Dear one & all Kindly give the details for the difference between Conference, Seminar, Symposium & Workshop.
A Symposium is a formal gathering in an academic setting where participants are experts in their fields. These experts present or deliver their opinions or viewpoints on a chosen topic of discussion. It would be correct to label a symposium as a small scale conference as the number of delegates is smaller. There are the usual discussions on the chosen topic after the experts have presented their speeches. The chief characteristic of a symposium is that it covers a single topic or subject and all the lectures given by experts are completed in a single day. A Symposium - prestigious conferences, generally leading venues in their respective fields.
A Conference refers to a formal meeting where participants exchange their views on various topics. Conference can take place in different fields, and it need not be academic in nature all the time. Thus, we have parent teacher conferences, sport conferences, a trade conference, a conference of journalists, conference of doctors, a conference of research scholars, and so on. A conference is a meeting that has been prearranged and involves consultation and discussion on a number of topics by the delegates.Conference and symposium are similar events where speakers come together and give their opinions on a chosen subject. Symposium can be described as a smaller conference that gets over in a single day with a lesser number of delegates.
A Seminar is a form of academic instruction, either at a university or offered by a commercial or professional organization. It has the function of bringing together small groups for recurring meetings, focusing each time on some particular subject, in which everyone present is requested to actively participate. The Instructor has prepared the concepts and techniques they will present and discuss through a combination of visual materials, interactive tools or equipment, and demonstrations. It includes some take home material for the participants that relates to the lecture. A full laboratory phase is not a requirement.
A Workshop includes all the elements of the Seminar, but with the largest portion being emphasized on “hand-on-practice” or laboratory work. The Lab work is designed to reinforce, imprint and bring forward an immediate functioning dimension to the participant’s eye and hands by implementing and practicing the actual concept or technique that was taught through the lecture and demonstration process.
A Congress - would typically be held once a year per discipline, highlighting the achievements, notable results in that field. These are typically attended by leaders in that field, and feature a series of invited talks
Dear Dr. Mayur,
SEMINAR
A seminar is a lecture or presentation delivered to an audience on a particular topic or set of topics that are educational in nature. It is usually held for groups of 10-50 individuals. A seminar is frequently held at a hotel meeting space or within an office conference room. Increasingly, the term "seminar" is used to describe a commercial event (though sometimes free to attend) where delegates are given information and instruction in a subject such as property investing, other types of investing, Internet marketing, self-improvement or a wide range of topics, by experts in that field. There is a speaker who give lecturer with highlights, scope, importance, benefits & limitation on the respective topic as the lecturer finish, audience ask questions. Seminars are educational events that feature one or more subject matter experts delivering information primarily via lecture and discussion. A seminar is often one person giving perhaps an hour-long lecture, although there could be more than one speaker as well.
WORKSHOP
A workshop is a series of educational and work sessions. Small groups of people meet together over a short period of time to concentrate on a defined area of concern. Purposes for workshops may vary. Examples: Informing, Problem-solving, Training. In education, a workshop is a brief intensive course, a seminar or a series of meetings emphasizing interaction and exchange of information among a usually small number of participants:
@such as a writing workshop, a gathering of writers for critique and inspiration,
@an academic workshop, a smaller version of an academic conference.
@Training workshop
In the workshop SIMULATION exercise take place related to the topic which is conducting by speaker means learning while doing he / she work. A workshop has the sense of being a relatively small event with all parties involved in the discussion (although this is not always the case). Workshops tend to be smaller and more intense than seminars. This format often involves students practicing their new skills during the event under the watchful eye of the instructor.
SYMPOSIUM
Symposium is meeting of a number of experts in a particular field at which papers are presented by specialists on particular subjects and discussed with a view to making recommendations concerning the problems under discussion. Symposium: refer to any academic conference, or a style of university class characterized by an openly discursive format, rather than a lecture and question–answer format. The term symposium has come to refer to any event where multiple speeches are made. A symposium suggests that more than one person is speaking. A Symposium is typically a more formal or academic gathering, featuring multiple experts delivering short presentations on a particular topic.
CONFERENCE
Conference is a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda). A conference is pretty general and in fact could mean something with thousands of participants or something with just a few participants. None of these are hard and fast rules though. Conferences often features keynote presentations delivered to all attendees, as well as multiple break-out sessions. Attendees often expect to receive information about industry trends and developments.
Hopefully you have got a clear picture about the differences of terminologies.
Regards
SALMAN AHMED
Ph.D. Fellow
A Symposium is a formal gathering in an academic setting where participants are experts in their fields. These experts present or deliver their opinions or viewpoints on a chosen topic of discussion. It would be correct to label a symposium as a small scale conference as the number of delegates is smaller. There are the usual discussions on the chosen topic after the experts have presented their speeches. The chief characteristic of a symposium is that it covers a single topic or subject and all the lectures given by experts are completed in a single day. A Symposium - prestigious conferences, generally leading venues in their respective fields.
A Conference refers to a formal meeting where participants exchange their views on various topics. Conference can take place in different fields, and it need not be academic in nature all the time. Thus, we have parent teacher conferences, sport conferences, a trade conference, a conference of journalists, conference of doctors, a conference of research scholars, and so on. A conference is a meeting that has been prearranged and involves consultation and discussion on a number of topics by the delegates.Conference and symposium are similar events where speakers come together and give their opinions on a chosen subject. Symposium can be described as a smaller conference that gets over in a single day with a lesser number of delegates.
A Seminar is a form of academic instruction, either at a university or offered by a commercial or professional organization. It has the function of bringing together small groups for recurring meetings, focusing each time on some particular subject, in which everyone present is requested to actively participate. The Instructor has prepared the concepts and techniques they will present and discuss through a combination of visual materials, interactive tools or equipment, and demonstrations. It includes some take home material for the participants that relates to the lecture. A full laboratory phase is not a requirement.
A Workshop includes all the elements of the Seminar, but with the largest portion being emphasized on “hand-on-practice” or laboratory work. The Lab work is designed to reinforce, imprint and bring forward an immediate functioning dimension to the participant’s eye and hands by implementing and practicing the actual concept or technique that was taught through the lecture and demonstration process.
A Congress - would typically be held once a year per discipline, highlighting the achievements, notable results in that field. These are typically attended by leaders in that field, and feature a series of invited talks
Symposium: a meeting or conference for the discussion of some subject, especially a meeting at which several speakers talk on or discuss a topic before an audience.
Conference: a meeting for consultation or discussion: a conference between a student and his adviser
A Symposium is: a meeting at which experts have discussions about a particular subject; a small conference
A conference is: a large official meeting, usually lasting for a few days, at which people with the same work or interests come together to discuss their views
a meeting at which people have formal discussions
A symposium is usually used to describe a small conference on a single subject. For example, a series of lectures on a single day might be called a symposium.
A conference is usually large, possibly taking up many rooms in a hotel or a convention center. It usually takes up several days. It can also describe a single, small meeting--for example,
A symposium is ususally a whole day or even two-day affair including scholarly talks, dramatic rendering of poetry, music interlude, and creative dance expressions - all evolving from a common theme. Recently, the genre of film has been added to a symposium. a meeting or conference for the discussion of some subject, especially a meeting at which several speakers talk on or discuss a topic before an audience.
- a collection of opinions expressed or articles contributed by several persons on a given subject or topic; an account of a discussion meeting or of the conversation at it; (in ancient Greece and Rome) a convivial meeting, usually following a dinner, for drinking and intellectual conversation; (initial capital letter, italics) a philosophical dialogue (4th century b.c.) by Plato, dealing with ideal love and the vision of absolute beauty.
Origin of symposium Expand: LatinGreek 1580-15901580-90; < Latin < Greek sympósion drinking party, equivalent to sym- sym- + po- (variant stem of pī́nein to drink) + -sion noun suffix
A conference is the more conventional day-long meeting of scholars to deliver their research papers for a larger audience.
A symposium is a bit like an academic conference involving scholars and researchers to present their findings.
A symposium can also be quite large in scale — one that I attended took a week and required hiring a multi-storied convention centre with many rooms because there are many sessions.
British Dictionary definitions for symposiumExpand
symposium
/sɪmˈpəʊzɪəm/
noun (pl) -siums, -sia (-zɪə)1.a conference or meeting for the discussion of some subject, esp an academic topic or social problem
2.a collection of scholarly contributions, usually published together, on a given subject
3.(in classical Greece) a drinking party with intellectual conversation, music, etc
Word Origin
C16: via Latin from Greek sumposion, from sumpinein to drink together, from sum-syn- + pinein to drink
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Word Origin and History for symposiumExpand
n.1580s, "account of a gathering or party," from Latin symposium"drinking party, symposium," from Greek symposion "convivial gathering of the educated" (related to sympotes "drinking companion"), from syn- "together" (see syn-) + posis "a drinking," from a stem of Aeolic ponen "to drink," cognate with Latin potare "to drink" (see potion). The sense of "meeting on some subject" is from 1784. Reflecting the Greek fondness for mixing wine and intellectual discussion, the modern sense is especially from the word being used as a title for one of Plato's dialogues. Greek plural is symposia, and the leader of one is asymposiarch (c.1600 in English).
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See: https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_basic_difference_between_a_workshop_and_a_training#567f7c6a5e9d97d56e8b4574
Thank you, Prof. Tabish. Just a small remark: "A Seminar is a form of academic instruction, either at a university or offered by a commercial or professional organization. .." It seems to me though that a seminar is very often a form of regular meetings of a local scientific community (mostly of small or medium size).
Seminar: academic discussion in level of department.
Conference or symposium: academic discussion between universities, countries. Conference is about multiple topics and maybe large area. Symposium is smaller area. It focuses on some chosen topics. Conference and symposium are seldom differentiated.
Workshop: multiple parallel conferences inside.
can we feature a paper presented in a symposium as a publication category?
what is the difference between research seminars and research workshops in terms of definition and methodology?
Respected Sh. Syed Amin Tabish,
Thanking you for bring a clear concept at different terms as above that have been used for different purposes.
The concept of the seminar The seminar is a formal gathering in an academic framework where participants are experts in their specialties. They present their opinions and views on the subject of the symposium. The symposium can be considered a small conference, because the number of representatives or speakers is less. The symposium is followed by a discussion on the subject. Definition of the Conference
The conference is defined as a group of individuals, including a common thing, who meet to discuss issues of interest in their field, such as the meeting of 200 experts and university professors from different countries specialized in education to introduce the latest modern methods in the development of public education for four days. The workshop is one of the means through which experiences and roles can be exchanged in a field where experts and trainers in a particular field meet with many people who are interested in that field and who seek to develop themselves. Through the information presented in the workshop, And practical exercises provided during it.
There are differences in terms of quality of members, quality of theses, and the length of time
Workshop
A workshop is a sort of intuitive preparing or hands on training where members complete various preparing exercises rather to listen to an address or presentation. Comprehensively, two sorts of workshops exist: A general workshop is there for a blended gathering of people, and a closed workshop is customized towards meeting the preparation needs of a particular group.
Seminar
A seminar is, by and large, a type of scholastic guideline, either at a scholarly establishment or offered by a business or expert association on some specific recent topic mostly. It has the capacity of uniting little gatherings for repeating a gathering, concentrating every time on some specific subject, in whom everybody presents, is asked for to effectively take an interest. It is generally casual, at any rate contrasted with the address arrangement of scholastic guideline.
Point wise difference for both can be read in detail on the following link.
http://researchpedia.info/difference-between-seminar-and-workshop/
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The symposium is a formal gathering in an academic framework where participants are experts in their specialties. They present their opinions and views on the subject of the symposium. The symposium can be considered a small conference because the number of representatives or speakers is less. discussion on the subject at hand .
Hello I would like to know the difference between congress and convention?
The seminar has an educational significance while the conference is more about exchanging ideas and ideas on a subject of common interest. For example, a seminar could be organized to enhance the skills of persons involved in a particular profession. In this case, experts who give lectures to the participants are invited and all participants receive a certificate at the end of the seminar.
I appreciate your kindness. Your explanation is more than clear and useful. Thank you, very much.
The concepts of workshop and conference is clear. The problem lies with seminar vs symposium. To me, symposium is much more in-house event whereas seminar can be in-house involving with all the internal people or inviting external ones as well
All of these are meetings, and they may take many names—conference, symposium, congress, seminar, workshop, colloquium, convention, or brainstorming depending upon the purpose and the players involved. There are differences between these meetings, but considerable overlaps between them are obvious.
Conference: Conference is a general term for a scheduled meeting for consultation, exchange of information, or discussion with a formal agenda. A scientific conference is a conference of researchers to present and discuss their works, and it is often known by names as symposium, congress, or conference itself. Most scientific societies regularly convene annual or biennial conferences.
Symposium: A symposium is a prearranged meeting of a number of experts and research workers where different papers on a defined subject are presented and discussed; and at the end, some recommendations on the discussed problems are made. In a symposium, all the participants including presenters form the audience.
Congress: A congress is larger than a symposium with many defined subjects. An example is Indian Science Congress, with many defined subjects, which is conducted every year.
Workshop: A workshop is an intensive meet by a small group of people to concentrate on a defined area of concern; it may be for information sharing, problem solving, formulation of new policies, or training. In a workshop, all the participants are supposed to be involved in the discussion.
Seminar: A seminar is a discussion-based meeting on a defined topic wherein an expert leads a small group of participants. The presenter often gives a lecture followed by discussions.
Colloquium: Colloquium refers to an academic meeting at which specialists deliver speeches on related topics and then answer questions related to them. The word ‘colloquial’ means familiar conversation and the speakers are expected to speak in familiar language.
Convention: A convention is a large companionship meeting of a closely linked fraternal group such as an organization, a company, a society, or a political group for various purposes. It may not be a scientific meeting.
Brainstorming: Brainstorming is a process of eliciting divergent ideas on a specific topic or problem from a group of people. Brainstorming can extract multiple ideas on a given topic, and the discussion that follows helps the group to explore and compare a variety of possible solutions to the specific problem.
depending on the purpose the title and the goal may vary. Most of them are used in an inappropriate way. The best result can be addressed in the following link, because while writing it will make more confusion.
1. http://quicknet.in/topic/difference-workshop-conference-seminar-symposium-colloquium/
2. https://www.csus.edu/faculty/c/cohenaj/docs/youngscholarsforum.pdf
All the 4 terms : Conference, Seminar, Symposium & Workshop are different in their purpose and ultimate goal is same, that is communication.
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As a follow up question, does "consortium" have a place in this academic space? Or is this limited to other types of organization, such as government agencies?
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