diff --git a/app/controllers/proposal_controller.rb b/app/controllers/proposal_controller.rb
index ae219ff7..7bb678e9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/proposal_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/proposal_controller.rb
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class ProposalController < ApplicationController
       begin
         @event.confirm!
       rescue Exception => e
-        redirect_to(conference_proposal_index_path(:conference_id => @conference.short_title), :alert => 'Event was NOT confirmed: #{e.message}')
+        redirect_to(conference_proposal_index_path(:conference_id => @conference.short_title), :alert => "Event was NOT confirmed: #{e.message}")
         return
       end
 
diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index c16b65de..e653c4c7 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
       transitions :to => :review, :from=>[:confirmed]
     end
     event :confirm do
-      transitions :to => :confirmed, :from => :unconfirmed
+      transitions :to => :confirmed, :from => :unconfirmed, :on_transition => :process_confirmation
     end
     event :cancel do
       transitions :to => :canceled, :from => [:unconfirmed, :confirmed]
@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
     self.class.state_machine.events_for(self.current_state).include?(transition)
   end
 
+  def process_confirmation
+    if self.conference.email_settings.send_on_confirmed_without_registration?
+      if self.conference.registrations.where(:person_id => self.submitter.id).first.nil?
+        Mailbot.confirm_reminder_mail(self).deliver
+      end
+    end
+  end
   def process_acceptance(options)
     if options[:send_mail] == "true"
       Rails.logger.debug "Sending acceptance mail"
diff --git a/app/views/devise/registrations/edit.html.haml b/app/views/devise/registrations/edit.html.haml
index 26990e5f..a68a1e0d 100644
--- a/app/views/devise/registrations/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/devise/registrations/edit.html.haml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
           = p.input :first_name, :as => :string
           = p.input :last_name, :as => :string
           = p.input :public_name, :as => :string
-          = p.input :irc_nickname, :label => "IRC nick:"
+          = p.input :irc_nickname, :label => "IRC nick:", :as => :string
           = p.input :company, :label => "Affiliation", :as => :string, :hint => "This could be a company, a user group, or nothing at all."
           = image_tag current_user.person.avatar(:small)
           = p.input :avatar, :label => "Picture", :hint => "Upload a new picture."
diff --git a/app/views/proposal/_proposal_form.html.haml b/app/views/proposal/_proposal_form.html.haml
index 77498e49..2c36f243 100644
--- a/app/views/proposal/_proposal_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/proposal/_proposal_form.html.haml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   = semantic_form_for(@event, :url => @url) do |f|
     %section#basic
     = f.inputs :name => "Session Information" do
-      = f.input :title, :required => true
-      = f.input :subtitle
+      = f.input :title, :as => :string, :required => true
+      = f.input :subtitle, :as => :string
     %section#details
       = f.input :event_type_id,:as => :select, :collection => @event_types, :include_blank => false, :label => "Session Type"
       = f.input :abstract, :input_html => {:rows => 5},
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
     %section#information
     = f.inputs :name => "Your Information" do
       = semantic_fields_for @person do |p|
-        = p.input :public_name, :required => true
-        = p.input :company, :label => "Affiliation", :hint => "This could be a company, a user group, or nothing at all."
+        = p.input :public_name, :as => :string, :required => true
+        = p.input :company, :as => :string, :label => "Affiliation", :hint => "This could be a company, a user group, or nothing at all."
         = p.input :biography, :required => true, :input_html => {:rows => 5, "onkeyup" => "word_count(this, 'biography-count', 150)"}
         You have used
         %span#biography-count #{@person.biography_word_count}