In its "Platform for Action," the conference is seeking a commitment from governments and financial institutions to expand credit to poor women around the world.

The labor union's national conference in February the following year sought a revolution.

This conference sought to connect the working class with the artists of the day to form a socialist national culture.

It could also be about the Latin alternative music that the conference, now in its third year, seeks to bring to a wider audience.

The conference is seeking to come up with building codes that will ensure high-quality, well-conceived construction for the long term.

The conference sought to encourage international understanding and communication among ordinary citizens.

For example, the conference seeks to slow the wanton destruction of the world's rain forests.

The conference seeks to find the best practices in intelligence analysis and see how they can be applied to other industries and companies.

The conference will seek to identify ways in which emerging technology can be more closely geared to end-user needs.

Last week, a two-day conference in Washington on equity in student testing sought to address that problem.