# conference (social)

a meeting where many people meet to have a discussion

- Computed level: L14 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: social  ·  Arena: conference

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [meeting](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-meeting.social), [discussion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-discussion.social)

**Through:** the people meet together and hold a discussion

**Novel properties:**
- large scale gathering
- formal agenda
- shared resources

## Examples
- The 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm gathered 113 delegations to discuss pollution and resource management. *(institutions)*
- The first IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision in 1987 brought together researchers to present breakthroughs in image recognition algorithms. *(computing)*
- The 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21) convened 195 nations to negotiate binding emissions targets. *(economics)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-conference.social.json*  
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