convener
Assembles the group
A convener is someone who convenes—who calls people together for a meeting or gathering.
The term appears most often in organizational contexts: The convener of the committee scheduled the first session.
In Scottish local government and some universities, convener is a formal title for the presiding officer of a council or board.
Also spelled convenor.
One who arranges activities
- facilitatorNeutral process guide
- chairSingle-person sitting furniture
- moderatorOne who presates proceedings
- plannerAgenda for scheduling
arranger · liaison · secretariat · registrar · administrator · scheduler · host · MC
Single-person sitting furniture
- chairpersonOne who leads meetings
- presidentElected leader of nation
- secretary-generalHead administrative officer
- commissionerAppointed agency leader
ombudsman · chancellor · provost · warden · steward · marshal · official · appointee
coordinator
One who arranges activities
- facilitatorNeutral process guide
- chairSingle-person sitting furniture
- moderatorOne who presates proceedings
planner · arranger · liaison · secretariat · registrar · administrator · scheduler · host · MC · emcee
chair
Single-person sitting furniture
- chairpersonOne who leads meetings
- presidentElected leader of nation
- secretary-generalHead administrative officer
commissioner · ombudsman · chancellor · provost · warden · steward · marshal · official · appointee · designated
conference
Organized meeting for discussion
- forumGathering place for discourse
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
panel · roundtable · workshop · seminar · assembly · gathering · session · plenary · caucus · tribunal
- community leadersheadwoman, civic leader, community organizer, headman, council member
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- meeting organizersscheduler, facilitator, coordinator, event planner
- board rolesboard chair, board member, board president, chair, chairman
- orchestratorsorchestrator, mastermind, coordinator, organizer, arranger
- activistsactivist, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activists, protester, campaigner
- convenience storeSmall quick-access retail shop
- convention centreFacility hosting large gatherings
- conventional wisdomGenerally accepted beliefs
- convention centerFacility for large gatherings
- convenience foodsPrepackaged ready-to-eat products
- convention floor
convention, conventional, convenience, inconvenience, convene, convent, convened, convening, convenes