Aakhus, M. (1991, April). On the use of metacommunicative practices for concerting multi-party activities. Presented at the Central States Communication Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL. (Top 4  Paper in Communication Theory) 

Jacobs, S., Aakhus, M., & Aldrich, A. (1993, May). This is a really great paper: How to recognize a compliment. Presented at the annual convention of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C. 

Aakhus, M.  (1993, November). A relational communication approach to the management of family member illness. Presented at the annual Speech Communication Association of America annual convention, Miami, FL. 

Jacobs, S., Aakhus, M., Aldrich, A., & Schultz, N. (1993, November). The functions of argumentation in models of conflict resolution. Presented at the Speech Communication Association of America annual convention, Miami, FL. 

Aakhus, M. & Aldrich, A. (1994, February). Managing multiple goals and constraints in interactions: An examination of the “I wish I ...” compliment form. Presented at the Western Speech Communication  Association annual convention, San Jose, CA. (Top 4 Paper in Language and Social Interaction)  

Madison, C. & Aakhus, M.  (1994, July).  Sensemaking and the synthetic social context: Conflict management in computer supported meetings. Presented at the International Communication Association annual convention, Sydney, Australia. 

Aakhus, M. (1995, June). Settlement processes versus rational discussion: An examination of argument management techniques in dispute mediation. Presented at the International Society for the Study of  Argumentation third international conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 

Aakhus, M. & Aldrich, A.  (1995, May).  Managing multiple meanings in interactions: A felicity condition analysis of compliments. Presented at the International Communication Association annual convention,  Albuquerque, NM. 

Aakhus, M. (1995, August).  When old social technologies meet modern problems: Science Court as a model of managing expert disagreement. Presented at the AFA/SCA Summer Conference on Argumentation, Alta, UT. 

Aakhus, M., Madison, C., and Jackson, S.  (1996, May).  Discourse design and the design of discourse. Presented at the International Communication Association annual convention, Chicago, IL.