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. & Ziek, P. (2009, November). The role of instruments for communicating corporate social responsibility. Presented at the Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL. 

Aakhus, M. (2009, November). Considering communication design and communication constraints in reconsidering ‘place’ in organizational communication research. Panel participant at the Annual  Convention of the National Communication Association, Chicago IL.  

Aakhus, M. (2010). Argumentation Design in Policy Practice. Presented at the 7th International Conference of  the International Society for the Study of Argumentation, Amsterdam 

Aakhus, M. (2010, November). Governing Interactivity & Virtual Research Environments. Presented at the  Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, San Francisco. 

Aakhus, M. (2010, November). Are social media changing the nature of collaboration? Presented at the Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, San Francisco.  

Aakhus, M. & Laureij, L. (2011, May). Dialogue Representation in Communication Design Practice. Presented at International Association for Dialogue Analysis, Montreal CA.  

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.  

Aakhus, M. & Bzdak, M. (2011, November). Revisiting “shared value” in developing markets: What is the role of philanthropy? Presented at the annual colloquium of the Academy for Business in Society, Fontainebleau, France.