The same information gets shared and the same decisions are reached over the conference call as they would have been face to face.
Which is to say: none.
Personally, I find an email thread 100 times more useful. For one thing, it gives people an opportunity to formulate an idea rather than just blurting out the first thing that pops into their heads.
That may be the difference there. We use these meetings mainly to support an event planned for 2011 (a qualification event).
At these meetings, no decisions are made on the spot - we have the time and necessity to do this right. When a decision is required, the problem is presented then until the next meeting email traffic takes place discussing it, next meeting a synopsis of the choices, then the next meeting is when a decision is reached. We aren't constrained by fast timelines so nothing spur of the moment occurs. If that happened and all the interested parties didn't agree or accept the solution, qualification wouldn't occur.
Under these circumstances, conference calls work out great.
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