Forum or The Forum (plural forums or fora) may refer to:

Common uses

Forum (legal) In United States constitutional law, a forum is a property that is open to public expression and assembly. Types Forums are classified as public or nonpublic. Public forum A public forum also called an ''open forum'', is open to all expression ...

, designated space for public expression in the United States *

Forum (Roman) A forum (Latin ''forum'' "public place outdoors", plural ''fora''; English plural either ''fora'' or ''forums'') was a public square in a Roman municipium, or any civitas, reserved primarily for the vending of goods; i.e., a marketplace, along ...

, open public space within a Roman city **

Roman Forum The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum ( it, Foro Romano), is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient ...

, most famous example *

Internet forum An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are often longer than one line of text, and are at least temporar ...

, discussion board on the Internet *

Public forum debate Public Forum debate is a widespread form of middle and high school competitive debate which centers on current events and relies on both logic and evidence to construct arguments. Invented in the US, Public Forum is one of the most prominent Americ ...

, a type of high school debate

Arts and entertainment

* Forum & Forum Expanded, a section of the Berlin International Film Festival * ''Forum'' (album), a 2001 pop/soft rock album by Invertigo *

The Forum (vocal group) The Forum was a vocal group organized by Les Baxter whose members were Phil Campos, Riselle Bain and Rene Nole who would marry Campos. The group evolved from an earlier folk music group called Les Baxter's Balladeers. Campos, Bain and Nole spl ...

, organized by American musician Les Baxter *

Forum theatre Forum theatre is a type of theatre created by Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal. It is one of the techniques under the umbrella term of Theatre of the Oppressed (TO). This relates to the engagement of spectators influencing and engaging with ...

, a type of theatrical technique created by Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal *

Forum Theatre (Washington, D.C.) Forum Theatre was a non-profit theatre company based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 2004 as Forum Theatre and Dance, it worked out of the Warehouse Theatre, the H Street Playhouse and, in its final years, out of a black box theatre in Silver S ...

, a former theatre group

Buildings

Shopping centres

Foorum Foorum is a shopping centre in the centre of Tallinn, Estonia. Foorum has a gross leasable area of 2,500 square metres containing 28 different shops (including four restaurants and cafés), including women's fashion, footwear, kid's clothes, j ...

, Tallinn, Estonia *

Forum (shopping centre) Forum is a shopping centre in Helsinki, Finland, opened in 1985 and located between the streets of Mannerheimintie, Simonkatu, Yrjönkatu and Kalevankatu. The original Forum building is located in the corner of Mannerheimintie and Simonkatu. T ...

, Helsinki, Finland * The Forum (shopping mall), Bangalore, India *

Forum Mall (Kolkata) Forum Mall also known as Forum Courtyard is a shopping mall located in Bhowanipore, South Kolkata, India. It was initially conceived as an office tower. 80% of the foundation was complete before it was converted into a mall. Currently it has a ...

, Kolkata, India *

Forum The Shopping Mall Forum The Shopping Mall ( Chinese: 福临购物中心, Tamil: பாரம் அங்காடி ) is a shopping mall on Singapore's main shopping belt, Orchard Road. It was built on the site of the Singapura Forum Hotel. Along the upper st ...

, Singapore *

The Forum on Peachtree Parkway Peachtree Corners is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area, and is the largest city in Gwinnett County with a population of 42,243 as of the 2020 US Census. Peachtree Corners is the only ...

, Peachtree Corners, Georgia, United States *

The Forum Shops at Caesars The Forum Shops at Caesars, also known as The Forum Shops, is an upscale shopping mall on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is connected to the Caesars Palace resort, and both feature a Roman theme. The mall project was announced in 1987. ...

, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Sports and entertainment venues

;United Kingdom *

The Forum, Barrow-in-Furness The Forum (formerly Forum 28) is a theatre, Media (arts), media and arts centre located in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The complex is currently home to a large theatre and Stage (theatre), stage, several conference room, conference and f ...

, Cumbria, England *

The Forum, Bath The Forum was built as an art deco cinema in Bath, Somerset, England, in 1934, and was designated as a Grade II* listed building on 28 May 1986. The building closed as a cinema in 1969, and has subsequently been used as a dancing school, a bingo ...

, an event venue and church in Bath, Somerset, England *

The Forum, Tunbridge Wells The Forum is an independent music venue in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, with a standing capacity of 250. The venue opened in 1993, the building having previously been a public toilet. Location The Forum is located on Tunbridge Wells ...

, a live music venue in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England * O2 Forum Kentish Town, formerly London Forum, a nightclub and live music venue in Kentish Town, London ;United States * Broome County Forum Theatre, a theater in Binghamton, New York commonly called The Forum * FedExForum, an arena in Memphis, Tennessee * The Forum (Chicago), an event venue in Chicago, Illinois *The Forum, Los Angeles, former name of

Kia Forum Kia Forum (formerly The Forum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Inglewood, California, United States, adjacent to Los Angeles. Located between West Manchester Boulevard, across Laffit Pincay Jr., Pincay Drive and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem Co ...

, an indoor arena in Inglewood, California *Tampa Bay Times Forum, former name of

Amalie Arena Amalie Arena (officially stylized as AMALIE Arena) is a multipurpose arena in Tampa, Florida, that has been used for ice hockey, basketball, arena football, concerts, and other events. It is mainly used as the home for the Tampa Bay Lightning ...

, a multi-purpose arena in Tampa Bay, Florida ;Other countries *The Forum, North Adelaide, former name of the

Piccadilly Cinema Piccadilly Cinema(s), formerly Piccadilly Theatre and Forum Cinema (The Forum), and also known as The Piccadilly, is a cinema located on the corner of O'Connell Street and Childers Street in North Adelaide, South Australia. History 1940: ori ...

, a cinema in Adelaide, South Australia *The Forum, Toronto, former venue on the site of the

Molson Canadian Amphitheatre The Budweiser Stage, originally known as the Molson Amphitheatre, is a concert venue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the grounds of Ontario Place and hosts many diverse acts, including genres like rock, pop, country, and jazz. The ...

Forum Copenhagen Forum Copenhagen ( da, Forum København, italic=no) is a large multi-purpose, rentable indoor arena located in Frederiksberg, Denmark. It hosts a large variety of concerts, markets, exhibitions and other events. The venue can hold up to 10,000 p ...

, exhibition, concert, and faire building in Copenhagen, Denmark *

Forum Theatre Forum theatre is a type of theatre created by Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal. It is one of the techniques under the umbrella term of Theatre of the Oppressed (TO). This relates to the engagement of spectators influencing and engaging with ...

(officially Forum Melbourne), a live music venue in Melbourne, Australia *

Mediolanum Forum Mediolanum Forum (originally the Forum di Assago, formerly the FilaForum and DatchForum) is an indoor arena, indoor sports arena that is located in Assago, a small town 3 km outside Milan, Italy. The arena has a seating capacity of 12,700 and is ...

, an indoor arena in Milan, Italy *

Montreal Forum Montreal Forum (french: Le Forum de Montréal) is a historic building located facing Cabot Square in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Called "the most storied building in hockey history" by ''Sporting News'', it was an indoor arena which served as the h ...

, a historic arena in Montreal, Quebec, Canada *

Thessaloniki Forum The Thessaloniki Forum (Greek: Φόρουμ Θεσσαλονίκης) was an indoor sports arena that was located near the center of the city of Thessaloniki, in Greece. The venue was used to host basketball games, handball games, ice hockey game ...

, an indoor arena in Greece

Other buildings

Forum Restaurant Forum Restaurant () is a Cantonese restaurant officially established in 1977 at Sino Plaza, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Run by Hong Kong's international chef and ambassador of Chinese cuisine, Yeung Koon-yat (), it is known for its expensive abalon ...

, Sino Plaza, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong * Forum Station, a metro station in Copenhagen * Informatics Forum, on the campus of the University of Edinburgh *

The Forum (Dubai) The Forum is a completed 35-floor tower in the Business Bay in Dubai, UAE. Construction of The Forum was finished in 2009. See also * List of buildings in Dubai Below is a list of buildings in Dubai. Dubai has a varied set of buildings an ...

, a future highrise tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates *

The Forum, Norwich The Forum is a community building in Norwich, Norfolk in England. It stands opposite St Peter Mancroft Church. Built on the site of the previous Norwich Library which burnt down in 1994, the Forum was designed by Michael Hopkins and Partners, ...

, a library, tourist information office and headquarters of the BBC in Norwich *

The Forum at 343 East 74th Street The Forum at 343 East 74th Street is a 25-story residential condop building located on the Upper East Side in New York City. The building's location, midblock between First and Second Avenue on 74th Street makes the building visible from many pa ...

, a residential building in New York City *

The Forum Southend-on-Sea The Forum Southend-on-Sea, locally known simply as The Forum, is a library located in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. It was opened in September 2013 following a relocation from the former building of Southend Central Library. Membership for th ...

, a library in Essex, England

Businesses and organizations

* Forum (alternative dispute resolution), formerly known as the National Arbitration Forum * Berkeley Forum, a student organization at the University of California, Berkeley *

Forum Group Forum Group was an Australian managed services provider offering integrated B2B solutions, including IT, print, environment, fleet and security. Founded in 2011 in St Leonards, New South Wales, the business soon became the most elaborate fron ...

, an Australian company *

ISKCON Youth Forum (IYF) Ahmedabad The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organization. ISKCON was founded in 1966 in New York City by A. C. Bhaktive ...

, a youth organisation *The Forum, a group involved in the origins of ''

The Urantia Book ''The Urantia Book'' (sometimes called ''The Urantia Papers'' or ''The Fifth Epochal Revelation'') is a Spirituality, spiritual, Philosophy, philosophical, and Religion, religious book that originated in Chicago sometime between 1924 and 1955. Th ...

'' *The Forum, a brand of self-help firm

Landmark Worldwide Landmark Worldwide (known as Landmark Education before 2013), or simply Landmark, is a company, headquartered in San Francisco, that offers personal development, personal-development programs. Landmark Education started in 1991 with the licensi ...

World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab. The foundation, ...

, a Swiss nonprofit foundation

Events

European Forum Alpbach The European Forum Alpbach (EFA) is an Austrian nonprofit organisation and foundation based in Vienna, Austria. It is best known for hosting the event of the same name in the village of Alpbach. It is an interdisciplinary platform for science, po ...

, held by a political and economic thinktank * OpenForum, a conference held in Cape Town in 2012 *

SCO Forum SCO Forum was a technical computer conference sponsored by the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO), briefly by Caldera International, and later The SCO Group that took place during the 1980s through 2000s. It was held annually, most often in August of ea ...

, a computer conference held in the United States from 1987 to 2008 *

Universal Forum of Cultures The Universal Forum of Cultures ( ca, Fòrum de les Cultures, was an international cultural event intended to take place every three years. History The first Forum was held in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain), from May 9 to September 26, 2004. It w ...

, an international cultural event * World Social Forum, an annual meeting of civil society organizations

Media

Periodicals

* ''Forum'' (Bangladesh), a Bangladeshi current affairs magazine * ''Forum'' (business magazine), Swedish-language magazine in Finland * ''Forum'' (Macedonian magazine), a weekly political magazine in the Republic of Macedonia *''

Penthouse Forum ''Penthouse Forum'', sometimes simply ''Forum'', is a magazine owned by FriendFinder Networks, the publishers of ''Penthouse'' magazine. History and profile ''Penthouse Forum'' was started in March 1968 and featured letters, articles on health, ...

'', an American pornographic magazine * ''The Forum'' (American magazine), published between 1886 and 1950 *''The Forum'', an official magazine of

Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international mutual aid fellowship of alcoholics dedicated to abstinence-based recovery from alcoholism through its spiritually-inclined Twelve Step program. Following its Twelve Traditions, AA is non-professi ...

*'' The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead'', a newspaper in Fargo, North Dakota * ''The Forum'', an online publication of the

African American Policy Forum The African American Policy Forum (AAPF) is a social justice think tank focused on issues of gender and diversity. AAPF seeks to build bridges between arts, activism, and the academy in order to address structural inequality and systemic oppression ...

* ''FORUM: Issues about Part-Time and Contingent Faculty'', a publication of the National Council of Teachers of English

Places

Natural features

Forum Peak Forum Peak is a summit located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It is the southernmost mountain in the Canadian Rockies, situated only 500 metres north of the Canada–United States border. It was named a ...

, on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada *

Piz Fora Piz may refer to: * Piz Gloria, a mountain-top restaurant in Switzerland * Piz Buin, a mountain * Piz Dolf, a mountain * Piz Segnas, a mountain * Piz Buin (brand), a suncream brand * Piz (river), a river in Russia * Stosh "Piz" Piznarski ''Veron ...

, a mountain in the Alps

Populated places

Forum, Arkansas Forum is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the sout ...

, United States *

Blandford Forum Blandford Forum ( ), commonly Blandford, is a market town in Dorset, England, sited by the River Stour, Dorset, River Stour about northwest of Poole. It was the administrative headquarters of North Dorset District until April 2019, when this ...

, town in England * Forum Fulvii, Roman settlement in Italy

Radio

* ''Forum'' (KQED), a radio show on KQED-FM hosted by Michael Krasny * ''The Forum'' (BBC World Service), an international radio discussion show