diff --git a/app/controllers/personal_conferences_controller.rb b/app/controllers/personal_conferences_controller.rb
index 648fc1e..70b1af3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/personal_conferences_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/personal_conferences_controller.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ class PersonalConferencesController < ApplicationController
       {
         "year" => writing_conference.year,
         "paper_title" => writing_conference.create_link,
-        "author" => (writing_conference.member_profile.name rescue ""),
         "link_to_show" => OrbitHelper.url_to_show(writing_conference.to_param)
       }
     end
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ class PersonalConferencesController < ApplicationController
 
     fields_to_show = [
       "year", 
-      "author_name",
       "authors", 
       "paper_title", 
       "conference_title",