Definition of symposium

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sym·po·si·um    (sm-pz-m) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. sym·po·si·ums or sym·po·si·a  (-z-) KEY 

1. A meeting or conference for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations.
2. A collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine.
3. A convivial meeting for drinking, music, and intellectual discussion among the ancient Greeks.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Latin, drinking party, from Greek sumposion : sun-, syn- + posis, drinking; see p(i)- in Indo-European roots