16th Biennial Wake Forest University Argumentation Conference

Venice Conference: Argumentation Across Disciplines

Co-Sponsored by the International Society for the Study of Argumentation
Casa Artom, Venice, May 30-June 2, 2016
Monday, May 30:
4:008:00pm

Opening Reception and Registration

Tuesday, May 31:

8:459:00am

Welcoming Remarks, Conference Directors

Frans van Eemeren, International Society for the Study of
Argumentation
Michael David Hazen, Wake Forest University
Alessandra von Burg, Wake Forest University
Ron von Burg, Wake Forest University
David Cratis Williams, Florida Atlantic University

9:009:45am

The Material Turn in Argumentation: Quaestio facti,

Conjecture, and Hyper-Loci Laboratories, Workshops and
Homes for Invention
G. Thomas Goodnight
University of Southern California

9:4510:30am

Fact Argumentation in Argumentation-based Litigation Game

Minghui Xiong
Sun Yat-sen University

Break
10:4511:30am Establishing Validity: Argumentation in Child-Child
Communication
Kati Hannken-Illjes
Philipps-Universitt Marburg

11:3012:15pm Multimodal Argumentation in Covers of Scientific Magazines:

Using Futuristic Images to Appeal to the Audience and to
Argue for the Societal Relevance of Nanotechnology
Assimakis Tseronis
University of Amsterdam
Lunch (on your own)
2:303:15pm

Heuristics, Arguments, and Conversation

Dale Hample
University of Maryland

3:154:00pm

The Role of Questions and Questioning in Argumentation

Fernando Leal
University of Guadalajara

Break
4:155:00pm

Should Argumentation Skills be Part of Clinicians

Communicative Competence? Challenges and Advantages of
Combining Interdisciplinary Insights
Sarah Bigi
Universit Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

5:005:45pm

Stakeholder Dialogue as Deliberation for Policy Decision

Making in Healthcare: The Approach from Argumentation
Theory
Sara Rubinelli
University of Luzern

Wednesday, June 1:
9:009:45am

Prototypical Argumentative Patterns

Frans H. van Eemeren
International Society for the Study of Argumentation

9:4510:30am

An Argumentative Approach to Dispute

Mediators' Reframing
Sara Greco
Universit della Svizzera Italiana

Break
10:4511:30am Argumentation in a Political Press Conference Addressing a
Critical Event: The Preconditions for Strategic Maneuvering
Yeliz Demir
Hacettepe University
11:3012:15pm Strategically Maneuvering with Presentational Device in
Corporate Social Responsibility Discourse about Communities
Anca G
Universit "Dunrea de Jos" de Galai
Lunch (on your own)
2:303:15pm

Strategic Maneuvering with Presentational Choices in Dutch

Parliamentary Debates
Ton van Haaften
Universiteit Leiden

3:154:00pm

Presentational Strategies for Abductive Arguments

Henrike Jansen
Universiteit Leiden

Break
4:155:00pm

Strategic Maneuvering Using a Fortiori Arguments

Sandra Clemencia Valencia Martnez
University of Santiago de Compostela

5:005:45pm

Institutional Constraints on Dealing with Personal Attacks

Jos Plug
Universiteit van Amsterdam

Thursday, June 2:
9:009:45am

Competition and Conflict between Communicative Norms

Michael Hoppman
Northeastern University

9:4510:30am

On Argumentative Obligations
Natalia Luna Luna
Autonomous University of Mexico City

Break
10:4511:30am "Bianin Mohist Canon and 'Argumentation'"
Li Jidong
Nankai University
11:3012:15pm Prime Minister Abes Challenge to the Japanese Postwar
Constitution
Hiroko Okuda, Kanto Gakuin University
Takeshi Suzuki, Meiji University
Lunch (on your own)
2:303:15pm

Validating Extremism: Strategic Use of Authority Appeals in

al-Naba Infographics
Carol Winkler
Georgia State University

3:154:00pm

What are the minimum requirements for the presence of

argument?
Michael Hazen
Wake Forest University

Break
4:156:00pm

Roundtable and Reception: Next Steps

8pm

Closing Dinner at Harrys Dolci