diff --git a/buzz/www/event/index.py b/buzz/www/event/index.py
index 5fed963d..4d450dc2 100644
--- a/buzz/www/event/index.py
+++ b/buzz/www/event/index.py
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ def format_day(date) -> str:
 
 
 def join_parts(parts: list, separator: str) -> str:
-	return separator.join([part for part in parts if part])
+	stripped_parts = [part.strip() for part in parts if part]
+	return separator.join([part for part in stripped_parts if part])
 
 
 def format_time_range(start, end) -> str:
diff --git a/buzz/www/event/test_event.py b/buzz/www/event/test_event.py
index 1d4ad569..71d0aec8 100644
--- a/buzz/www/event/test_event.py
+++ b/buzz/www/event/test_event.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	SpeakerProfileFactory,
 	UserFactory,
 )
-from buzz.www.event.index import EventPage
+from buzz.www.event.index import EventPage, join_parts
 
 
 class TestEventPage(IntegrationTestCase):
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ def test_schedule_talk_shows_title_and_speakers(self):
 		self.assertEqual((row["title"], row["speakers"]), ("Scaling apps", "Asha Rao"))
 		self.assertEqual(context["speakers"][0]["name"], "Asha Rao")
 
+	def test_join_parts_strips_spaces_around_each_part(self):
+		self.assertEqual(join_parts(["Engineer ", " Frappe"], ", "), "Engineer, Frappe")
+		self.assertEqual(join_parts(["  ", "Frappe"], ", "), "Frappe")
+
 	def test_time_zone_falls_back_to_system(self):
 		self.set_event({"time_zone": "", "time_zone_label": ""})
 		self.assertTrue(EventPage(self.route).timezone_label)