11.   In the last decade, Docomomo has sponsored international conferences every two years.

12.   In the past two years, the JFK Library sponsored conferences re-examining the presidencies of Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover to the delight of C-Span fans.

13.   It sponsors no conferences, publishes no newsletter.

14.   It now focuses on the relationship between religion and medicine, sponsoring conferences for clergy, health-care personnel and the wider community.

15.   Just last month, the New York New Media Association sponsored a conference in which start-up companies had the opportunity to make their pitches to venture capitalists.

16.   Lawrence Livermore is sponsoring the conference to give officials from many nations a chance to discuss their views before the Geneva meeting next year.

17.   Last October, the World Congress of History Producers sponsored a conference in Boston in which the issue of historical re-enactments set off a heated panel discussion.

18.   Last weekend in San Francisco, Death Penalty Focus sponsored a conference of religious leaders opposed to capital punishment.

19.   Over the past two years the Fed has also sponsored research conferences on derivatives, income inequality and gambling.

20.   Telebras sponsored the conference.