class SpeakerForm(forms.Form): cat_objects = list() audience_objects = list() for cat in Category.objects.all(): cat_objects.append((cat.pk,cat.name)) for audience in AudienceType.objects.all(): audience_objects.append((audience.pk,audience.name)) category = forms.ChoiceField(cat_objects) audience = forms.MultipleChoiceField(audience_objects) title = forms.CharField() short_abstract = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea,min_length=1,max_length=5000,help_text="A short abstract less than 500 words")