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Starting and Joining a Standard Conference
A standard (ad hoc) conference allows at least three people to participate in a single call.
If you want to... Then...
• Create a conference by 
calling participants
• Add new participants to 
an existing conference
1. From a connected call, press Confrn or Conference. (You may 
need to press the more softkey to see Confrn.) 
2. Enter the participant’s phone number. 
3. Wait for the call to connect.
4. Press or Confrn or Conference again to add the participant to 
your call.
5. Repeat to add additional participants.
Check with your system administrator to see if non-initiators of a 
conference can add or remove participants.
Create a conference by joining 
two or more existing calls 
(SCCP phones only)
1. Make sure that you have two or more calls on a single line.
2. Highlight a call that you want to add to the conference.
3. Press Select.
The selected call displays this icon  .
4. Repeat this process for each call that you want to add. 
5. From one of the selected calls, press Join. (You may need to press 
the more softkey to see Join.)
Note
The active call is automatically selected.
Participate in a conference Answer the phone when it rings.
Create a conference by 
barging a call on a shared line
Highlight a call on a shared line and press cBarge. (You may need to 
press the more softkey to display cBarge.) 
See Using a Shared Line, page 36.
View a list of conference 
participants
1. Highlight an active conference.
2. Press ConfList or Conference List.
Participants are listed in the order in which they join the conference 
with the most recent additions at the top.
Get an updated list of 
participants
While viewing the conference list, press Update.
See who started the 
conference
While viewing the conference list, locate the person listed at the 
bottom of the list with an asterisk (*) next to the name.
Remove any conference 
participant
1. While viewing the conference list, highlight the participant’s 
name. 
2. Press Remove.