The term conference can be used to describe any meeting of people that "confer " about a certain topic.

• Academic conference, in science and academia, a formalized event where researchers present their results in speeches, workshops or by other means
• Business conference, an event organized to discuss a pressing issue
• Conference call, in telecommunications, is referred to as a "multi-party call".
• A conference room is a place where conferences are held.
• International conference, in politics, a multilateral diplomatic negotiation or a Party conference
• In Christianity, a conference is a series of meetings to discuss topics related to the church.
  • A Methodist or Catholic Conference is a formal meeting of church leaders.

In sports:

• Football Conference, in English association football, consists of:
  • Conference National, the fifth tier of the league system
  • Conference North and Conference South, which together form the sixth tier
• In college athletics
  • List of college athletic conferences, in the U.S.
  • Canadian Interuniversity Sport

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type conferences at my school suck!, might as well tell me they love comic sans and there wont allow smoking outside school buildings.
rcrdX (Ricardo Estrada) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:51:40 -0000
type conferences at my school suck!, might as well tell me they love comic sans and there wont allow smoking outside school buildings.
Geh, conferences really need to stick to their itinerary. 10 mins till the end and the keynote is yet to start his conclusion...
ejbigelow (Eric Bigelow) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:49:07 -0000
Geh, conferences really need to stick to their itinerary. 10 mins till the end and the keynote is yet to start his conclusion...
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infoarbitrage (infoarbitrage) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:40:34 -0000
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#gnomedex raised $1.5k & 2 days of GR8 food 4 tent city. #bwe09 raised $2k for childrens hospital! Any church conferences do anything?
hardlynormal (hardly normal) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:40:14 -0000
#gnomedex raised $1.5k & 2 days of GR8 food 4 tent city. #bwe09 raised $2k for childrens hospital! Any church conferences do anything?

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