This conference in honour of Ivo Škarić is an international conference aiming at presentation of new scientific research and knowledge within the interdisciplinary field of rhetoric and argumentation theory.
Professor Emeritus Ivo Škarić was interested in various areas of phonetics. Exploring the phenomenon of speech communications, he revealed a natural connection between phonetics and rhetoric both in education and evaluation of public speakers (politicians, teachers, speakers in the electronic media, etc.). Based on his expertise and scholarly work he founded The School of Rhetoric for gifted and talented high school students, in which he educated numerous generations of students. After his death, the school was renamed The School of Rhetoric Ivo Škarić. In order to honor his legacy within the academic community as well, his students and colleagues decided to establish a new event in his name — a scientific conference dedicated to his work and influence. The conference was conceived as a platform for presenting the latest research and encouraging discussion on the topics in which he was regarded as the foremost authority in Croatia.
The first international conference, Days of Ivo Škarić, was held in 2012. Since then, the conference has been organized biennially, with the exception of 2020, when it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a three-year hiatus. The organizers envision the conference as a permanent international gathering place for rhetoricians and scholars from related disciplines, fostering academic exchange and contributing to the continued development of rhetoric.