diff --git a/src/program/migrations/0074_auto_20190801_0933.py b/src/program/migrations/0074_auto_20190801_0933.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3c08892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/program/migrations/0074_auto_20190801_0933.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.3 on 2019-08-01 07:33
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('program', '0073_eventproposal_use_provided_speaker_laptop'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='eventproposal',
+            name='use_provided_speaker_laptop',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=True, help_text='Will you be using the provided speaker laptop?'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/program/models.py b/src/program/models.py
index 6b30b182..b3fddbaa 100644
--- a/src/program/models.py
+++ b/src/program/models.py
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ class EventProposal(UserSubmittedModel):
     )
 
     use_provided_speaker_laptop = models.BooleanField(
-        help_text="Will you be using the provided speaker laptop?", default=False
+        help_text="Will you be using the provided speaker laptop?", default=True
     )
 
     @property