diff --git a/app/helpers/admin/conference_helper.rb b/app/helpers/admin/conference_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5130abac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/admin/conference_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module Admin
+  module ConferenceHelper
+    def withdrawn_events?(conference)
+      conference.program.events.where(state: :withdrawn).empty?
+    end
+
+    def withdrawn_events_count(conference)
+      conference.program.events.where(state: :withdrawn).count
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/conference/show.html.haml b/app/views/admin/conference/show.html.haml
index 7ce1c408..01c17416 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/conference/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/conference/show.html.haml
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+- if !withdrawn_events?(@conference)
+  .alert.alert-warning.alert-dismissible{role: 'alert'}
+    %button.close{data: {dismiss: 'alert'}, aria: {label: 'Close'}, type: 'button'}
+      %span{aria: {hidden: 'true'}}
+        ×
+    Sadly #{pluralize(withdrawn_events_count(@conference), 'event')} #{'was'.pluralize(withdrawn_events_count(@conference))} withdrawn.
+    = link_to 'Click here', admin_conference_program_events_path(@conference.short_title)
+
 %h1
   %span.fa.fa-tachometer
   Dashboard for #{@conference.title}
diff --git a/config/initializers/inflections.rb b/config/initializers/inflections.rb
index 5d8d9be2..41a2d06d 100644
--- a/config/initializers/inflections.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/inflections.rb
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@
 # ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
 #   inflect.acronym 'RESTful'
 # end
+ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
+  inflect.irregular "was", "were"
+end