Conventions (Conferences) - participatory meeting designed for discussion, fact-finding, problem solving and consultation.  As compared with a congress, a conference is normally smaller in scale and more select in character - features which tend to facilitate the exchange of information. The term "conference" carries no special connotation as to frequency. Though not inherently limited in time, conferences are usually of limited duration with specific objectives.

SOURCE - IAPCO (the International Association of Professional Congress Organizers) "Meetings Industry Terminology".

Upcoming Conventions:

UFI Congress 2010

Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

10-13 Nov 2010