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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@Zwaggle I'd love to go to all the mom blogger conferences this year. Signed on for Blogher and MomSummit 2.0
momtrends (nicole feliciano) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:01:10 -0000
@Zwaggle I'd love to go to all the mom blogger conferences this year. Signed on for Blogher and MomSummit 2.0
@DJJAMDPG miss the "old days," seeing you at conferences, lol
koolkila (♪ Kool Kila (keela)♪) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:58:23 -0000
@DJJAMDPG miss the "old days," seeing you at conferences, lol
@timbunce I have a "best of CPAN" talk that I do at French #Perl conferences, usually quite appreciated
maddingue (Sébastien Aperghis) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:56:50 -0000
@timbunce I have a "best of CPAN" talk that I do at French #Perl conferences, usually quite appreciated
New from @KevinLiebl Does anyone remember Comdex? - Trade shows and conferences are struggling across the board bec... http://ow.ly/16eFVq
SpinStrategy (Tim Tyrell-Smith) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:56:04 -0000
New from @KevinLiebl Does anyone remember Comdex? - Trade shows and conferences are struggling across the board bec... http://ow.ly/16eFVq
@kattekrab Going to EU based conferences does not really fix problem that long distance travel SUX, although to US is worse I agree
alecthegeek (Alec Clews) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:50:04 -0000
@kattekrab Going to EU based conferences does not really fix problem that long distance travel SUX, although to US is worse I agree
All Consuming: At one of the Romance Writer of America (RWA) conferences, I heard a luncheon speaker say something ... http://bit.ly/7VlnyH
Patti_OShea (Patti O'Shea) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:43:32 -0000
All Consuming: At one of the Romance Writer of America (RWA) conferences, I heard a luncheon speaker say something ... http://bit.ly/7VlnyH

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