What does 学会 mean?
学会 is a Japanese noun meaning “academic conference” in English. It is written as 学会 in kanji, がっかい in hiragana, and gakkai in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
盛田教授は化学学会で司会を務めた。
Professor Morita presided at a meeting of the Chemical Society.