As with the Recycling Organization meeting next month, the conference in January will target decision makers of those organizations and try to get them to practice waste reduction.

A Congressional conference is now trying to agree on prescription drug legislation.

The conference is trying to draft the text for a framework agreement that would set guidelines for the next two years of negotiations.

In addition, the conference tries to strengthen the relation with other important areas of artificial intelligence.

So the 84th annual meeting and conference of the Association of National Advertisers is trying to offer some solutions.

In the early 1990's, the national bishops' conference tried to chart a different course.

The two held conferences with representatives of oil companies, the Interior Department, and others to try to work out their differences.

After a few years, the conference tried one year at what has become known as the MacHack from Hell.

Mr. Levy said Mr. Baker offered certain guarantees to insure that the conference would not try to impose a solution on Israel.

That approach represents a stark change from last year's negotiations, when the full conference tried but ultimately failed to cut a deal in public negotiations.