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  2. Symposium - Wikipedia

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    In Ancient Greece, the symposium (Ancient Greek: συμπόσιον, sympósion or symposio, from συμπίνειν, sympínein, 'to drink together') was the part of a banquet that took place after the meal, when drinking for pleasure was accompanied by music, dancing, recitals, or conversation. [1]

  3. Symposium (Plato) - Wikipedia

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    The event depicted in the Symposium is a banquet attended by a group of men, who have come to the symposium, which was, in ancient Greece, a traditional part of the same banquet that took place after the meal, when drinking for pleasure was accompanied by music, dancing, recitals, or conversation. [9]

  4. Socratic method - Wikipedia

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    Opening questions generate discussion at the beginning of the seminar in order to elicit dominant themes. [ 14 ] [ 19 ] Guiding questions help deepen and elaborate the discussion, keeping contributions on topic and encouraging a positive atmosphere and consideration for others.

  5. St. Gallen Symposium - Wikipedia

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    The St. Gallen Symposium, formerly known as the International Management Symposium and the ISC-Symposium, is an annual conference held in May at the University of St. Gallen in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The event's stated goal is to bring together individuals from various sectors, including business, politics, and academia, to engage in ...

  6. Academic conference - Wikipedia

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    An academic conference or scientific conference (also congress, symposium, workshop, or meeting) is an event for researchers (not necessarily academics) to present and discuss their scholarly work. Together with academic or scientific journals and preprint archives, conferences provide an important channel for exchange of information between ...

  7. Symposium (Xenophon) - Wikipedia

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    A female aulos-player entertains men at a symposium on this Attic red-figure. The Symposium (Ancient Greek: Συμπόσιον) is a Socratic dialogue written by Xenophon in the late 360s B.C. [1] In it, Socrates and a few of his companions attend a symposium (a dinner party at which Greek aristocrats could enjoy entertainment and discussion) hosted by Kallias for the young man Autolykos.

  8. World Summit on the Information Society - Wikipedia

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    A statement by Vice Premier Huang Ju, the State Council of the People's Republic of China, said that the information society should be a people centered society in which all peoples and all countries share the benefit to the fullest in greater common development in the information society.

  9. BLUF (communication) - Wikipedia

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    Hence, if the school wants to have a football team, they will also have to have five women's sports teams before adding another men's sport. A second-order effect is schools are (economically) forced to drop some of the less common men's sports teams. A third-order effect may be the sport loses popularity over time (wrestling is an example).