ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the concepts on which the developments have been based as a preface to discussions about the differences between residential conferences and non-residential courses and the introduction of this kind of learning opportunity into other kinds of training institution. In non-residential courses there are added problems caused by breaking-up and leaving at the end of every session or group of sessions. In a residential conference the staff live, eat, and work together, and have no other duties to perform. In residential conferences, organized and managed by independent institutions, it is difficult enough to provide adequate security for members. A large part of conference learning takes place unconsciously. The conference consisted of opening, study groups, lectures, application groups, and review. The conference can provide only opportunities to learn. Even much of the conscious learning takes place in post-conference reflection and in the encountering of homologous or analogous situations elsewhere.
