An information processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to one or more terminals, wherein the processor: acquires, from the one or more terminals, a snapshot of shared information shared with another information processing apparatus at a time during a conference and a first identifier of the conference; determines whether or not the first identifier is stored in the memory by referring to the memory that stores a second identifier received from the another information processing apparatus; when determining that the first identifier is stored in the memory, performs coupling to the another information processing apparatus that is a source of the second identifier stored in the memory; and reproduces the shared information shared with the coupled another information processing apparatus from the snapshot.