The phrase "an initial conversation" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the first discussion or dialogue between parties, often in a professional or formal context.
Example: "We should schedule an initial conversation to discuss the project details and expectations."
Alternatives: "a preliminary discussion" or "an introductory talk."
In this experiment the original source of the plagiarised materials would be difficult to identify, however the presence of clues and patterns may be sufficient to motivate a lecturer or tutor to initiate an initial conversation with a student to determine whether the work is actually the student's own (Somers et al. 2006).
After an initial conversation, you can get a real sense of a person's quantitative and qualitative skills.
Mr. Putin and Mr. Bush have not yet spoken by telephone, but officials say they expect an initial conversation to take place soon.
More than three-quarters of the calls are answered within 30 seconds by call centre agents who after an initial conversation with the patient, book same day phone consultations with the first available appropriate healthcare professional.
But in court, Mr. London, who had just been appointed in the case, said that after an initial conversation with his client, "he has been rather adamant that he wants to proceed to sentence".
I wasn't trying to sell them on anything but rather hoping for an initial conversation.
After an edgy initial conversation Wuornos, who has never had sex with a woman, ends up spending the night with her.
The researchers identified a culturally shared play (the "initial conversation MOP;" p. 27) that includes a set of scenes (initiation, maintenance and termination) which, in turn, include sets of scriptlets ("subroutines;" Kellermann et al., 1989, p. 50).
"To get to the salt in a year from the initial conversation was huge".
She said informing interested buyers and brokers about the doctored photos had been a part of every initial conversation.
Yet I can't help but feel that the initial conversation assumed a somewhat narrow idea of friendship, and I was a little perplexed by the definition of "likability" that emerged for describing books and the characters who populate them.
