def _copySessionToForm(self, session):
        """Copy relevant fields from Session to SessionForm"""

        # create a new entity first
        sf = SessionForm()

        # convert Session properties to SessionForm fields
        sf.sessionName = session.sessionName
        sf.highlights = session.highlights
        sf.speaker = session.speaker
        sf.duration = session.duration
        #logging.debug("copySession :: About to set typeOfSession")
        #logging.debug("copySession :: type of Session type is %s", type(session.typeOfSession))
        sf.typeOfSession = getattr(SessionType,session.typeOfSession)
        sf.sessionDate = str(session.sessionDate)
        sf.startTime = int('%s%s' % (str(session.startTime)[:2], str(session.startTime)[3:5]))
        sf.websafeKey = session.key.urlsafe()

        # check and return
        sf.check_initialized()
        return sf