The Ivy League was the premier conference in college football at that time, so Iowa hired former Pennsylvania star A.E. Bull as their head coach for the 1896 season.

The event is the premier annual conference for North America's non-commercial Triple A radio.

"Biola Media Conference is becoming one of the fastest growing media conferences in the industry, and the premier conference for Christians working in the secular media."

Submarine Telecoms Forum is a media partner with SubOptic, the submarine cable industry's premier conference.

He was the General Chair for the premier conference in wireless networking, MOBICOM 2002.

Although Seton Hall plays in a premier conference, Ms. Mangina does not cut as high a profile as many coaches, most notably Geno Auriemma.

And he continues to write technical papers and attend premier conferences - doubly remarkable in a subject where few healthy researchers stay so long at the frontiers.

The award is given annually by Computerworld's Infrastructure Management World, the premier conference for leaders in the data center and infrastructure Management sector.

"The S.E.C. is the premier conference in the nation," Tucker said.

The GSC is perhaps best known for being the premier conference in NCAA Division II football.