We are really hopeful that we would be able to bring the Worlds back to Asia and in the Philippines. :-)
23 October 2009
De La Salle to bid for Worlds 2012
We are really hopeful that we would be able to bring the Worlds back to Asia and in the Philippines. :-)
IDEA/BFSU Worlds Style Tournament
Registration now open for the annual IDEA/BFSU Four-Team Worlds Style Tournament
Every year, the International Debate Education Association partners with Beijing Foreign Studies University to present an amazing experience in historical culture and debate. This fourth annual international university tournament will be from December 11-13, 2009, at Beijing Foreign Studies Univeristy, and will feature English, Mandarin, and Moot Court divisions.
The format of the tournament is four-team (Worlds style) parliamentary debate. Training for judges and debaters will also be available immediately before the tournament, which upon successful completion qualified adjudicators will receive official IDEA accreditation.
To register or to find out more about the free tournament, visit our website: http://www.idebate.org/events/index.php?event_id=131
Every year, the International Debate Education Association partners with Beijing Foreign Studies University to present an amazing experience in historical culture and debate. This fourth annual international university tournament will be from December 11-13, 2009, at Beijing Foreign Studies Univeristy, and will feature English, Mandarin, and Moot Court divisions.
The format of the tournament is four-team (Worlds style) parliamentary debate. Training for judges and debaters will also be available immediately before the tournament, which upon successful completion qualified adjudicators will receive official IDEA accreditation.
To register or to find out more about the free tournament, visit our website: http://www.idebate.org/events/index.php?event_id=131
SOAS IV results
From Britishdebate:
I would like to thank those who attended the SOAS IV last weekend. I have attached the tab. Particular congratulations go Cambridge B (Doug Cochran and Sean Koh) who won the SOAS IV beating LSE A (Rushabh Ranavat and Art Ward), Oxford HJ (Thomas Hoskins and Ben Jasper) and TCD Hist C (Huw Duffy and Jonathan Kelly) in the Final. Mhairi Murdoch (Cambridge A) topped the speaker tab.
For anybody who happens to be curious, the motions were:
R1: THW never release prisoners on compassionate grounds.
R2: THBT states should redistribute wealth beyond the provision of basic security.
R3: THBT Western countries should stop forcing the developing world to respect patents for life-saving drugs.
R4: THBT the West should treat Islamic terrorists and suspected terrorists the same as prisoners of war.
R5: THW abolish state-endorsed marriage.
Semi: THBT an adult can consent to anything.
Final: THBT those who buy non-essential items rather than donating to charity are morally responsible for the deaths of starving Africans.
I would like to thank those who attended the SOAS IV last weekend. I have attached the tab. Particular congratulations go Cambridge B (Doug Cochran and Sean Koh) who won the SOAS IV beating LSE A (Rushabh Ranavat and Art Ward), Oxford HJ (Thomas Hoskins and Ben Jasper) and TCD Hist C (Huw Duffy and Jonathan Kelly) in the Final. Mhairi Murdoch (Cambridge A) topped the speaker tab.
For anybody who happens to be curious, the motions were:
R1: THW never release prisoners on compassionate grounds.
R2: THBT states should redistribute wealth beyond the provision of basic security.
R3: THBT Western countries should stop forcing the developing world to respect patents for life-saving drugs.
R4: THBT the West should treat Islamic terrorists and suspected terrorists the same as prisoners of war.
R5: THW abolish state-endorsed marriage.
Semi: THBT an adult can consent to anything.
Final: THBT those who buy non-essential items rather than donating to charity are morally responsible for the deaths of starving Africans.
22 October 2009
SSE Riga IV 2009
This year as usual we are conducting the oldest and one of the most prestigious debate tournaments in the Central and Eastern Europe - the SSE Riga IV.
General details: CA: Arvydas Ziobakas – a long term member of the SSE Riga Debate Society, Oxford IV 2008 quarter finalist, the ESL champion of Cambridge IV 2008, the 8th best ESL speaker of EUDC 2009.
DCA: Will Jones - reigning WUDC champion, the champion of EUDC 2008.
Registration fee: 70 EUR per team and 30 EUR per adjudicator. n-1 ruleis applied for the teams from the Baltics.
We also have a webpage where all the additional information could befound: www.sserigads.com
Our e-mail is sserigaiv@gmail.com
In case you have any questions, I would be happy to answer them.
Yours faithfully
Nikita Pusnakovs
Chief convener
General details: CA: Arvydas Ziobakas – a long term member of the SSE Riga Debate Society, Oxford IV 2008 quarter finalist, the ESL champion of Cambridge IV 2008, the 8th best ESL speaker of EUDC 2009.
DCA: Will Jones - reigning WUDC champion, the champion of EUDC 2008.
Registration fee: 70 EUR per team and 30 EUR per adjudicator. n-1 ruleis applied for the teams from the Baltics.
We also have a webpage where all the additional information could befound: www.sserigads.com
Our e-mail is sserigaiv@gmail.com
In case you have any questions, I would be happy to answer them.
Yours faithfully
Nikita Pusnakovs
Chief convener
World Schools Registration
From WSDC list
Greetings everyone.
I am delighted to let you all know that registration for WSDC 2010 is now open. The website is
http://www.wsdc2010doha.com/
The site is vibrant and easy to navigate, packed with information not only about registering but also about debating, WSDC, Qatar, the schedule for 2010, visas, Qatari embassies around the world, accommodation, transport...you name it!!
Happy surfing and I hope you find the site comprehensive, informative, engaging and motivating.
Bring on Doha and the battle of minds!!
Kind regards.
Ka kite ano te whanau
Claire Ryan,
Chairperson, Executive Committee,
WSDC Ltd .
Greetings everyone.
I am delighted to let you all know that registration for WSDC 2010 is now open. The website is
http://www.wsdc2010doha.com/
The site is vibrant and easy to navigate, packed with information not only about registering but also about debating, WSDC, Qatar, the schedule for 2010, visas, Qatari embassies around the world, accommodation, transport...you name it!!
Happy surfing and I hope you find the site comprehensive, informative, engaging and motivating.
Bring on Doha and the battle of minds!!
Kind regards.
Ka kite ano te whanau
Claire Ryan,
Chairperson, Executive Committee,
WSDC Ltd .
Debate Update From Malaysia
Debate Update From Malaysia:
UiTM (Universiti Teknologi Mara) would like to thank the support of every participating institutions in making UiTM IV a success from the 10th -11th October 2009.
Though UiTM hosted it in British Parliamentary format this year, the quality of the tournament remains the same as last year's that was in Asian Parliamentary Format. There were 68 participating teams in this tournament, making it one of the biggest English Debating IV in Malaysia thus far this season. Heads up for Reza & Amin, both covenors, on making this IV a success.
The motions for each rounds were
Round 1: THBT Western Liberal Democracies Should Ban The Use Of Face Veils
Round 2: THW Arm Local Militias To Fight The Taliban
Round 3: THW Not Support The 1 Malaysia F1 Team
Round 4: THW Legalize Porn That Depict Rape
Quarter Finals: TH Believes In A Unilateral Military Offensive By Israel Against Iranian Nuclear Facilities
Semi Finals: THBT The Government Has A Legal Responsibility To Provide Health care
Finals: THW Do Away With Vernacular Schools
Semifinalists were:
UT Mara 1 (Maketab & Izwan)
UT Mara 4 (Syafiq & Stifler)
Mara Veterans (Hafiedz & ShaQ)
IIUM 1 (Daniel & Senad)
IIUM 12 (Meor & Faiz)
IIUM 5 (Zamir & Zaimah)
MMU 1 (Ips & Groobie)
MMU 2 (Fangz & Gluteus)
*UT Mara - Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia
*IIUM - International Islamic University Malaysia
*MMU - Multimedia University, Malaysia
Finalists Were:
UT Mara 1 (Maketab & Izwan)
Mara Veterans (Hafiedz & ShaQ)
IIUM 1 (Daniel & Senad)
MMU1 (Ips & Groobie)
Champion : UT Mara 1
Runner Up : MMU 1
Best Speaker in the Final Round: Izwan from UT Mara
Top 10 best Speakers of the tournament are as follows :
1 MMU 1 IPS 314
2 IIUM 1 DANIAL 309
3 UT MARA 1 MAKETAB 309
4 MARA VETERANS HAFIEDZ 309
5 KDU 3 SIRON 308
6 IIUM 12 MEOR 307
7 MARA VETERANS SHAQ 307
8 IIUM 3 TASNEEM 305
9 IIUM 5 ZAIMAH 305
10 IIUM 12 FAIZ 305
In addition, we would also like to thank the adjudication core...
our CA: Faiz Masai (UT MARA)
DCA's : Balloons (MMU Malacca)
Hendra (Unisel)
Yunus (Independant)
and alumni's from various universities that were willing to spend your quality time to adjudicate at UiTM IV during the weekend.
Last but not least, a huge thanks to the tabmistress Afiah and her mentor tabmaster Aizek 'bean' Busu .. .. ..
UiTM (Universiti Teknologi Mara) would like to thank the support of every participating institutions in making UiTM IV a success from the 10th -11th October 2009.
Though UiTM hosted it in British Parliamentary format this year, the quality of the tournament remains the same as last year's that was in Asian Parliamentary Format. There were 68 participating teams in this tournament, making it one of the biggest English Debating IV in Malaysia thus far this season. Heads up for Reza & Amin, both covenors, on making this IV a success.
The motions for each rounds were
Round 1: THBT Western Liberal Democracies Should Ban The Use Of Face Veils
Round 2: THW Arm Local Militias To Fight The Taliban
Round 3: THW Not Support The 1 Malaysia F1 Team
Round 4: THW Legalize Porn That Depict Rape
Quarter Finals: TH Believes In A Unilateral Military Offensive By Israel Against Iranian Nuclear Facilities
Semi Finals: THBT The Government Has A Legal Responsibility To Provide Health care
Finals: THW Do Away With Vernacular Schools
Semifinalists were:
UT Mara 1 (Maketab & Izwan)
UT Mara 4 (Syafiq & Stifler)
Mara Veterans (Hafiedz & ShaQ)
IIUM 1 (Daniel & Senad)
IIUM 12 (Meor & Faiz)
IIUM 5 (Zamir & Zaimah)
MMU 1 (Ips & Groobie)
MMU 2 (Fangz & Gluteus)
*UT Mara - Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia
*IIUM - International Islamic University Malaysia
*MMU - Multimedia University, Malaysia
Finalists Were:
UT Mara 1 (Maketab & Izwan)
Mara Veterans (Hafiedz & ShaQ)
IIUM 1 (Daniel & Senad)
MMU1 (Ips & Groobie)
Champion : UT Mara 1
Runner Up : MMU 1
Best Speaker in the Final Round: Izwan from UT Mara
Top 10 best Speakers of the tournament are as follows :
1 MMU 1 IPS 314
2 IIUM 1 DANIAL 309
3 UT MARA 1 MAKETAB 309
4 MARA VETERANS HAFIEDZ 309
5 KDU 3 SIRON 308
6 IIUM 12 MEOR 307
7 MARA VETERANS SHAQ 307
8 IIUM 3 TASNEEM 305
9 IIUM 5 ZAIMAH 305
10 IIUM 12 FAIZ 305
In addition, we would also like to thank the adjudication core...
our CA: Faiz Masai (UT MARA)
DCA's : Balloons (MMU Malacca)
Hendra (Unisel)
Yunus (Independant)
and alumni's from various universities that were willing to spend your quality time to adjudicate at UiTM IV during the weekend.
Last but not least, a huge thanks to the tabmistress Afiah and her mentor tabmaster Aizek 'bean' Busu .. .. ..
PAUDC update
To all African Debaters and debaters everywhere
This is just a quick update on the PAUDC. Early registration for the Pan-African Debating Championships is now closed .Late registration opens on Tuesday 20th October until Friday 20th November. If you have not already paid your registration fee or indicated that you will be attending please do so as soon as possible as there is less than two months left before the tournament. We will be closing registration as soon as we reach the team cap.
The following institutions have paid and registered to participate in this year’s PAUDC
Registered and Paid
CUT South Africa, Welkom Campus
NIIT- Botswana
University of Limpopo
Wits University
University of Botswana
Limkowing University of Creative Technology
Legae Academy
AL-Nur School
Naledi Senior Secondary School
Rhodes Park School of Zambia
Frank Hardee-Independent Adjudicator England
Logan- Malaysia/South Korea
James Dray- Trainer DCA –United Kingdom
James Black-Independent UK
Ben Ryan-Independent-UK
Graham Sowa-United States of America
University of Zimbabwe
Registered but have not paid registration fees.
Botswana National Schools Team
Derec Nigeria
Uganda
Selebi Phikwe Senior Secondary School
Cameroon
Igbinedion University Okada, Edo state, Nigeria
Rhodes University
NYDT Zimbabwe
University of Zambia
University of Namibia
Namibia Polytechnic
Kenyatta University
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
University of Zimbabwe
Africa University
National University of Science and Technology
University of the Free State
St Josephs College
Selibi Phikwe Senior Secondary School
Pitikwe Secondary school
Livingstone Kolobeng College
Rainbow College
University of Johannesburg Debate Society (Bunting Road campus)
University of Johannesburg (APK)
National University of Lesotho
Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria Campus
Tshwane University of Technology, Garankua Campus
Monash University-South Africa
Walter Sisulu University-Butterworth
UKZN (Howard College)
University of Calabar
Mary Furlong- Independent adjudicator Zambia
For those who still wish to register, Registration Fees for institutions must be deposited in the below account:
Bank Name: Capital Bank
UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA- DEBATE MASTERS ASSOCIATION
ACCOUNT NO: 0020025790131
BANK CODE: 800267
BRANCH CODE: 80-02-67
SWIFT CODE: CAPLBWGAXXX
Please remember that the costs of the bank transfer should be paid by you – we should get the net sum. Email Graham Sowa at convenorpaudc@gmail.com for all registration details.
Sincerely,
Justice Motlhabani
+267 72467417 debatemasters@yahoo.com
PAUDC Convenor
www.paudc.africandebating.org
This is just a quick update on the PAUDC. Early registration for the Pan-African Debating Championships is now closed .Late registration opens on Tuesday 20th October until Friday 20th November. If you have not already paid your registration fee or indicated that you will be attending please do so as soon as possible as there is less than two months left before the tournament. We will be closing registration as soon as we reach the team cap.
The following institutions have paid and registered to participate in this year’s PAUDC
Registered and Paid
CUT South Africa, Welkom Campus
NIIT- Botswana
University of Limpopo
Wits University
University of Botswana
Limkowing University of Creative Technology
Legae Academy
AL-Nur School
Naledi Senior Secondary School
Rhodes Park School of Zambia
Frank Hardee-Independent Adjudicator England
Logan- Malaysia/South Korea
James Dray- Trainer DCA –United Kingdom
James Black-Independent UK
Ben Ryan-Independent-UK
Graham Sowa-United States of America
University of Zimbabwe
Registered but have not paid registration fees.
Botswana National Schools Team
Derec Nigeria
Uganda
Selebi Phikwe Senior Secondary School
Cameroon
Igbinedion University Okada, Edo state, Nigeria
Rhodes University
NYDT Zimbabwe
University of Zambia
University of Namibia
Namibia Polytechnic
Kenyatta University
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
University of Zimbabwe
Africa University
National University of Science and Technology
University of the Free State
St Josephs College
Selibi Phikwe Senior Secondary School
Pitikwe Secondary school
Livingstone Kolobeng College
Rainbow College
University of Johannesburg Debate Society (Bunting Road campus)
University of Johannesburg (APK)
National University of Lesotho
Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria Campus
Tshwane University of Technology, Garankua Campus
Monash University-South Africa
Walter Sisulu University-Butterworth
UKZN (Howard College)
University of Calabar
Mary Furlong- Independent adjudicator Zambia
For those who still wish to register, Registration Fees for institutions must be deposited in the below account:
Bank Name: Capital Bank
UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA- DEBATE MASTERS ASSOCIATION
ACCOUNT NO: 0020025790131
BANK CODE: 800267
BRANCH CODE: 80-02-67
SWIFT CODE: CAPLBWGAXXX
Please remember that the costs of the bank transfer should be paid by you – we should get the net sum. Email Graham Sowa at convenorpaudc@gmail.com for all registration details.
Sincerely,
Justice Motlhabani
+267 72467417 debatemasters@yahoo.com
PAUDC Convenor
www.paudc.africandebating.org
Copenhagen summit
Dear sir or madam,
I am the founder and chief executive of Debatewise.com, a leading debating web site. I'm also on the board of the International Debate Education Association, one of the largest youth debating organisations in the world. I'm emailing to propose a way of engaging young people in a global debate on issues around the Copenhagen summit.
The idea arose from the World Online Debating Championship, an event which has just ended and was the first of its kind. We had entrants from 25 countries and five different continents and they told us they loved debating with young people from other cultures in a way that didn’t involve great travel expense or environmental cost.
We propose using our software, our experience and the extensive contacts we have in the global debating community, to get young people involved in a global debate around the specific issues arising from the summit.
We propose two specific elements to our event:
During the summit: We form a panel of 1,000 young people from various different countries around the world. Some members debate the issues or conclusions from the summit as they arise, others vote on these debates. This forms an up-to-the minute indication of what young people around the world think of what delegates are doing.
After the summit: Young people debate the impact of the agreements and commitments made during the summit on their own country. They discuss whether they will work, the consequences that may result and what else they would like to see happen. In this way, we take what happens during the summit into the lives of people and make it real for them. We get the opportunity to counter misconceptions and motivate people to continue the work started in Copenhagen.
We would be very grateful for any help you could give us recruiting people for our panel. We are looking for English speakers (not native, but they will need a high level of understanding of written English and the ability to write well in English). They should be under 25, be divided equally between men and women, live in all continents of the world and represent all major religions.
If this is of interest, we’d send you a short email which you could distribute to people as you see fit.
In return, we’d be happy to ask members of the panel to debate issues important to your campaign and to use them as a mechanism for discovering global youth opinion on environmental issues.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Regards,
David Crane
About us
Debatewise
Debatewise (www.debatewise.com) is a not for profit online debating site which aims to become the Wikipedia of debate. Anyone can start a debate on any subject they like and anyone can edit and strengthen that debate. This ensures that over time the strongest and most definitive arguments emerge and so provide a highly valuable resource for anyone looking to make up their mind. Debatewise was founded in 2008 and is based in the London internet hub of Hoxton, East London. Patrons include Michael Crick, Gabby Logan and Chris Heaton Harris
The International Debate Education Association:
The International Debate Education Association (www.idebate.org) was created in 1999 and acts as an independent membership organization of national debate clubs, associations, programs, and individuals who share a common purpose: to promote mutual understanding and democracy globally by supporting discussion and active citizenship locally.”
About the debaters
Our panel of debaters will include current and ex World Champions, chief adjudicators of world events and debaters from debating clubs and universities in all four corners of the globe. For more information about the World Online Debating Championship please see here: www.debatewise.com/wodc and here: www.debatewise.com/wodc-debates
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020 3393 7223 | 07956 292 567
www.twitter.com/debatewise
I am the founder and chief executive of Debatewise.com, a leading debating web site. I'm also on the board of the International Debate Education Association, one of the largest youth debating organisations in the world. I'm emailing to propose a way of engaging young people in a global debate on issues around the Copenhagen summit.
The idea arose from the World Online Debating Championship, an event which has just ended and was the first of its kind. We had entrants from 25 countries and five different continents and they told us they loved debating with young people from other cultures in a way that didn’t involve great travel expense or environmental cost.
We propose using our software, our experience and the extensive contacts we have in the global debating community, to get young people involved in a global debate around the specific issues arising from the summit.
We propose two specific elements to our event:
During the summit: We form a panel of 1,000 young people from various different countries around the world. Some members debate the issues or conclusions from the summit as they arise, others vote on these debates. This forms an up-to-the minute indication of what young people around the world think of what delegates are doing.
After the summit: Young people debate the impact of the agreements and commitments made during the summit on their own country. They discuss whether they will work, the consequences that may result and what else they would like to see happen. In this way, we take what happens during the summit into the lives of people and make it real for them. We get the opportunity to counter misconceptions and motivate people to continue the work started in Copenhagen.
We would be very grateful for any help you could give us recruiting people for our panel. We are looking for English speakers (not native, but they will need a high level of understanding of written English and the ability to write well in English). They should be under 25, be divided equally between men and women, live in all continents of the world and represent all major religions.
If this is of interest, we’d send you a short email which you could distribute to people as you see fit.
In return, we’d be happy to ask members of the panel to debate issues important to your campaign and to use them as a mechanism for discovering global youth opinion on environmental issues.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Regards,
David Crane
About us
Debatewise
Debatewise (www.debatewise.com) is a not for profit online debating site which aims to become the Wikipedia of debate. Anyone can start a debate on any subject they like and anyone can edit and strengthen that debate. This ensures that over time the strongest and most definitive arguments emerge and so provide a highly valuable resource for anyone looking to make up their mind. Debatewise was founded in 2008 and is based in the London internet hub of Hoxton, East London. Patrons include Michael Crick, Gabby Logan and Chris Heaton Harris
The International Debate Education Association:
The International Debate Education Association (www.idebate.org) was created in 1999 and acts as an independent membership organization of national debate clubs, associations, programs, and individuals who share a common purpose: to promote mutual understanding and democracy globally by supporting discussion and active citizenship locally.”
About the debaters
Our panel of debaters will include current and ex World Champions, chief adjudicators of world events and debaters from debating clubs and universities in all four corners of the globe. For more information about the World Online Debating Championship please see here: www.debatewise.com/wodc and here: www.debatewise.com/wodc-debates
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www.debatewise.com
020 3393 7223 | 07956 292 567
www.twitter.com/debatewise
Delays in posting
I have been a little slow in updating the site in recent weeks. I've just been very busy at work and with an 11 month old at home. Keep sending in the updates and I'll try to be faster in updating them.
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