diff --git a/app/views/conferences/_header.haml b/app/views/conferences/_header.haml
index 7edf2afd..fad8648c 100644
--- a/app/views/conferences/_header.haml
+++ b/app/views/conferences/_header.haml
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@
       .container
         .row
           .col-md-8.col-md-offset-2
-            = markdown(conference.description)
+            = markdown(conference.description, escape_html=false)
       .trapezoid