diff --git a/app/models/writing_conference.rb b/app/models/writing_conference.rb
index bd7af37..2cbc74f 100644
--- a/app/models/writing_conference.rb
+++ b/app/models/writing_conference.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class WritingConference
 
   def self.get_plugin_datas_to_member(datas)
     page = Page.where(:module => "personal_conference").first rescue nil
-    if page.custom_string_field == "table"
+    if !page.nil? &&  page.custom_string_field == "table"
       fields_to_show = [
         "authors",
         "paper_title",