Adding a recommended participant to a communication system conversation

A system comprising:

• a memory comprising computer readable instructions;
• and
• a processing device for executing the computer readable instructions for performing a method comprising:
• monitoring, by the processing device, a conversation between participants that are using a communication system;
• determining, by the processing device, a knowledge gap in the conversation between participants based at least in part on analyzing content of the conversation, wherein determining the knowledge gap comprises detecting inaccurate information in the conversation;
• responsive to detecting the inaccurate information, selecting, by the processing device, a recommended participant to add to the conversation, the recommended participant being selected based at least in part on the inaccurate information;
• responsive to sending a notification to the recommended participant to query whether the recommended participant elects to participate in the conversation or elects to not participate in the conversation, receiving, by the processing device, an election from the recommended participant;
• and
• responsive to receiving the election from the recommended participant to participate in the conversation, establishing, by the processing device, a connection between the communication system and a user device associated with the recommended participant to add the recommended participant to the conversation,
• wherein the recommended participant is a virtual participant, the method further comprising:
• removing, by the processing device, the virtual participant from the conversation responsive to receiving a request from one or more of the participants to remove the virtual participant from the conversation.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processing device to cause the processing device to perform a method comprising:
• monitoring, by the processing device, a conversation between participants that are using a communication system;
• determining, by the processing device, a knowledge gap in the conversation between participants based at least in part on analyzing content of the conversation, wherein determining the knowledge gap comprises detecting inaccurate information in the conversation;
• responsive to detecting the inaccurate information, selecting, by the processing device, a recommended participant to add to the conversation, the recommended participant being selected based at least in part on the inaccurate information;
• responsive to sending a notification to the recommended participant to query whether the recommended participant elects to participate in the conversation or elects to not participate in the conversation, receiving, by the processing device, an election from the recommended participant;
• and
• responsive to receiving the election from the recommended participant to participate in the conversation, establishing, by the processing device, a connection between the communication system and a user device associated with the recommended participant to add the recommended participant to the conversation,
• wherein the recommended participant is a virtual participant, the method further comprising:
• removing, by the processing device, the virtual participant from the conversation responsive to receiving a request from one or more of the participants to remove the virtual participant from the conversation.