Trying to make things work better...

src/routes/events_speakers/+layout.svelte

@@ -1,6 +1,31 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 /** @type {import('./$types').LayoutData} */
-export let data;
+export let data: any;
+
+import { onMount } from 'svelte';
+import { localStorageStore } from '@skeletonlabs/skeleton';
+import { ae_loc, ae_sess, ae_api, slct, slct_trigger } from '$lib/ae_stores';
+
+// Quickly save the data passed from the parent to the Svelte stores.
+$ae_loc = data.ae_loc;
+$ae_loc.mod.events.event_id = data.ae_slct.event_id;
+$ae_loc.mod.events.event_obj = data.ae_slct.event_obj;
+
+// We want to loop through all of the data store (ds) key value pairs and set them to localStorage
+if (data.ae_ds) {
+    for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(data.ae_ds)) {
+        console.log(`ae_ds__ key: ${key}, value:`, value);
+        localStorageStore(`ae_ds__${key}`, value);
+    }
+}
+
+onMount(() => {
+	if (data.url.searchParams.get('event_id')) {
+		$slct.event_id = data.url.searchParams.get('event_id');
+		$ae_loc.mod.events.event_id = data.url.searchParams.get('event_id');
+	}
+});
+
 </script>