conference

noun | \ ˈkän-frəns, -fə-rəns \ | con·fer·ence

1. : a meeting for consultation, deliberation, discussion, or interchange of opinions a conference on environmental law — see also judicial conference, pretrial conference

2. : a meeting of members of the two branches of a legislature especially to adjust differences in the provisions of a bill passed in different forms by the two branches; also : conference committee : conference committee

3. : caucus