diff --git a/src/app/models/voting-event-step.ts b/src/app/models/voting-event-step.ts
index 4dbf51f..dd82a41 100644
--- a/src/app/models/voting-event-step.ts
+++ b/src/app/models/voting-event-step.ts
@@ -6,5 +6,8 @@ export interface VotingEventStep {
   name: string;
   description?: string;
   identification: { name: IdentificationTypeNames; roles?: string[] };
-  action: { name: ActionNames; parameters?: { commentOnVoteBlocked?: boolean; techSelectLogic?: TechSelectLogic } };
+  action: {
+    name: ActionNames;
+    parameters?: { commentOnVoteBlocked?: boolean; techSelectLogic?: TechSelectLogic; displayVotesAndCommentNumbers?: boolean };
+  };
 }
diff --git a/src/app/modules/conversation/select-tech-for-conversation/select-tech-for-conversation.component.spec.ts b/src/app/modules/conversation/select-tech-for-conversation/select-tech-for-conversation.component.spec.ts
index a26939f..97c6670 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/conversation/select-tech-for-conversation/select-tech-for-conversation.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/conversation/select-tech-for-conversation/select-tech-for-conversation.component.spec.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,14 @@ class MockVoteService {
   constructor() {
     this.credentials = {
       voterId: null,
-      votingEvent: { technologies: [], name: null, status: 'closed', _id: null, creationTS: null }
+      votingEvent: {
+        technologies: [],
+        name: null,
+        status: 'closed',
+        _id: null,
+        creationTS: null,
+        flow: { steps: [{ name: 'the flow', identification: { name: 'nickname' }, action: { name: 'vote' } }] }
+      }
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/modules/technology-list/technology-list/technology-list.component.html b/src/app/modules/technology-list/technology-list/technology-list.component.html
index aa70649..566bdbc 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/technology-list/technology-list/technology-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/modules/technology-list/technology-list/technology-list.component.html
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@
         </g>
       </svg>
     </span>
-    {{truncatedName(technology.name)}}
+    <mat-icon *ngIf="technology.numberOfVotes > 0" [matBadge]="technology.numberOfVotes">how_to_vote</mat-icon>
+    <span>
+      {{truncatedName(technology.name)}}
+    </span>
+    <mat-icon *ngIf="technology.numberOfComments > 0" [matBadge]="technology.numberOfComments">comment</mat-icon>
   </mat-card>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/src/app/modules/technology-list/technology-list/technology-list.component.spec.ts b/src/app/modules/technology-list/technology-list/technology-list.component.spec.ts
index 49c8cba..2a6f25e 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/technology-list/technology-list/technology-list.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/technology-list/technology-list/technology-list.component.spec.ts
@@ -53,9 +53,19 @@ const TEST_TECHNOLOGIES = [
 ];
 class MockBackEndService {
   getVotingEvent() {
-    const votingEvent = { technologies: TEST_TECHNOLOGIES, name: null, status: 'closed', _id: null, creationTS: null };
+    const votingEvent = {
+      technologies: TEST_TECHNOLOGIES,
+      name: null,
+      status: 'closed',
+      _id: null,
+      creationTS: null,
+      flow: { steps: [{ name: 'the flow', identification: { name: 'nickname' }, action: { name: 'vote' } }] }
+    };
     return of(votingEvent).pipe(observeOn(asyncScheduler));
   }
+  getVotingEventWithNumberOfCommentsAndVotes() {
+    return of(null);
+  }
 }
 class MockVoteService {
   credentials;
@@ -71,7 +81,15 @@ class MockAppSessionService {
   private selectedVotingEvent: VotingEvent;
 
   constructor() {
-    this.selectedVotingEvent = { _id: '123', name: 'an event', status: 'open', creationTS: 'abc' };
+    this.selectedVotingEvent = {
+      _id: '123',
+      name: 'an event',
+      status: 'open',
+      creationTS: 'abc',
+      flow: {
+        steps: [{ name: 'step 1', identification: { name: 'nickname' }, action: { name: 'vote' } }]
+      }
+    };
   }
 
   getSelectedVotingEvent() {
@@ -216,3 +234,96 @@ describe('add a new technology', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('The voting event flow is in a step where it requires to read number of votes and comments for each tech', () => {
+  const numberOfVotes = 1;
+  const numberOfComments = 2;
+  const TEST_TECHNOLOGIES_WITH_NUMBER_OF_VOTES_AND_COMMENTS: Technology[] = [
+    {
+      id: '0001',
+      name: 'Babel',
+      quadrant: 'Tools',
+      isnew: true,
+      description: 'Description of <strong>Babel</strong>',
+      numberOfVotes,
+      numberOfComments
+    }
+  ];
+
+  let component: TechnologyListComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<TechnologyListComponent>;
+
+  class MockBackEndServiceForNumberOfVotesAndComments {
+    getVotingEvent() {
+      return of(null).pipe(observeOn(asyncScheduler));
+    }
+    getVotingEventWithNumberOfCommentsAndVotes() {
+      const votingEvent = {
+        technologies: TEST_TECHNOLOGIES_WITH_NUMBER_OF_VOTES_AND_COMMENTS,
+        name: null,
+        status: 'closed',
+        _id: null,
+        creationTS: null,
+        flow: { steps: [{ name: 'the flow', identification: { name: 'nickname' }, action: { name: 'vote' } }] }
+      };
+      return of(votingEvent).pipe(observeOn(asyncScheduler));
+    }
+  }
+  class MockAppSessionServiceForVotingEventInStep2 {
+    private selectedVotingEvent: VotingEvent;
+
+    constructor() {
+      this.selectedVotingEvent = {
+        _id: '123',
+        name: 'an event',
+        status: 'open',
+        creationTS: 'abc',
+        round: 2,
+        flow: {
+          steps: [
+            { name: 'step 1', identification: { name: 'nickname' }, action: { name: 'vote' } },
+            {
+              name: 'step 2',
+              identification: { name: 'nickname' },
+              action: { name: 'conversation', parameters: { displayVotesAndCommentNumbers: true } }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      };
+    }
+
+    getSelectedVotingEvent() {
+      return this.selectedVotingEvent;
+    }
+  }
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [TechnologyListComponent],
+      imports: [BrowserAnimationsModule, HttpClientTestingModule, RouterTestingModule, AppMaterialModule],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: BackendService, useClass: MockBackEndServiceForNumberOfVotesAndComments },
+        { provide: VoteService, useClass: MockVoteService },
+        { provide: AppSessionService, useClass: MockAppSessionServiceForVotingEventInStep2 },
+        TechnologyListService
+      ]
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TechnologyListComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it('2.1 if the flow step requires to read technologies with number of votes and comments it calls the right API', () => {
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
+      if (component.technologiesToShow.length !== TEST_TECHNOLOGIES_WITH_NUMBER_OF_VOTES_AND_COMMENTS.length) {
+        throw new Error('technologiesToShow are not as expected');
+      }
+      expect(component.technologiesToShow.length === TEST_TECHNOLOGIES_WITH_NUMBER_OF_VOTES_AND_COMMENTS.length).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(component.technologiesToShow[0].numberOfComments).toBe(numberOfComments);
+      expect(component.technologiesToShow[0].numberOfVotes).toBe(numberOfVotes);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/modules/technology-list/technology-list/technology-list.component.ts b/src/app/modules/technology-list/technology-list/technology-list.component.ts
index a55af4d..4c80d59 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/technology-list/technology-list/technology-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/technology-list/technology-list/technology-list.component.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import { TwRings } from 'src/app/models/ring';
 import { logError } from 'src/app/utils/utils';
 import { AppSessionService } from 'src/app/app-session.service';
-import { getActionName } from 'src/app/utils/voting-event-flow.util';
+import { getActionName, getAction } from 'src/app/utils/voting-event-flow.util';
 import { TechnologyListService } from '../services/technology-list.service';
 
 @Component({
@@ -113,7 +113,13 @@ export class TechnologyListComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy
   getTechnologies() {
     // @todo remove "|| this.voteService.credentials.votingEvent" once the enableVotingEventFlow toggle is removed
     const votingEvent = this.appSession.getSelectedVotingEvent() || this.voteService.credentials.votingEvent;
-    return this.backEnd.getVotingEvent(votingEvent._id).pipe(
+
+    const actionParams = getAction(votingEvent).parameters;
+    const getVotingEventObs =
+      actionParams && actionParams.displayVotesAndCommentNumbers
+        ? this.backEnd.getVotingEventWithNumberOfCommentsAndVotes(votingEvent._id)
+        : this.backEnd.getVotingEvent(votingEvent._id);
+    return getVotingEventObs.pipe(
       map((event) => {
         const technologies = event.technologies;
         return _.sortBy(technologies, function(item: Technology) {
diff --git a/src/app/modules/vote/vote/vote.component.spec.ts b/src/app/modules/vote/vote/vote.component.spec.ts
index a27097a..abe7c72 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/vote/vote/vote.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/modules/vote/vote/vote.component.spec.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { BackendService } from '../../../services/backend.service';
 import { TwRings } from 'src/app/models/ring';
 import { AppSessionService } from 'src/app/app-session.service';
 import { VotingEvent } from 'src/app/models/voting-event';
-import { TechnologyListService } from '../../technology-list/services/technology-list.service';
 import { TechnologyListModule } from '../../technology-list/technology-list.module';
 
 const TEST_TECHNOLOGIES = [
@@ -73,7 +72,13 @@ class MockAppSessionService {
   private selectedVotingEvent: VotingEvent;
 
   constructor() {
-    this.selectedVotingEvent = { _id: '123', name: 'an event', status: 'open', creationTS: 'abc' };
+    this.selectedVotingEvent = {
+      _id: '123',
+      name: 'an event',
+      status: 'open',
+      creationTS: 'abc',
+      flow: { steps: [{ name: 'the flow', identification: { name: 'nickname' }, action: { name: 'vote' } }] }
+    };
   }
 
   getSelectedVotingEvent() {
diff --git a/src/app/services/backend.service.spec.ts b/src/app/services/backend.service.spec.ts
index f1c15ec..651e9a2 100644
--- a/src/app/services/backend.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/backend.service.spec.ts
@@ -630,6 +630,16 @@ describe('BackendService', () => {
             expect(votesWithComments.length).toBe(2);
             expect(votesWithComments.filter((v) => v.comment.text === commentOnVote1).length).toBe(1);
             expect(votesWithComments.filter((v) => v.comment.text === commentOnVote2).length).toBe(1);
+          }),
+          concatMap(() => service.getVotingEventWithNumberOfCommentsAndVotes(votingEvent._id)),
+          tap((vEvent: VotingEvent) => {
+            const techs = vEvent.technologies;
+            const t1 = techs.find((t) => t.name === tech1.name);
+            const t2 = techs.find((t) => t.name === tech2.name);
+            expect(t1.numberOfVotes).toBe(2);
+            expect(t1.numberOfComments).toBe(0);
+            expect(t2.numberOfVotes).toBe(2);
+            expect(t2.numberOfComments).toBe(2);
           })
         )
         .subscribe({
diff --git a/src/app/services/backend.service.ts b/src/app/services/backend.service.ts
index 192b958..82146fe 100644
--- a/src/app/services/backend.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/backend.service.ts
@@ -255,6 +255,17 @@ export class BackendService {
     );
   }
 
+  getVotingEventWithNumberOfCommentsAndVotes(eventId: string): Observable<VotingEvent> {
+    const payload = this.buildPostPayloadForService(ServiceNames.getVotingEventWithNumberOfCommentsAndVotes);
+    payload['_id'] = eventId;
+    return this.http.post(this.url, payload).pipe(
+      map((resp: any) => {
+        return this.handleReponseDefault(resp);
+      }),
+      catchError(this.handleError)
+    );
+  }
+
   createVotingEvent(name: string, flow?: VotingEventFlow) {
     const payload = this.buildPostPayloadForService(ServiceNames.createVotingEvent);
     payload['name'] = name;
diff --git a/src/app/services/service-names.ts b/src/app/services/service-names.ts
index 90fe331..9c3037c 100644
--- a/src/app/services/service-names.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/service-names.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export enum ServiceNames {
   getVotesWithCommentsForTechAndEvent,
   addReplyToVoteComment,
   getVotingEvents,
+  getVotingEventWithNumberOfCommentsAndVotes,
   getVotingEvent,
   createVotingEvent,
   openVotingEvent,