diff --git a/app/controllers/conference_controller.rb b/app/controllers/conference_controller.rb
index 64e55e6a..16aa382f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/conference_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/conference_controller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 class ConferenceController < ApplicationController
+  protect_from_forgery with: :null_session
   before_filter :respond_to_options
   load_and_authorize_resource find_by: :short_title
   load_resource :program, through: :conference, singleton: true, except: :index