The difference between seminar and society.

Society: an academic group that studies a subject. It belongs to a highly professional academic research institution. It belongs to a discipline and academic research organization. For example, China Finance Society and Architecture Society are generally non-profit organizations.

Seminar: A seminar is a special research institution set up by the sponsors for a specific purpose, which can play a variety of roles, such as academic research, Industry-University-Research, decision-making consultation, think tank and project research. It is a government-run, private, for-profit or non-profit organization with various forms. For example, China Traditional Culture Research Association and China Energy Research Association.