Aakhus, M. (November, 2002). Modeling the reconstruction of argumentative discourse: The case of groupware technology. Presented at the National Communication Association annual convention, New Orleans, LA. 

Moor, A. de & Aakhus, M. (July, 2003). Argumentation support: From technologies to tools. Presented at the 8th  Working Conference on the Language Action Perspective on Communication Modeling, Tilburg  University, The Netherlands.  

Aakhus, M. (August, 2003). Databases, Argumentation, and Common-Sense. Presented at the 13th NCA/AFA  Summer Conference on Argumentation, Alta, UT. 

Aakhus, M. (2004, June). Felicity conditions and genre: Linking act and conversation in LAP style conversation analysis. Paper presented at the 9th international working conference on the Language  Action Perspective on communication modelling. New Brunswick, NJ. 

Makoul, G., Zick, A., Flores, M., & Aakhus, M. (2004, September). An online forum helps medical students reflect on challenging communication situations. Paper presented at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Bruges, Belgium. 

Aakhus, M. & Weger, H. (2008, November). Jackson’s and Jacobs' Construction and Development of Communication Studies as a Design Enterprise. Presented at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, San Diego, CA. 

Aakhus, M. & Ziek, P. (2008, December). Sustainability Communication: A role for IT and IS in Relating Business and Society. Presented at the Inaugural Meeting of AIS SIGPrag, International Conference  on Information Systems, Paris, France. 

Laureij, L. & Aakhus, M. (2009, November). Contracting as collaborative design: Developing a constitutive view of supply chain interaction. Presented at the Annual Convention of the National  Communication Association, Chicago, IL.  

Aakhus, M. (2011, May). Communication as an object of design: Articulating a practical theory of communication design in policy practice. Presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Boston MA. 

Aakhus, M. (2011, May). Managing as designing: The uses of meetings by policy professionals to design communication in complex policy processes. Presented at the annual conference of the  International Communication Association, Boston MA.