The main session between the two men made good theater, as academic conferences go.

The conference in the lab is still going on.

My own mind was merely blank and I have no idea how long the conference went on.

There were instances when the conference did not go as Japan expected.

Whatever happened over the next few months, this conference was going to be interesting.

The strike was lost in June, but the conference went ahead.

The conference went ahead despite threats of violence from those opposed to the union.

He did not ask how the conference had gone.

If the conference had gone well, Ludendorff's plan was to be set in motion.

This conference, the subject matter of which was so obvious as to require no detailing here, went on for a long time.