colloquium

noun colloquium

• 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.
• discussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
• meeting — an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races: a track meet.
• seminar — a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
• conference — A conference is a meeting, often lasting a few days, which is organized on a particular subject or to bring together people who have a common interest.