This year the center sponsored a conference about how similar programs might be set up elsewhere.

By 1993 the group had 300 members, met yearly and sponsored a conference on the history of women every three years.

The institute will also sponsor regular conferences to bring together such groups to plan studies.

Also in the 1970s, the company started sponsoring conferences and industry meets.

The center will sponsor a conference next month for those who do such work; there are now about 10 groups in North America.

The United Nations will sponsor a conference on the subject this summer.

He said his firm sponsored a conference last fall and invited 38 head traders from various money management firms.

The committee has sponsored conferences to discuss matters of religious belief and practice.

It sponsors training programs and conferences for its members.

The company is sponsoring an international conference on health, with an emphasis on population control.