What is "preconference"

Usage examples of "preconference".

She suffered through the preconference briefing, read the newly drafted statements, filed away what she was told could be discussed, what she was told could not.

Sanforth was still trying mightily to shoo out the remaining newsmen, and the unfortunate assistant chief of protocol, deserted by his boss, was jittering like a nervous baby-sitter in his attempt to play musical chairs with too few chairs and too many notables, They continued to come in and Jubal concluded that Douglas had never intended to convene this public meeting earlier than eleven o'clock, and that everyone else had been so informed-the earlier hour given Jubal was to permit the private preconference that Douglas had demanded and that Jubal had refused.