Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for controlling presentation views in an online conference. One embodiment is a method for controlling presentation views in an online conference. One such method comprises: a conferencing system establishing an audio conference, via a communication network, between a plurality of participants; the conferencing system configuring a conference user interface to be presented to the plurality of participants via a corresponding client device in communication with the conference system via the communication network, the conference user interface having a participant view in which each of the plurality of participants are identified with a unique participant object having a graphical representation specified by the corresponding participant and a screen sharing view in which content presented in a first screen of a first client device associated with a first participant may be simultaneously presented in a second screen of a second client device associated with a second participant during a screen sharing session; and the conference user interface enabling the participants to selectively display one or more of the participant view and the screen sharing view during the screen sharing session.