Don't break the silence.

Meetings are part of daily life in a software engineer's life. Thinks to be noted before and during the meeting are

1) Due respect has to be given to meetings as they consume productive hours of the participants. Meetings should be scheduled iff it is required.
2) The purpose and the participants has to identified well in advance.
3) Agenda for the meeting has to be published at least a day before to give enough time for the participants/host to prepare.
4) Should start on time.
5) Should not deviate from the Agenda.
6) Summarize the action item and decision taken at the end.
7) Share the minutes of the meeting later.

The meeting will become a kiosk when the host and participants are not well prepared. Inexperienced individuals will talk just to break the silence that would lead to deviate from the topic or others would ignore the individual.

To me personally, running a meeting is an art that can be learnt by practice.