;
                padding-top: 0;
                border-top: none;
            }

        /* Insight format pill (overlays image corner) */
        .ei-format-pill {
            position: absolute;
            top: 12px;
            left: 12px;
            display: inline-flex;
            align-items: center;
            gap: 6px;
            font-size: 10px;
            font-weight: 700;
            letter-spacing: 0.1em;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            padding: 5px 10px;
            border-radius: 4px;
            background: rgba(23,43,84,0.92);
            color: var(--white);
            backdrop-filter: blur(4px);
        }

            .ei-format-pill i {
                color: var(--gold);
                font-size: 10px;
            }

        /* Pagination — kept lightweight, reuses navy/gold palette */
        .ei-pagination {
            display: flex;
            justify-content: center;
            align-items: center;
            gap: 6px;
            margin-top: 40px;
        }

        .ei-page-btn {
            min-width: 40px;
            height: 40px;
            padding: 0 14px;
            border: 1px solid #dbe8ff;
            background: var(--white);
            color: var(--navy);
            font-family: 'DM Sans', sans-serif;
            font-size: 13px;
            font-weight: 600;
            border-radius: 6px;
            cursor: pointer;
            transition: all 0.2s;
            display: inline-flex;
            align-items: center;
            justify-content: center;
            gap: 6px;
        }

            .ei-page-btn:hover:not(:disabled) {
                border-color: var(--navy);
                background: var(--navy);
                color: var(--white);
            }

            .ei-page-btn.active {
                background: var(--gold);
                border-color: var(--gold);
                color: var(--white);
            }

            .ei-page-btn:disabled {
                opacity: 0.4;
                cursor: not-allowed;
            }

            .ei-page-btn svg {
                width: 11px;
                height: 11px;
            }

        /* Dark section adjustments — gold section label + white h2 */
        .hs-section.hs-dark .section-label {
            color: var(--gold);
        }

        .hs-section.hs-dark .hs-section-header h2 {
            color: var(--white);
        }

        .hs-section.hs-dark .news-card {
            background: #ffffff;
        }

        /* Responsive tweaks */
        @media (max-width: 980px) {
            .ei-featured {
                grid-template-columns: 1fr;
            }

            .ei-featured-img {
                min-height: 240px;
            }

            .ei-featured-body {
                padding: 32px 28px;
            }
        }

/* Added: summit event-type variant (not in original theme palette) */
.news-tag.tag-summit { background: #b45309; }
