0 a meeting at which a person or organization makes a public statement and reporters can ask questions --
1 a meeting at which government or business officials make a public statement and reporters can ask questions --
2 a meeting in which someone makes an official statement to journalists (= people who write reports for newspapers, television, etc.) and answers questions from them : --
"We are very pleased with the price that we paid," he told the press conference.
Congressmen and senators held a press conference yesterday on the subject of immigration.
But one member of staff visited the accompanying exhibition and attended a congress press conference.
Both said at the press conference that they had been misled during the debate in another place.
I well remember the recent press conference at which we presented our report.
This was not a formal statement and there is no official verbatim record of the press conference.
Much doubt was put in many people's minds at the time of the original press conference.
I dispute that, as the press release was issued at the same time as the press conference was being held.
The measure of the skill with language is revealed in the impromptu give-and-take of the unrehearsed press conference.
Even in the press conference he talked about what space means to him.