The four-day conference will include workshops to help blacks understand and influence politics.

It would officially become the 109th member when foreign ministers opened the four-day conference.

During the four-day conference, you hear 50 speakers, who are given 18 minutes each.

The department spent more than $13,000 on cookies and brownies for 1,542 attendees of a four-day conference in 2005.

The four-day conference, with nearly 1,000 Americans and about 3,500 Africans, was said to be the largest of its kind ever.

It is estimated that the revenue from the four-day conference exceeds $2 million.

But the organization's four-day conference is the largest of them all.

A four-day conference may cost $500,000, and publishing executives are wondering if such money is well spent.

The four-day conference generally consists of guest speakers, competitive challenges and social events.

A four-day conference to explore how people in the arts can better serve their communities; with workshops, discussions and performances.