Before the conference can begin, someone is going to have to give.

The new conference began play during the 2007-08 school year.

The conference began in the evening of September 29, 1920.

But when the conference began, senior officials from Western governments were present.

The conference officially began play in the fall of 2005.

There have been no membership changes since the conference began.

Those attempts failed, however, so the conference began without them.

Ten minutes before the conference began, all signatures were in place.

An international conference on these issues begins today in Berlin.

For the first time since the conference began, Gregory spoke.