The phrase "first symposium" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the first event in a series of symposia or to express that one event stood out among many others. For example, "The keynote speaker's inspiring speech at the first symposium made a lasting impression on me."
Schwab's first symposium drew four hundred and fifty people from thirty-one countries.
Next Wednesday, the University of Brighton will host the first symposium dedicated to Peace's work.
The first symposium began in 1979, and since 1983 it's been an annual summer event(it takes place in June).
On April 14th he chaired his first "symposium" of economists since taking office, inviting views on China's prospects from fellow members of the tribe.
Antony [Hegarty] has curated this concert series, and it will be the first symposium of a few of us interested in pushing "future feminism".
In 1956 he attended the first symposium on artificial intelligence at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, an event generally held to have kickstarted AI research.
The speaker is Professor James Darcy Pieixoto, the director of the Twentieth- and Twenty-first-Century Archives at Cambridge University; and the occasion for his words is an academic conference, the Twelfth Symposium on Gileadean Studies, held at the University of Denay, Nunavit, on June 25 , 2195
Mr. Tomochi's group is planning a second symposium to present research on how Pacific island nations like Palau could serve as a model for a future Ryukyu republic.
"The Handmaid's Tale" has a coda, in the form of an address given, in 2195, by a keynote speaker at an academic conference, the Twelfth Symposium on Gileadean Studies.
Extended pulse lengths at lower fields (e.g. 214 s at 4 T and 2 MA) will allow FIRE to explore advanced tokamak modes (Physics basis for the Fusion Ignition Research Experiment FIREE) Plasma Facing Components, in: Twenty-first Symposium on Fusion Technology, Madrid, September, 2000).
In 2012, Shimane University, Japan organized the tenth symposium, and about 100 participants attended this event.
