An information sharing area, employed by all conferees for sharing
information (object) or personal knowledge transmitted via information
processors from conferees, and an editing display area, employed for
editing a structure of the information (object) or shared knowledge, can
be definitely distinguished from each other and displayed in a large
display device commonly visible from all, conferees. When the areas are
displayed in the large display device and one of the objects displayed in
the information sharing area is designated, the designated object is
displayed at a desired location in the editing display area and can be
edited through cooperative works by all conferees centering around a
conference chairman.