Given the current pandemic situation in Europe and all over the world, the organising team in Tübingen and the Executive Board of the Rhetoric Society of Europe have decided, with great regret, to postpone the RiS 8 conference to 2023 (most probably end of May). We do not expect the situation to change significantly until March or April, that is why we decided not to move on with our plans for a “real” conference for now. We hold on to the topic of “Rhetoric as strategic thinking” and will keep the abstracts you have submitted. You will of course have the opportunity to revise your submission(s) in 2022/23. Consequently, we plan to send the letters of acceptance for the postponed conference in autumn 2022.