Editing Conference (section)

{{Short description|Meeting to discuss or exchange opinions}}
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[[File:Lenin at Tampere.JPG|thumb|Artist Aleksandr Moravov's [[Tampere conference of 1905|"Tampere Conference of 1905"]], depicting the first conference of the [[Russian Social Democratic Labour Party]] in [[Tampere]] and notably, the first-time meeting of [[Joseph Stalin]] and [[Vladimir Lenin]].]]
A '''conference''' is a [[meeting]], often lasting a few days, which is organized on a particular subject, or to bring together people who have a common interest. Conferences can be used as a form of [[group decision-making]], although discussion, not always decisions, is the primary purpose of conferences. The term derives from the word ''confer''.