- symposium (on something)
a meeting at which experts have discussions about a particular subject; a small conference 专题讨论会;研讨会;小型讨论会 Oxford Collocations DictionarySymposium is used before these nouns:- participant
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a drinking party): via Latin from Greek sumposion, from sumpotēs ‘fellow drinker’, from sun- ‘together’ + potēs ‘drinker’.