diff --git a/src/program/migrations/0069_add_bogus_email_to_old_speakers.py b/src/program/migrations/0069_add_bogus_email_to_old_speakers.py
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+# Generated by Django 2.1 on 2018-08-19 15:14
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+def add_bogus_email(apps, schema_editor):
+    Speaker = apps.get_model('program', 'Speaker')
+
+    for speaker in Speaker.objects.all():
+        if not speaker.email:
+            speaker.email = "N/A"
+            speaker.save()
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('program', '0068_add_email_to_speaker_and_speaker_proposal'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(add_bogus_email)
+    ]
diff --git a/src/program/migrations/0070_auto_20180819_1729.py b/src/program/migrations/0070_auto_20180819_1729.py
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+# Generated by Django 2.1 on 2018-08-19 15:29
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('program', '0069_add_bogus_email_to_old_speakers'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='speaker',
+            name='email',
+            field=models.EmailField(help_text='The email of the speaker.', max_length=150),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='speakerproposal',
+            name='email',
+            field=models.EmailField(help_text='The email of the speaker (defaults to the logged in user if empty.', max_length=150),
+        ),
+    ]