Symposium
Symposium was originally a drinking party (sympotein in the Greek means "to drink together").
Today's symposiums are slighty different: in opposite to Seminar it has open format for discussion, there is not one lecturer but rather lots of them - members of seminar itself.
Symposium is great for discovering new ideas, meet of friends from different places and get up-to-date informations. It's very popular in academic institutions.












