Difference between seminars and conferences
                     
Difference Between 



Difference Between 

Conference and Seminar 


            What is a Conference? 

 

A conference is that place where a formal 

meeting formed by members of an organization, 

group or people to explain a topic that members 

have a common interest. A conference is mostly 

a instructive forum where members give their 

views on the subject. 


                What is a Seminar? 

 

A seminar is a formal academic forum that 

brings together a small group of members who 

are directed about a specific subject. In a 

seminar, experts provide knowledge and 

training to the members. 


Difference between Conference and 

Seminar 
 

1. Mode of Delivery in Conference and Seminar 

 

Seminars take an educational or academic forum 

where the members are treated as students and are 

required to acquire knowledge offered to them by the 

moderators. 

 

In a conference, opinions count and every 

participant’s contribution is evaluate since there is no 
one considered to be efficient than other participants. 

 

 

 


2. Purpose of Conference and Seminar 

 

The purpose of organizing a seminar is to impart 

knowledge about a specific aspect to the interested or 

concerned group of people. The seminar is adjust 

towards helping the workers  

 

Conferences are organized with the aim of getting 

people’s views or feelings towards a specific subject.  


3. Participation and Contribution 

 

In a seminar, participants do not devote or intended 

their position about a specific agenda under 

consideration. The moderator, expert, takes charge and 

disseminates information to the attendees who have the 

right to ask a question in case one wants to get a 

clarification. 

 

Active participation and contribution are highly 

encouraged in a conference where all members are 

required to give an opinion or express their position on 

a specific area of interest. 

 


4. Time Taken for Conference and Seminar 

 

Seminars are usually shorter meetings that are 

specifically focused on educating the participants about 

a specific subject that is of interests to all the members. 

 

On the other hand, conferences take longer times 

because a complete inquiry of the subject under 

discussion has to be made where participants have to 

give their views and a completion realized. 

 

 

 

 

 


5. Formality in Conference and Seminar 

 

A seminar present to be more formal because there are 

people who maintain authority and guide the 

participants on what to do. 

 

Although respect cuts across seminars and 

conferences, there seems to be minor formality in 

conferences since there is no person who has entire 

control or authority over other participants. Members’ 
views are respected with balanced measure and each 

views count. 

 

 

 


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