The conference series has been held without interruption since 2002.
It is an international conference series on public governance and the sustainable development of cities.
No team in a conference final series has come back to advance to the championship round after losing the first two games at home.
This game marked only the ninth time the two teams have met and the start of an annual conference series.
More than 800 international scholars, religious leaders, and environmentalists participated in the conference series.
For the first time since the 2001 playoffs, at least three Conference semi-final series extended to seven games.
Dallas took a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference first-round series.
He offered guidance to the school's founders and appeared many times as a guest speaker in the Institute's public conference series.
Since 2001, the conference series has a biennial schedule.
It laid the foundation for a successful, strongly technical, eclectic and fun conference series.