Is there a way to allow the user to create a conference call while using the phone app?

If you ORIGINATE a google voice call from your cell phone’s dialer app (as oppposed to starting it from the GVoice app), you can hit the “Hold” button in the middle of a call, and then the “Add Call” / “+” icon will show up once the first call is on hold, and you can start a second call. Once that call is connected, hit the join button and you will have a conference call.