1.   That was the central question of a conference last weekend in Monterey.

2.   The Department of Trade and Industry are organising a conference this weekend, where businessmen will be invited to see the new technology for themselves.

3.   Analysts called the news about Aranesp from two weekend research conferences unsurprising but positive.

4.   And he helped plan a recent weekend conference with residents from various neighborhoods.

5.   And several Republicans who attended the conference this weekend said they were holding out hopes that governor Thompson would make the race.

6.   But a growing recognition of bleeding problems in women and new treatment options may soon change this mindset, starting with a research conference this weekend in Philadelphia.

7.   Conservative presidential candidate Pat Buchanan and leftist author Alexander Cockburn are the strangest of bedfellows in a unique anti-war conference this weekend in San Mateo.

8.   Fed officials told Bloomberg at a conference last weekend that senior Fed staff members continue to recommend a rate increase to prevent inflation from accelerating.

9.   For many people, however, weekend conferences and seminars have become part of life.

10.   Friday, it began its second Labor Day weekend conference at the Sunny Oaks Hotel, where the regulars were playing gin rummy under patio umbrellas.