World Debate Institute Programs for 2012 Announced

 

2012 Events Announced – a Lot of Them!

2012 is shaping up to be a very active year for the World Debate Institute as it promotes debating all around the world, in many formats and in a variety of languages. The World Debate Institute is not a funding agent, we don’t pay for things, but we do supply expertise, personnel, curriculum and planning for events people want to offer, as well as supporting a number of well-established events.

In January we will be announcing the 4th Thinking and Speaking a Better World conference which will take place in Doha, Qatar in January 2013. Lots of details coming after the launch.

WDI will be assisting at a University debate tournament and workshop taking place in Bosnia Hercgovina March 12-18 2012. It will be the first major university debate event in the country and is arranged through cooperation with WDI partner ZIP Slovenia along with local organizers.

Alfred Snider, WDI director, has been named to be the Chief Adjudicator at the US Universities Debating Championship to take place at Willamette University in Oregon 13-15 April, where 200 teams are expected to compete for the USA national title. For more information go tohttp://www.willamette.edu/cla/debate/events/2011_2012/USU2012.html .

The Faculty of Organizaional Sciences at the University of Belgrade is planning a workshop on ecological advocacy to take place in Belgrade, Serbia 18-22 June 2012. The faculty has partnered with WDI previously on several events, including a very successful summer training program in persuasion. More details coming.

WDI will again partner with ZIP Slovenia in sponsoring the World Schools Debate Academy to be held in Slovenia 29 July-7 August 2012. This successful program brings high school students from all over the globe to learn and develop in a week long workshop that concludes with a tournament, For more information, to go tohttp://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/WSDA_Slovenia.html . This time we are expecting over 100 students.

WDI will cooperate with the Lawrence Debate Union at the University of Vermont to host a workshop for Vermont school students 25-30 June 2012. The focus will be on at-risk students who do not usually have such beneficial summer programs. A website will go up soon.

Romanian debate organization ARGO is holding an international schools invitational tournament 26-30 July 2012 and WDI director Snider has been invited to be the Chief Adjudicator. Plans are to attend this event, but details are still in the process of becoming. Their website is athttp://www.argodebate.ro/ .

WDI will once again be an important part of sponsoring the 2012 Spanish language university world debate championship, the Campeonato Mundial Universitario de Debate to be held 5-11 August in Santiago Chile at Universidad Andres Bello. Last year’s first ever event was a huge success and this one should be bigger and better than ever.

WDI will be sponsoring the North American Debate Academy (formerly East Debate Institute) 19-24 August 2012. This FREE top quality debate workshop has been growing each year and attracting excellent faculty. See more details athttp://debateacademy.net/Debate_Academy/EDI_Vermont.html .

There are many other plans in the works, so keep checking back for news!

http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/wdi/WDI_Blog/Entries/2012/1/23_2012_Events_Announced_-_a_Lot_of_Them!.html

Courtesy by Alfred Charles Snider

 

GUU Parliamentary Invite‏

As I’m sure many of you know, IVs are but a mere hobby for debaters of the Grand Old Union. GUU debating is really all about Parliamentaries. And, as we spend so much of our time explaining to you what they are, and how much fun they are, we stopped for a minute and realised we are being selfish. You should all get to join in the fun… but just for one night.

We invite you to enter a strange new world where the only Economist we care about is Mr Callum MacMaster, where facts are mainly ignored, and where marks for style include how well you can iron a shirt.

On Friday 16th March, we are holding the final Parliamentary of the 2011-12 season, where the Whig Club shall be in government, lead by the Hon. Property Ladder, known to many of you as Mr John McKee.

There are five clubs in the Chamber – and each has one space for a guest to speak in a round during the Evening Session. Beyond that, every Club is opening membership to any guest who wishes to join for the day to sit on the benches and ask POIs to the other Clubs. If you would like to speak, selection will be made by the leader of each Club. Get in touch if you wish to speak and I shall pass on details. There will also be a small prize for the best guest speaker.

The Parliamentary starts at 3pm and the Afternoon Session ends around 7pm, at which point we have dinner. If you wish to join us for dinner (to which you are most welcome) the cost is £10 BUT we need numbers by Tuesday 13 March. The Evening Session will commence around 8.30pm, and finish (roughly) 1am. As it is the last Parliamentary, the Clerks then retire to work out who has won, while everyone else consumes a large volume of complimentary alcohol. Hopefully, the results shall be available within a few hours, and will then be announced by candlelight in the Debates Chamber in the wee small hours.

We guarantee a fantastic night of true GUU hospitality, and we’d love you to take your chance to join in.

There is no charge, other than for dinner if you wish to attend. You will receive lots of free alcohol in the Evening Session, and we can offer crash if required. Please let us know if you’re coming in advance to have an estimate of numbers. Dress code for the Evening Session is officially black tie, though a suit shall suffice. Please note that to sit in the Chamber, the dress code is a minimum of shirt and trousers (female equivalent: office wear) and there is a strict no denim and no trainers policy. To speak, you must be wearing a tie and ideally a jacket.

Any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with myself at kirstykakanskas[at]gmail[dot]com, or the Debates Convener at debates[at]guu[dot]co[dot]uk.

The guide to Parliamentary debating can be found at the following link –
http://www.gudialectic.co.uk/archives.html – and contains more information.

Hoping to see you there, as well as at Ancients on 2nd/3rd March (details of which can be found at http://glasgowancients2012.wordpress.com).

Kirsty Kakanskas
Head Clerk

Glasgow University Union

 
Courtesy by Colm Flynn

 

Dutch Open 2012

On the 30th and 31st of March the Erasmus Debating Society and the Leiden Debating Union will bring you the very first Dutch Open!

Registration:
Teams: € 50-
Judges: Free
Team cap is 52 teams
N-1 will apply for domestic institutions. There is no judging rule for non-domestic institutions, but we welcome and encourage them to send judges.
An institutional cap of 3 will apply to Dutch institutions

At this moment crash is only guaranteed for non-domestic institutions and those having to travel far (e.g. Groningen/Middelburg)

Reg is open now!https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGpnUzYwM0NtNjg5dFBJNlZhOVhwSkE6MQ
Registration will be open till the 1st of March, more information concerning payment will be sent after registration.

The IV:
5 preliminary rounds
7 min speeches
Break to semi’s
Novice final!
All meals provided on Friday and Saturday
Two Socials!

CA-Team:
Will soon be announced!

Location:
The Dutch Open takes place at the Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw in Leiden

Leiden is only a 20 min train ride away from Schiphol Airport(Amsterdam). But has good public transport connections to Rotterdam and Eindhoven Airport as well. If you are traveling from Germany or France the train would also be a good option to consider.

From Leiden central station it is only a short walk to the university

address:
Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw (KOG)
Steenschuur 25
2311 ES Leiden

Time Table:
Friday
14.00 reg
15.30 Welcome and announcements
16.30 Dinner
18.30 round 1
20.30 Round 2
22.00 Social

Saturday:
10.00 reg
11.15 round 3
13.00 lunch
13.45 round 4
15.30 round 5
17.30 semi finals
19.30 dinner
21.30 finals
23.30 Social + results

More info:dutchdebatingopen@gmail.com

 

Xth NLS-D Invite!

National Law School Bangalore, India’s premier law college, is organizing the 10th edition of its annual debate from the 29th March-2nd April, 2012. The National Law School Debate (orNLS-D as it has come to be popularly known as) has over the years progressed to be one of the biggest 3-on-3 tournaments in South Asia.

The previous edition of the debate saw approximately 70 amazing teams from all over the sub-continent battle it out. The Xth NLS-D promises to be bigger and better and more exciting than ever before. With prize money over 2.5 lac rupees up for grabs (and not to forget, the bragging rights involved) we expect the quality to be even higher this time around.

What really sets us apart from other debates (even if one was to ignore our fabled hospitality and THE LEGENDARY NLS-D break night parties) is the quality of debating in the tournament itself.  The tournament has always been known for top notch adjudication. Continuing with the tradition even this year, we have Ely Zosa and Neha Prakash on the core. Among other things, most prominently Ely and Neha are a part of the Adj. Core of UADC 2012.

The tournament will see in-house representation from Nishita Vasan (again core of UADC 2012) and Vipul Nanda. However, this is not where we stop. The Xth NLS-D will see a return of the old guard, with Yaman Verma, Uttara Gharpure(adj. core MDO 2012), Siddharth Chauhan, Eashan Ghosh, Kalrav Mishra, Shivam Singh, Maanav Kumar etc. flying down specially to adjudicate.

We here at the NLS-D not only offer an unrivalled opportunity for quality debating before UADC 2012 but also ensure that all of you have insane amounts of fun. With a team cap of 64, the NLS-D promises to be the experience of a lifetime.

Registrations are open now.

Registration Link:   [http://tinyurl.com/nlsdregistration ]

Dates: 29^th March-2^nd April 2012. (NLSIU, Bangalore. India)

Team Cap: 64 teams (we are quite strict about the n+1 adjudication rule)

Last Date for Registration: 20th January 2012

Release of List of Teams: 27th January 2012

Last Date for Confirmation: 3rd February 2012

Payment Dates: 5th February to 25th February 2012

We will intimate you regarding the payment details at a later stage.

For any questions/problems feel free to contact.

Regards,

Siddhartha Basu
Tournament Director,
Xth National Law School Debate,2012
Ph no.: +919538232883
Email: siddharthabasu.18@gmail.com

 

WUDC 2012 full tab

Ben Woolgar is top Speaker at WUDC 2012

Apologies for any incorrect spelling.

1 Ben Woolgar (Oxford A)
2 Steph Bell (Oxford B)
3 Steve Wittington (Victoria Wellington A)
4 Paul Karp (Sydney A)
5 Hugh Burns (Oxford A)
6 Michael Baer (Stanford A)
7 Pat Cadwell (Sydney A)
8 Udayan Mukherjee (Victoria Wellington A)
9 Chris Bisset (Monash C)
10 Catherine Murphy (TCD Phil B)

ESL Best Speakers

Apologies for the spelling if incorrect

1 Omar Nevo (Tel Aviv A)
2 Sella Nevo (Tel Aviv A)
3 Danique van Koppenhagen (Utrecht A)
4 Rogier Baart (Leiden A)
5 Thomas Beerthuis (Utrecht A)

EFL Best Speakers

Apologies for spellings if incorrect.

1 Goran Jankuloski (Belgrade)
2 Roderick Siberani
3 Yuki Tominaga
3 Ahmad Dai
5 Fumihiko Sano

Comedy Winners at WUDC

One result that was left out of the original announcement was:

Chris Lee and Conor O Hanlon from UCD Law won the Comic Public speaking competition at WUDC 2012

Tel Aviv win the ESL competition at WUDC 2012

The Winners of the 2012 English as a Second Language Competition are

Tel Aviv A

EWHA Win EFL WUDC 2012

Winners of the 2012 English as a foreign language competition at Worlds are

EWHA A

WUDC 2012 Masters Champions

The winners of the 2012 World Masters are

Australia A (Tim Jefferies & Bronwyn Cowel)

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012 !!

 

 

 

Happy New Year to everyone! Stay tuned for global debating news and updates right here – we wish you all a prosperous 2012 🙂

 

WUDC Manila 2012 Day 6

 

Today at the 2012 World Universities Debating Championships in Manila

Time	Activity	Venue
0600 – 0900	Breakfast	Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila
0900 – 1800	Worlds Council	De La Salle University
0800 – 1900	Excursions	Different Areas
1900 – 2000	Travel to Comedy Night / Public Speaking Finals Venue	N/A
2000 – 0100	Comedy Night / Public Speaking Finals	Forums 1 and 2, Philippine International Convention Center
200	Travel Back to Hotel for Hyatt Participants	N/A
	(First Optional Trip)

 

Agenda for WUDC Council on Jan 1st 2012

1. Welcome

2. Roll call (& voting status)                                                                           10 min

3. Ratification of the Botswana reconstructed minutes                                 5 min

4. Report Botswana – presentation                                                                5 min

5. Report Botswana – discussion & decision                                                 20 min

6. Report Manila – presentation                                                                      10 min

7. Report Manila – questions & discussion                                                     20 min

8. Motion 1 – guidelines for a reg system                                                       20 min

– short break –                                                                                                            15 min

9. Motion 1 – vote                                                                                            5 min

10. Bid defense Berlin – presentation                                                             15 min

11. Bid defense Berlin – Questions & Ratification by regional reps               15 min

12. Discussion on Future of Worlds                                                              15 min

 

Motions: Each issue listed below will be explained in 5 minute time frame and consecutively. We will then adjourn the meeting briefly so everyone can confer and then return to vote on each motion in turn.

13. Motions 1-8 – presentation

Motion 2 – continue historic worlds ranking                                                    5 min

Motion 3 – constitutional change tabbing of teams that are pulled up 5 min

Motion 4 – inscribe responsibilities women’s officer                                       5 min

Motion 5 – can the current host send teams to WUDC?                                 5 min

Motion 6 – WUDC to support organisation of WUSLDC                                  5 min

Motion 7 – adding WUDC rules as addendum to constitution              5 min

Motion 8 – clarification of N-1 rule                                                                   5 min

– lunch –                                                                                                         45 min

14. Motions 1-8 – voting                                                                                  10 min

15. Question regarding eligibility – England NUDC                                          5 min

 

We expect the topics listed below to take more time to discuss and/or decide on, so we’ve allotted more time.

16. Motion 9 – break reform to allow all teams on 18 points to break    20 min

17. Who should fund persons presenting bid defense and report?   20 min

18. Archives of WUDC                                                                                   10 min

19. Committee reports                                                                                    20 min

President, Registrar, Secretary, Women’s officer, Equity officer, Regional reps.                 

20. Elections                                                                                                   10 min

President, Registrar, Secretary, Women’s officer, Equity officer, Regional reps.

21. End

 

Addenda:

Report Berlin WUDC 2012

Proposal 18 point break

Motion 2 – continue historic worlds ranking

Motion 7 – adding the WUDC rules as addendum to the constitution

Question regarding eligibility – England NUDC

 

MORE UPDATES FROM WORLDS

 

 Well Round 9 at WUDC 2012 has just finished.  Come back here at midnight Manila time (4pm UK/Ireland) for full coverage of the break.  Most of the action and updates about Worlds has been ongoing on Twitter but here is a summary of the main points.

The motions so far are:
Round 1: This house would make fathers take paternity leave
Round 2: This house would prevent politicians from making fact claims,that, while not technically lies, are substantially misleading voters.
Round 3:  This house would force large companies who leave an area to cover the costs of structural unemployment. 
Round 4: This house would require individuals to use all their wealth beyond $5 million for philantrophic projects
Round 5: This house would require deaf parents to send their children, whether deaf or hearing, to mainstream schools for their primary and secondary education
Round 6: This house supports politicians who pass progressive legislation even when it is contrary to the wishes of the democratic electorate
Round 7: This house supports the free movement of labour worldwide
Round 8: This house would exempt academic disputes from defamation
Round 9: This would ban all private healthcare in favour of a comprehensive public healthcare system

Can Okar has assembled a partial tab using google docs.  You can view the data but contrary to my earlier post only Can can edit it.  Post an update on twitter using hashtag #wudc and cc @canokar to send him missing details. To view the list visithere
If you want you can even bet on the winner via this list. Make of that what you wish. I’m not one for betting but at the moment my tips would be Victoria Wellington or Oxford. 

IDEA will be broadcasting live from WUDC.  If you want to follow a debate live from Worlds then visit http://www.idebate.org/streaming/wudc/  Hopefully they might have the break live.  

 

There is still no confirmed bid for Worlds 2014.  Indonesia were rumoured to be bidding but that now has been confirmed as a bid for 2015.  Beijing were also rumoured to be considering a bid but that now seems to be unlikely.  London, I presume ULU, and anunnamed North American University are still rumoured to be considering a bid.  It looks like no decision will be taken until a special council web-meeting in March.  Once again as I said on Twitter I will advise and assist any potential bids in any way I can.  A number of other WUDC alumni have also expressed a willingness to help.  Just contact me if you need anything.

 

Courtesy by-

http://flynn.debating.net/

 

BREAK AT WUDC 2012

 

 World Championship Break

1 Oxford A 23pts
2 Oxford B 23pts
3 Monash C 22pts
4 TCD Hist B 22 pts
5 Sydney A 21pts
6 Yale B 21pts
7 Victoria Wellington A 20pts
8 Stanford A 20 pts
9  Victoria Wellington B 20pts
10 Durham A 20pts
11 UCD L&H A 20pts
12 Auckland A 20pts
13 Nottingham A 20pts
14 Monash A 20pts
15 Sydney C 20pts
16 BPP A 19pts
17 Cambridge A 19pts
18 Sydney B 19pts
19 Harvard A 19pts
20 Melbourne B 19pts
21 Hobart & William Smith A 19pts
22 Oxford D 19pts
23 Alaska A 19pts
24 Birmingham A 19pts
25 TCD Phil A 19pts
26 Durham B 19pts
27 Auckland B 19pts
28 Monash B 18pts
29 Oxford C 18pts
30 Melbourne A 18pts
31 Yale B 18pts
32 University of London Union A 18pts

ESL Competition Break
1 Tel Aviv A
2 Utrecht A
3 Leiden A
4 Ljubljana A
5 Belgrade A
6 Gutenberg Mainz A
7 BDU A
8 UP Manila A
9 IIUM A
10 CUHK A
11 Galatasaray A
12 Malaya A
13 KDU A
14 Lahore Management A
15 Xavier University A
16 IIUM C

EFL Competition Break
1 Uni Indonesia C
2 EHWA A
3 Belgrade C
4 Defense Tech A
5 Zagreb A
6 UCD Venezuela A
7 Tianjin FSU A
8 STAN A

Breaking Judges
Adam Goldstein
Alex Just
Alex Worsnip
Anat Shapira
Anna Moore
Anne Valkering
Art Ward
Bronte Lambert
Bronwyn Cowell
David Mar
Doug Cochran
Emily Jan
Estelle Sorner
Fletch Williams
Fred Cowell
Gavin Ilsey
Cormac Ernen
Harish
Isha Fisher
James Torets
Jens Fisher
Joanna Connely
Joe Roussos
Josh Martin
Julian Bautista
Kamora Kirt
Logandran Balavijendran
Lucinda David
Mary Nugent
Masako Suzuki
Michael Shapira
Natalia Koran
Nick Long
Philip Releski
Sam Block
Santa Izan
Sharmila Parmanand
Sam Princeton
Silver
Simone van der Elk
Steven Nolan
Tate
Tim Jeffries
Tim Mooney
Tom Hopkins
Victor Finkel