diff --git a/symposion/speakers/views.py b/symposion/speakers/views.py
index fbd4c57c5a3b4482cb15d1e23514981615ad6dc7..12e88607d195dfb0e0e156a3ffd817aca7b3b177 100644
--- a/symposion/speakers/views.py
+++ b/symposion/speakers/views.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect, get_object_or_404