Aakhus, M. & Jackson, S. (November, 2001). Discourse and design. Presented at the National Communication  Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA. 

Aakhus, M., White, W., Bagley-Koyle, S., & Cockett, L. (November, 2001). Reflecting on communication at work and in professional life: Assessing the discourse of an on2line learning community. Presented at the  National Communication Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA. 

Bagley-Koyle, S. & Aakhus, M. (January, 2002). Presuppositions about "good communication:" An assessment of online discourse. Presented at the Computer Supported Cooperative Learning conference, Boulder, CO.  

Weger, H. & Aakhus, M. (June, 2002). Argumentation and the design of discourse: Televised town hall meetings and argument in the public sphere. Presented at the 5th International Conference of the International  Society for the Study of Argumentation, Amsterdam. 

Jacobs, S. & Aakhus, M. (November, 2002). How to resolve a conflict: Two models of dispute resolution in mediation. Presented at the National Communication Association annual convention, New Orleans, LA. 

Aakhus, M. & Tama, S. (November, 2002). Communication and information services for professionals. Presented at the National Communication Association annual convention, New Orleans, LA. 

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. (July, 2003). The mediation of argumentation with technological tools. Presented at the 8th International Pragmatics Conference, Toronto, Ontario, CA.  

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