The Ecumenical Council of Nicea AD 325 was convened by Constantine under the presidency of Saint Hosius of Cordova and Pope Saint Alexander I of Alexandria to resolve the dispute and eventually led to the formulation of the Symbol of Faith, also known as the Nicene Creed.

An ecumenical council ( or oecumenical council ; also general council ) is a conference of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts convened to discuss and settle matters of Church doctrine and practice.

As Commerce Secretary, Hoover also hosted two national conferences on street traffic, in 1924 and 1926 ( a third convened in 1930, during Hoover's presidency ).

Julius also convened a general council ( that afterwards was known as the Fifth Council of the Lateran ) to be held at Rome in 1512, which, according to an oath taken on his election, he had bound himself to summon, but which had been delayed, he affirmed, because of the occupation of Italy by his enemies.

Roosevelt was also served as honorary president of the school health organization American School Hygiene Association from 1907 to 1908, and in 1909 he convened the first White House Conference on the Care of Dependent Children.

He was also still a strong opponent of the Roman Catholics, for it was by his advice that the elector of Saxony declared himself ready to send deputies to a council to be convened at Trent, but only under the condition that the Protestants should have a share in the discussions, and that the Pope should not be considered as the presiding officer and judge.

The council sent a letter to Theodosius indicating that the condemnation of Nestorius had been agreed upon not only by the bishops of the East meeting in Ephesus but also of the bishops of the West who had convened at a synod in Rome convened by Celestine.

The urban planning process for Columbia included not only planners, but also a convened panel of nationally recognized experts in the social sciences, known as the Work Group.

On 7 November 680, a mere 37 bishops and a number of presbyters convened in the imperial palace, in the domed hall called Trullo, from which the council also took the name Trullan Synod.

However, they can also be convened for other purposes, including military tribunals and the enforcement of martial law in an occupied territory.

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East ( IMTFE ), also known as the Tokyo Trial, was convened to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for three types of crimes: " Class A " ( crimes against peace ), " Class B " ( war crimes ), and " Class C " ( crimes against humanity ), committed during World War II.

He has no direct jurisdiction over the other patriarchs or the other autocephalous Orthodox churches, but he, alone among his fellow-primates, enjoys the right of convening extraordinary synods consisting of them and / or their delegates to deal with ad hoc situations and has also convened well-attended Pan-Orthodox Synods in the last forty years.

For centuries during the Middle Ages, the Estates of Oversticht, a diet or feudal parliament representing the quarters of Salland, Twenthe and Vollenhove ( and until 1527 also Drenthe ) and the cities of Zwolle, Deventer and Kampen, convened just outside of the city of Ommen at Nieuwebrug ( or New Bridge ), named after the bridge over the Regge on the road between Ommen and Hellendoorn.

San Ygnacio is also historically notable for its involvement in the short-lived revolution of the Rio Grande Republic, which was established at meetings which were convened in the town in 1839.

It is also in Elm Park that the London Metropolitan Assembly convened by Apostle George Akalonu meets each month to discuss issues of common interest to faith, civic and community leaders.

He had also supported her when disputes about her behaviour arose within the commune leadership, but in spring 1984, as tension amongst the inner circle peaked, a private meeting was convened with Sheela and his personal house staff.

In 2012, the UN AIDS commission convened by Ban Ki-moon and backed by UNDP and UNAIDS reached the same conclusions, also recommending decriminalization of brothels and procuring.

At the 2008 Sport Accord congress convened in Beijing, the majority of the membership ( that is, the federations of other world sports, some of which are also members of the International Olympic Committee IOC ) voted to ratify the decision of the executive committee in recognising the IDBF as representing a paddle sport which is separate from other paddle sports such as kayaking, canoeing and outrigger canoeing.

Kurultais were also convened for the selection of each new Great Khan.

In November 680 Constantine convened the Sixth Ecumenical Council ( also known as the Third Council of Constantinople ).

Lancaster convened one final meeting at Doncaster in November, and also entered into an alliance with Robert I of Scotland to strengthen his hand against the king.

Emperor Theodosius II convened the Second Council of Ephesus, and in remembrance of Cyril's role during the council of 431, the emperor, under strong influence of the eunuch Chrysaphius, a senior advisor and a close friend of Eutyches, asked Dioscorus, also a friend of Eutyches, to preside over the meetings.

A panel of animation experts convened in 2005 by the Annecy film festival put this film among the top ten most significant works in the history of animation ( his later film Free Radicals was also in the top 50 ).

Pope Eugenius IV convened it in reply to a cry for assistance from the Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire ( also known as the Byzantine Empire ) John VIII Palaiologos.

The chief editor summarized the results of the symposium as failing to support the idea that human ancestors were aquatic, but there is also some evidence that they may have swum and fed in inland lakes and rivers, with the result that modern humans can enjoy brief periods of time spent in the water.

There is also a medical symposium, hosted by Self Regional Healthcare during the festival.

Since 1984 Harlaxton Manor has also been the site of the annual Harlaxton Symposium, an interdisciplinary symposium on medieval art, literature, and architecture.

An individual at the symposium could also make an invocation of and libation to a god of his choice.

Libations, often of wine, would be offered to the gods as well, not only at shrines, but also in everyday life, such as during a symposium.

The Yale University Press book was partially financed by the Smith Richardson Foundation, which also hosted a symposium to publicize it in May 2009 at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC.

During the Vietnam War the annual Tailhook reunion and symposium also served to provide opportunities for aircrews from the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets to exchange information about events in Southeast Asia.

He also presented a paper at Ninth symposium of the National Deviancy Conference in Sheffield ( 7-8 January 1972 ) on " The Politics of the Underground ".

Set to become a crossroad in the near future, Ceyhan's significance in political terms is also expected to rise considerably, as stressed during an early 2006 symposium organized by the municipality.

The island's calypso traditions are also celebrated at the annual kaiposium ( a kaiso symposium ), held since 1987.

MLE also organized an associated international symposium Incremental Progress or Fundamental Change ?, featuring Prof. Seymour Papert, to question attitudes and progress in digital learning.

Symposiasts might also compete in rhetorical contests, for which reason the word " symposium " has come to refer in English to any event where multiple speeches are made.

Summer Institutes are also held in different regions, such as the summer symposium of Arizona State, Stanford, UCLA, Princeton University and University of Texas.

She was also responsible for media relations, special projects and public affairs objectives in all aspects of CBS, and managed the CBS / TIME millennium symposium project, which resulted in the production of a series of nationally broadcast television shows.

The school also hosts an annual computer symposium known as ' MINET '.

He also gave the closing plenary at the 6th symposium of the Centre for Caribbean Studies in Brazil ( CECAB ), held at the Federal University of Maranhao, Sao Luis, in November 2010, and addressed students at the University of Lecce in Italy in May 2011.

The Alliance also sponsored quarterly meetings, two of which would follow Church General Conferences and one in conjunction with the Sunstone symposium held in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In a contribution to an 1887 symposium Science and Immortality, Peirce had said that the question stood undecided on whether there is immortality or at least " a future life ", but also that science could come to shed light on the question.

A few days later, Ned takes the train to go to a legal symposium ; Lana and Frank are also on the train, and so is Max.

The rapporteur, the Swiss Councillor Dick Marty, noted that the symposium had been co-organized by the United Nations, and had also been attended by representatives of numerous other states-including the United States-and concluded that:

Goldberg previously attended a symposium on the Limerick Pogrom in 1965, which had also attracted local opposition ,.

While still a graduate student, Stiles taught a seminar on performance art at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1979, which has been acknowledged as the second course on the subject taught in the U. S. Stiles also taught the first course in the U. S. on “ Documentary Photography of the Nuclear Age ” at Duke University in 1994, the same year that she curated two exhibitions on the subject, a symposium, and published an exhibition catalogue on the nuclear age photographs of James Lerager.

Each year at the Annual Congress there is also a scientific symposium, where the members are able to present their scientific work, for example diploma or PhD theses.

He also contributed to a symposium on The Psychology of Anomalous Experience at the British Association Annual Festival in Birmingham in September 1996.