Event at which experts discuss a particular subject and opinions are gathered.
Meeting of a number of experts in a particular field at which papers are presented by specialists on particular subjects and discussed with a view to making recommendations concerning the problems under discussion.
drinking party for men that included conversation and entertainment; plural is symposia
a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations
a communion of serious and mirthful entertainment, discourse and actions
a dinner party with formal conversation around a selected topic
a discussion on a subject by experts
a forum to share and discuss recent scientific findings and policy issues in conservation biology w/ emphasis on graduate student research
a full-day of activities focused on a relatively well defined topic that would be of interest to HICSS attendees
a gathering of people where they can exchange ideas and learn from each other, both formally (such as through lectures and talks) or informally (discussions in social settings, such as dinners or get-togethers)
a half-day or full-day meeting at which several specialists deliver short presentations on the title topic
a party, social gathering, or formal meeting where there is a free exchange of ideas, or it can be a collection of opinions on a subject, especially one that is published
a presentation where experts discuss a particular subject and opinions are gathered
a series of formal presentations on a common topic - similar to an ORSA/TIMS session
Greek word for a drinking party.
A series of brief lectures on related topics presented by resource people. Each speaker presents only one aspect of the topic. A moderator often summaries. Learners may ask questions afterward. A rather structured, formal method.
A series of short, uninterrupted public speeches, often involving a panel of experts.
The Symposium is a dialogue by Plato, written soon after 385 BCE. It is a philosophical discussion on the nature of love, taking the form of a series of speeches, both satirical and serious, given by a group of men at a symposion or drinking party at the house of the tragedian Agathon at Athens. It is largely taken for granted in the conversation (and is stated explicitly by some of the speakers) that the most noble form of love is that between a man and a boy; other forms of love, including heterosexual love, are discussed more briefly and generally with less favour.
Symposium originally referred to a drinking party (the Greek verb sympotein means "to drink together") but has since come to refer to any academic conference, whether or not drinking takes place. The sympotic elegies of Theognis of Megara and two Socratic dialogues, Plato's Symposium and Xenophon's Symposium all describe symposia in the original sense.
Xenophon's Symposium records the discussion of Socrates and company at a dinner given by Callias for the youth Autolycus, son of Lycon (not to be confused with the Lycon who was one of Socrates' prosecutors). 421 BC is the dramatic date of the work.
