"roundtable talks" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a meeting between people with different points of view who are discussing a specific topic. For example: "The UN held roundtable talks to try to resolve the trade dispute between the two countries."
An electrician by training who rose up through the old Communist Party, he took part in the "roundtable" talks with Solidarity that led to elections in 1989.
One likely alternative to roundtable talks are "proximity" talks, in which unionist parties which cannot stomach sitting in the same room with Sinn Fein meet separately and communicate with the British government.Sinn Fein has already dismissed this option.
Ukraine's embattled president has come face to face with the opposition leaders who have led protests against him for the past three weeks, in roundtable talks aimed at solving the political crisis that has gripped the country.
It says it calls for: an agreement from all parties to end violence; an end to external interference; roundtable talks under Arab League supervision; formation of an interim unity government including "all components of the Syrian people with all factions agreeing upon who heads the government"; and polls to be held under the auspices of a newly-created independent election commission.
The topic of lessons learned was discussed during the seminar's roundtable talks between scientists and practitioners.
The hearings and roundtable talks have produced an unwieldy list of insights that Moore describes as "95% diagnosis and only about 5% proposed therapy.
The all-embracing change in approach the roundtable talked about will take time to achieve.
A week later, Republicans invited a new set of college leaders to a roundtable talk.
On Friday, the British Embassy in Washington invited a dozen or more foreign policy journalists to meet Hague for a "roundtable" talk.
Also on NBC: Harold E. Ford Jr., a former representative from Tennessee, and Jack Welch, former chairman and chief executive of General Electric, participate in the political roundtable, talking about the death of Qaddafi, the presidential race and job creation.
That roundtable talk would be great to bear witness to, but we'll have to wait and see what comes out of the closed-door meeting instead.
