The first of these was Labour's spring conference, ahead of the 2005 general election.

A number of awards and scholarships are presented to deserving individuals at the annual spring conference.

A new leader was to be elected on 15 March 2012, a week before the party's spring conference.

He says the party's stance was agreed at its spring conference in March.

All Directors are elected at the Plenary of their spring regional conference.

Dr. Gifford spoke at the union's spring conference this year.

The Association also runs an annual spring conference, four days long, with lectures, panel discussions and workshops on local government concerns and issues.

How could he have forgotten the annual spring conference?

It was a spring conference, after all, not a Halloween party.

These spring conferences, which will take place each year, will be important in terms of assessing progress made and developing future strategies.