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• n  a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations

• The chemical-cocktail movement grew out of a 2005 symposium sponsored by Dutch distiller Bols.
• So, two weeks ago, an international group of experts assembled in Norway for the first In Vitro Meat Consortium symposium to talk about how to scale up the technology and sustain .
• PTI invited six individuals of diverse backgrounds and accomplishments to a February 1, 1998 symposium to debate who should be among the 20th century's most influential people.

News & Articles

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• Symposium commemorates Yorktown's role in Civil War
  YORKTOWN - On July 20 Colonial National Historical Park at Yorktown Battlefield is hosting a symposium, “Contraband, Freedmen and Community,” to explore the African American experience in the Union occupied South during the Civil War.
  June 13, 2013 - The Virginia Gazette
• 5D Institute Announces July Symposium
  A satellite symposium at the annual meeting of Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC 17) in San Diego will take place July 16, 2013.
  June 12, 2013 - Animation World Network
• Symposium in Pittsburgh focusing on female veterans
  A United Way of Allegheny County symposium will focus such issues as housing options, mental health concerns and outreach services.
  June 11, 2013 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Quotes

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• Clinton Portis in Forbes
  You think back to how much heat he took for everything,running back Clinton Portis said. "For missing camp, for not being around for this or that, for missing the rookie symposium. You come to the realization that all of that means...
• Jarrett Barrios in MarketWatch (press release)
  On behalf of GLAAD, we are pleased to partner again with our long-time friends at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney on this symposium,said GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios. "Wealth planning is critical to protect ourselves and our families, as...
• Harry Flynn in Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)
  According to DeBernardo, Flynn wrote: "I am concerned about some of the topics listed, and also about some of your featured speakers who are known to have publicly contested church teaching. As a result, I am concerned that this symposium may well...