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conference British & World English

a formal meeting of people with a shared interest, typically one that takes place over several days

Conference British & World English

a dessert pear of a firm-fleshed variety

case conference British & World English

a meeting of professionals such as teachers or social workers to discuss a particular case

Lambeth Conference British & World English

an assembly of bishops from the Anglican Communion, usually held every ten years (since 1867) at Lambeth Palace and presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury

Potsdam Conference British & World English

a meeting held in Potsdam in the summer of 1945 between US, Soviet, and British leaders, which established principles for the Allied occupation of Germany following the end of the Second World War

press conference British & World English

an interview given to journalists by a prominent person in order to make an announcement or answer questions

Yalta Conference British & World English

a meeting between the Allied leaders Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin in February 1945 at Yalta, a Crimean port on the Black Sea. The leaders planned the final stages of the Second World War and agreed the subsequent territorial division of Europe

Conference on Disarmament British & World English

a committee with forty nations as members that seeks to negotiate multilateral disarmament

Pugwash conferences British & World English

a series of international conferences first held in Pugwash (a village in Nova Scotia) in 1957 by scientists to promote the peaceful application of scientific discoveries

sidebar conference in sidebar British & World English

(in a court of law) a discussion between the lawyers and the judge held out of earshot of the jury

videoconference British & World English

a conference in which participants in different locations are able to communicate with each other in sound and vision

conference English-French

conférence f

conference English-Italian

conferenza f

conference English-Spanish

congreso, conferencia

conference room English-German

Konferenzraum

conference room English-Italian

sala f riunioni

news conference English-Italian

conferenza f stampa inv

conference table English-German

Konferenztisch

press conference English-German

Pressekonferenz

press conference English-Italian

conferenza f stampa

press conference English-Spanish

rueda f de prensa

be in conference in conference English-German

in einer Besprechung sein

the hotel has conference facilities in facility English-Spanish

el hotel dispone de sala(s) de conferencia

the conference is scheduled to take place in August in schedule2 English-Spanish

la conferencia está planeada para el mes de agosto