1.   Because the music conference coincides with the SXSW independent film festival, a number of Hollywood celebrities turned up at parties and performances.

2.   The Bali conference coincided with a massive crackdown in Malaysia on illegal migrant workers from Indonesia and the Philippines.

3.   The conference coincided with a massive crackdown in Malaysia on illegal workers from Indonesia and the Philippines.

4.   The Hague water conference coincides with peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in Washington, which resumed Tuesday after a five-week interruption.

5.   The three-day conference will coincide with the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament and will be headlined by Financial Secretary Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen.

6.   The conference coincides with reforms by GCC states which are seeking to ease reliance on unpredictable oil export earnings.

7.   The conference coincides with major projects in Gulf states to expand their energy sector to meet growing world demand.

8.   The conference coincides with plans by Gulf producers to boost their oil output capacity and set up costly projects to tap their gas resources.

9.   The planned conference coincides with the sixth anniversary of abortive general elections swept by the NLD.