Dear friends and colleagues,

On Tuesday April 19, 2022, Atefeh Keshavarzi Zafarghandi will defend her dissertation `Abstract Dialectical Frameworks. Semantics, Discussion Games and Variations'.

The public defence takes place in the morning, 11:00, in the aula of the academy building of the University of Groningen.

In celebration of Atefeh's defence, there will be an academic workshop with various talks on the study of argumentation, using various backgrounds and approaches (14:00-17:00).

After the defence reception (in the academy building) and before the workshop, an informal lunch will be available (served at the workshop location around 13:15).

The workshop will be chaired by Rineke Verbrugge (University of Groningen).

Bluejeans link: https://bluejeans.com/750064880/7509

Tentative schedule:

14:00 Opening
14:05 Pietro Baroni (University of Brescia): A discussion on abstractions in formal argumentation (online talk)
14:30 Jan Albert van Laar (University of Groningen): Deliberative Debate: An educational tool for designing online discussion procedures
14:55 Khalid Al-Khatib (University of Groningen): Argumentation knowledge graphs for argument generation
15:20 Break
15:35 Barteld Kooi (University of Groningen): Going around in circles
16:00 Henry Prakken (University of Groningen, Utrecht University): Some remarks on the history of formal argumentation
16:25 Bart Verheij (University of Groningen): Artificial intelligence and argumentation
16:50 Closing

The workshop takes place in the old courtroom of the former court, now in the building of the University of Groningen's Faculty of Theology: Oude Boteringestraat 38 in Groningen. This is just a few minutes' walk from the location of the defence.

Please share your attendance using this form (for practicical purposes preferably by Monday April 11).