annual conference
Once-per-year meeting
An annual conference is a meeting or gathering held once a year, typically by an organization, professional association, or industry group.
Members convene to share research, discuss developments, network, and conduct official business: The annual conference draws thousands of attendees from around the world.
In some denominations, particularly Methodist churches, the annual conference is also a governing body that oversees regional church affairs.
- attendeesPeople at an event
- agendaFormal discussion list
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- name badgeWearable identification card
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
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- church gatheringschurch council, assemblies, conferences, church assembly, congresses
- church councilscouncils, synods, church councils, convocation, convocations
- church governancediocese, episcopacy, polity, parish councils, archdiocese
- Labour partiesLabour Party, party leader, party membership, membership card, manifesto
- MethodismWesley, Methodist Church, Methodist, United Methodist Church, Methodism
- Methodist politybishop, episcopacy, itinerancy, district superintendent, appointments
annual conferencespecial session
Non-routine legislative assembly
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