Sentence examples for conferences staged from inspiring English sources

The branches are largely defunct and the conferences staged primarily for the media.

As westerners we tend to attach far too much importance to these huge international conferences, staged in some of the most glamorous cities in Europe and the US.

As anger grew over the incident, Chief Suhr held news conferences, staged a town-hall-style meeting and issued a flurry of statements to provide evidence that officers had shot the man, Kenneth Harding, in self-defense.

Champions League press conferences, staged in front of a firing squad of television cameras and with your manager sitting beside you, seldom encourage observations from footballers other than: "We hope to do well".

Mr. Gallagher also has called news conferences staged in the parking lot outside of Ms. Allen's legislative office to challenge her on subjects ranging from her attendance and voting record in Trenton to her support of tax reform.

We have to commit to coming away from the press conferences stage and get back to the table with our sleeves rolled up, not trying to do one-upmanship.

He vividly remembers their first international press conference, staged in the Hotel Podgorica with little Montenegrin flags flying, before the 2-1 win over Hungary.

Other credit card companies joined the parade, disclosing some of their plans at a news conference staged by the Financial Supervisory Service, the regulatory body that instituted the plan.

In February, he attended an annual conference staged by the Mortgage Bankers Association, at which more than 20 lenders met with capital advisers.

Most disconcerting is a payment of €400 on 27 March 2014 for a five-star hotel for the player to attend an anti-trafficking conference staged by Foot Solidaire and supported and hosted by the UN in Geneva.

Louis Giskus, the Suriname federation president, said he got an envelope with four piles of $100 bills at a Caribbean Football Union conference staged in Trinidad for members to meet Mohamed bin Hammam, then a candidate for FIFA's presidency.