conference

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  1. noun A meeting for consultation or discussion.
  2. noun An exchange of views.
  3. noun A meeting of committees to settle differences between two legislative bodies.
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  • Interviewer / conference attendee Stephanie Zvan talks to Bora about the conference, its origins, and his goals for the 2009 conference.What appeals to me about the conference is the inclusive nature of the attendees and topics.
  • While we got to hear from many Mitel execs, my favorite parts of the conference were the user and the reseller panels. —  No Jitter
  • The overall theme of the conference was about Mitel's move toward software and virtualization, which I was glad to hear. —  No Jitter
  • The head of the SPLM delegation at the conference, Malik Agar, said that the conference was the last chance to complete the implementation of the agreement. —  Memri Latest Blogs
  • Additional details about the conference will be announced as available. —  Planet Debian
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meeting ·  interview ·  session ·  discussion ·  negotiation ·  council ·  debate ·  lecture ·  convention ·  program ·  review ·  communication

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conference:   conferences
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  1. Medieval Latin cōnferentia, from Latin cōnferēns, cōnferent-, present participle of cōnferre, to bring together; see confer.

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  1. = Dutch konferentie = German conferenz = Danish konference, from French conférence = Spanish Portuguese conferencia = Italian conferenza, from Middle Latin conferentia, from Latin conferen(t-)s, present participle of conferre, compare, confer: see confer.
 

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