diff --git a/backend/api/conferences/types.py b/backend/api/conferences/types.py
index 2f1076cd67..f776e1425f 100644
--- a/backend/api/conferences/types.py
+++ b/backend/api/conferences/types.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def from_django_model(cls, instance, info):
 class Conference:
     id: strawberry.ID
 
-    name: str = strawberry.field(resolver=make_localized_resolver("name"))
+    name: str
     introduction: str = strawberry.field(
         resolver=make_localized_resolver("introduction")
     )
diff --git a/backend/conferences/migrations/0055_change_conference_name_to_charfield.py b/backend/conferences/migrations/0055_change_conference_name_to_charfield.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2a7c1de46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/conferences/migrations/0055_change_conference_name_to_charfield.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated manually to change conference name from I18nCharField to CharField
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('conferences', '0054_conference_frontend_revalidate_secret_and_more'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='conference',
+            name='name',
+            field=models.CharField(max_length=100, verbose_name='name'),
+        ),
+    ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/conferences/models/conference.py b/backend/conferences/models/conference.py
index e04db0665a..a4864268d7 100644
--- a/backend/conferences/models/conference.py
+++ b/backend/conferences/models/conference.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from timezone_field import TimeZoneField
 
 from helpers.models import GeoLocalizedModel
-from i18n.fields import I18nCharField, I18nTextField
+from i18n.fields import I18nTextField
 
 from .deadline import Deadline, DeadlineStatus
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Conference(GeoLocalizedModel, TimeFramedModel, TimeStampedModel):
         null=True,
     )
 
-    name = I18nCharField(_("name"), max_length=100)
+    name = models.CharField(_("name"), max_length=100)
     code = models.CharField(_("code"), max_length=100, unique=True)
     timezone = TimeZoneField()
     logo = models.ImageField(_("logo"), upload_to=get_upload_to, blank=True)
diff --git a/backend/conferences/tests/factories.py b/backend/conferences/tests/factories.py
index 9946f9f50e..de6450297f 100644
--- a/backend/conferences/tests/factories.py
+++ b/backend/conferences/tests/factories.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 class ConferenceFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
     organizer = factory.SubFactory(OrganizerFactory)
-    name = LanguageFactory("name")
+    name = factory.Faker("word")
     code = factory.Sequence(lambda n: "code{}".format(n))
     introduction = LanguageFactory("sentence")
 
diff --git a/backend/conferences/tests/test_models.py b/backend/conferences/tests/test_models.py
index 0680a43757..34ebaaded9 100644
--- a/backend/conferences/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/backend/conferences/tests/test_models.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from conferences.tests.factories import ConferenceFactory
 from pytest import mark
 
-from i18n.strings import LazyI18nString
 from conferences.models.conference import get_upload_to
 
 pytestmark = mark.django_db
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@
 
 def test_conference_to_str():
     assert "Ciao Mondo <ep1>" == str(
-        ConferenceFactory(name=LazyI18nString({"en": "Ciao Mondo"}), code="ep1")
+        ConferenceFactory(name="Ciao Mondo", code="ep1")
     )
 
 
diff --git a/backend/grants/tasks.py b/backend/grants/tasks.py
index 8c19e6e282..d3147d80e1 100644
--- a/backend/grants/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/grants/tasks.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def _new_send_grant_email(
 ):
     conference = grant.conference
     user = grant.user
-    conference_name = grant.conference.name.localize("en")
+    conference_name = grant.conference.name
 
     email_template = EmailTemplate.objects.for_conference(conference).get_by_identifier(
         template_identifier
diff --git a/backend/grants/tests/test_tasks.py b/backend/grants/tests/test_tasks.py
index 8be25fef7f..ede9a1f29a 100644
--- a/backend/grants/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/backend/grants/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def test_send_grant_reply_rejected_email():
         recipient=user,
         placeholders={
             "user_name": "Marco Acierno",
-            "conference_name": grant.conference.name.localize("en"),
+            "conference_name": grant.conference.name,
         },
     )
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def test_send_grant_reply_waiting_list_email(settings):
         recipient=user,
         placeholders={
             "user_name": "Marco Acierno",
-            "conference_name": grant.conference.name.localize("en"),
+            "conference_name": grant.conference.name,
             "grants_update_deadline": "1 March 2023",
             "reply_url": "https://pycon.it/grants/reply/",
         },
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def test_handle_grant_reply_sent_reminder(settings):
         recipient=user,
         placeholders={
             "user_name": "Marco Acierno",
-            "conference_name": grant.conference.name.localize("en"),
+            "conference_name": grant.conference.name,
             "start_date": "2 May",
             "end_date": "6 May",
             "deadline_date_time": "1 February 2023 23:59 UTC",
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def test_handle_grant_approved_ticket_travel_accommodation_reply_sent(settings):
         recipient=user,
         placeholders={
             "user_name": "Marco Acierno",
-            "conference_name": grant.conference.name.localize("en"),
+            "conference_name": grant.conference.name,
             "start_date": "2 May",
             "end_date": "6 May",
             "travel_amount": "680",
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def test_handle_grant_approved_ticket_only_reply_sent(settings):
         recipient=user,
         placeholders={
             "user_name": "Marco Acierno",
-            "conference_name": grant.conference.name.localize("en"),
+            "conference_name": grant.conference.name,
             "start_date": "2 May",
             "end_date": "6 May",
             "deadline_date_time": "1 February 2023 23:59 UTC",
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def test_handle_grant_approved_travel_reply_sent(settings):
         recipient=user,
         placeholders={
             "user_name": "Marco Acierno",
-            "conference_name": grant.conference.name.localize("en"),
+            "conference_name": grant.conference.name,
             "start_date": "2 May",
             "end_date": "6 May",
             "deadline_date_time": "1 February 2023 23:59 UTC",
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ def test_send_grant_reply_waiting_list_update_email(settings):
             "it": "Update Grants in Waiting List",
         },
     )
-    conference_name = grant.conference.name.localize("en")
+    conference_name = grant.conference.name
 
     with patch("grants.tasks.EmailTemplate") as mock_email_template:
         send_grant_reply_waiting_list_update_email(
diff --git a/backend/schedule/tasks.py b/backend/schedule/tasks.py
index 302ec22ad5..ad0fbb3169 100644
--- a/backend/schedule/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/schedule/tasks.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def send_schedule_invitation_email(*, schedule_item_id, is_reminder):
     submission_title = submission.title.localize(language_code)
 
     speaker = User.objects.get(id=speaker_id)
-    conference_name = conference.name.localize("en")
+    conference_name = conference.name
 
     email_template = EmailTemplate.objects.for_conference(conference).get_by_identifier(
         EmailTemplateIdentifier.proposal_scheduled
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def send_submission_time_slot_changed_email(*, schedule_item_id):
 
     proposal_speaker = User.objects.get(id=speaker_id)
     conference = schedule_item.conference
-    conference_name = schedule_item.conference.name.localize("en")
+    conference_name = schedule_item.conference.name
 
     email_template = EmailTemplate.objects.for_conference(conference).get_by_identifier(
         EmailTemplateIdentifier.proposal_scheduled_time_changed
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def send_speaker_communication_email(
     email_template.send_email(
         recipient=user,
         placeholders={
-            "conference_name": conference.name.localize("en"),
+            "conference_name": conference.name,
             "user_name": get_name(user, "there"),
             "body": body.replace("\n", "<br />"),
             "subject": subject,
diff --git a/backend/schedule/tests/test_tasks.py b/backend/schedule/tests/test_tasks.py
index 1b9b63a907..0707548084 100644
--- a/backend/schedule/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/backend/schedule/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def test_send_speaker_communication_email_to_speakers_without_ticket(
             recipient=user,
             placeholders={
                 "user_name": "Marco Acierno",
-                "conference_name": conference.name.localize("en"),
+                "conference_name": conference.name,
                 "body": "test body",
                 "subject": "test subject",
             },
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def test_send_speaker_communication_email_to_everyone(
         placeholders={
             "user_name": "Marco Acierno",
             "body": "test body",
-            "conference_name": conference.name.localize("en"),
+            "conference_name": conference.name,
             "subject": "test subject",
         },
     )
diff --git a/backend/schedule/tests/test_views.py b/backend/schedule/tests/test_views.py
index 3290e6d16d..a4a03d32e2 100644
--- a/backend/schedule/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/backend/schedule/tests/test_views.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def test_user_schedule_item_favourites_calendar(client):
     calendar = icalendar.Calendar.from_ical(response.content)
     assert (
         calendar.get("x-wr-calname")
-        == f"Your {conference.name.localize('en')}'s Schedule"
+        == f"Your {conference.name}'s Schedule"
     )
 
     assert len(calendar.subcomponents) == 2
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def test_user_schedule_item_favourites_calendar(client):
 
     assert (
         event_schedule_item_1.get("summary")
-        == f"[{conference.name.localize('en')}] {schedule_item_1.title}"
+        == f"[{conference.name}] {schedule_item_1.title}"
     )
     assert event_schedule_item_1.get("location") == "Room Name"
     assert (
diff --git a/backend/schedule/video_upload.py b/backend/schedule/video_upload.py
index b2d30ccd84..47c8c61bed 100644
--- a/backend/schedule/video_upload.py
+++ b/backend/schedule/video_upload.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def create_video_info(schedule_item: ScheduleItem) -> VideoInfo:
         "abstract": schedule_item.abstract,
         "slug": schedule_item.slug,
         "elevator_pitch": schedule_item.elevator_pitch,
-        "conference_name": schedule_item.conference.name.localize("en"),
+        "conference_name": schedule_item.conference.name,
         "hashtags": " ".join([f"#{tag}" for tag in tags]),
     }
 
diff --git a/backend/schedule/views.py b/backend/schedule/views.py
index 3680e00443..ba4d7e945b 100644
--- a/backend/schedule/views.py
+++ b/backend/schedule/views.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def user_schedule_item_favourites_calendar(request, conference_id, hash_user_id)
         .values_list("schedule_item_id", flat=True)
     )
 
-    conference_name = conference.name.localize("en")
+    conference_name = conference.name
     conference_code = conference.code
     conference_timezone = conference.timezone
 
diff --git a/backend/sponsors/tasks.py b/backend/sponsors/tasks.py
index 4878e7ae5f..9de9e6c2da 100644
--- a/backend/sponsors/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/sponsors/tasks.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def send_sponsor_brochure(sponsor_lead_id):
         recipient_email=sponsor_lead.email,
         placeholders={
             "brochure_url": brochure_url,
-            "conference_name": conference.name.localize("en"),
+            "conference_name": conference.name,
         },
     )
 
diff --git a/backend/sponsors/tests/test_tasks.py b/backend/sponsors/tests/test_tasks.py
index 55f4890293..8173e12761 100644
--- a/backend/sponsors/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/backend/sponsors/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def test_send_sponsor_brochure_task():
         recipient_email=sponsor_lead.email,
         placeholders={
             "brochure_url": f"https://admin.pycon.it{view_brochure_path}?sig={signature}",
-            "conference_name": sponsor_lead.conference.name.localize("en"),
+            "conference_name": sponsor_lead.conference.name,
         },
     )
 
diff --git a/backend/submissions/admin.py b/backend/submissions/admin.py
index 72944c9a74..ea274ef643 100644
--- a/backend/submissions/admin.py
+++ b/backend/submissions/admin.py
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ def apply_and_notify_status_change(modeladmin, request, queryset):
     for submission in objs:
         submission.status = submission.pending_status
         placeholders = {
-            "conference_name": conference.name.localize("en"),
+            "conference_name": conference.name,
             "proposal_title": submission.title.localize("en"),
             "proposal_type": submission.type.name,
             "speaker_name": get_name(submission.speaker, "there"),
diff --git a/backend/submissions/tasks.py b/backend/submissions/tasks.py
index 7831613d30..87fc0954fc 100644
--- a/backend/submissions/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/submissions/tasks.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def send_proposal_rejected_email(proposal_id):
 
     conference = proposal.conference
     language_code = proposal.languages.first().code
-    conference_name = proposal.conference.name.localize(language_code)
+    conference_name = proposal.conference.name
 
     email_template = EmailTemplate.objects.for_conference(conference).get_by_identifier(
         EmailTemplateIdentifier.proposal_rejected
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def send_proposal_in_waiting_list_email(proposal_id):
 
     conference = proposal.conference
     language_code = proposal.languages.first().code
-    conference_name = proposal.conference.name.localize(language_code)
+    conference_name = proposal.conference.name
 
     email_template = EmailTemplate.objects.for_conference(conference).get_by_identifier(
         EmailTemplateIdentifier.proposal_in_waiting_list
diff --git a/backend/submissions/tests/test_admin.py b/backend/submissions/tests/test_admin.py
index e89ec8817e..0079b50a56 100644
--- a/backend/submissions/tests/test_admin.py
+++ b/backend/submissions/tests/test_admin.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def test_apply_and_notify_status_change(rf, mocker):
         email_template=proposal_accepted_template,
         conference=conference,
         placeholders={
-            "conference_name": conference.name.localize("en"),
+            "conference_name": conference.name,
             "proposal_title": accepted_submission.title.localize("en"),
             "proposal_type": accepted_submission.type.name,
             "speaker_name": "Marco",
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def test_apply_and_notify_status_change(rf, mocker):
         email_template=proposal_rejected_template,
         conference=conference,
         placeholders={
-            "conference_name": conference.name.localize("en"),
+            "conference_name": conference.name,
             "proposal_title": rejected_submission.title.localize("en"),
             "proposal_type": rejected_submission.type.name,
             "speaker_name": "Jane",
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def test_apply_and_notify_status_change(rf, mocker):
         email_template=proposal_in_waiting_list_template,
         conference=conference,
         placeholders={
-            "conference_name": conference.name.localize("en"),
+            "conference_name": conference.name,
             "proposal_title": waiting_list_proposal.title.localize("en"),
             "proposal_type": waiting_list_proposal.type.name,
             "speaker_name": "John",