Debattierklub Wien announced its bid for EUDC 2015. They uploaded a Bid-Video and a Website. Here you will find all information that were just published in the first newsletter: Org-Com The five people you can see on the picture (Andreas Prischl, Jakob Reiter, Elisabeth Vikydal, Stefan Zweiker and Anika Nussgraber at the scene of the Summer 2015 Teaser) are part of the DKWien crowd that will invest their time into making Vienna EUDC 2015 the Euros you do not want to miss. Our Orga is built around Stefan who takes up the role of convener and Jakob who is in charge of funding and relations to external stakeholders. Yet, there are so many more ...

There is not much to report from the Patras Open International Debate Championship, that took place in Greece from July 26th to July 29th. But we can give you some impressions: The motion of the Grand Final that took place in the Theater by the Sea in Patras was "TH as Socrates wouldn't have drunk the hemlock". The winning teams came from Turkey: Congratulations to Melda Eren and Ali Avci as well as the best speaker of the Open, Kallina Basli. The CA team consisted of Manos Moschopoulos, Harish Natarajan and Milan Vignjevic. The Motions: R1: THW ban Golden Dawn. R2: THBT the state should not give ...

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The Oxford Inter-Varsity 2013 will be held from November 8th and 9th. There is the possibility to visit the legendary Oxford Union Debate on Thursday evening. Also there will be campus tour for international debaters on Friday morning followed by some Debating workshops and the registration that ends at 3pm. Details Five preliminary rounds of 7 minute speeches, breaking to Quarter Finals, ESL Semi Finals and novice Grand Final All Grand Finals hosted in the (in)famous Oxford Union Chamber 140 team cap, n-1 applying to IONA teams Introductory debating workshops Novice Grand Final and Best Novice Speaker prize CA TEAM Stephanie Bell - WUDC 2012 Grand-Finalist and ...

[caption id="attachment_17141" align="alignright" width="324"] Beyond black and white: Danique van Koppenhagen (l) and Fred Cowell (r) are looking for Co-DCAs[/caption] The DCAs of the Durham EUDC 2014 bid contacted Achte Minute about the application process for Druham EUDC DCAs. Below are all the informations you need if you want to consider an application. "We will not be appointing DCAs on a specifically regional basis but will instead be appointing those individuals who meet the qualifications and are best placed to fulfil the duties and expectations of a DCA. The qualifications and duties of a DCA are set out below, we will be ...

This year's Cambridge Inter-Varsity will be held on November 15th-16th 2013. The organizers state: „The Cambridge IV is one of the largest and most prestigious debating events on the calendar. Hosted and run by the Cambridge Union Society, the IV attracts some of the best teams from universities all over the world. Over three hundred students will be attending and we hope you'll be one of them.“ The Cambridge Union dates from 1815, and has a long history of hosting Presidents, Prime Ministers, Statesmen, Celebrities and Sports Stars. The Unions weekly debates serve to engage and to challenge presumptions and prejudices. ...

Thanks to Colm Flynn, we receiced the following information: "While details are a little limited at this early stage a group of Chinese universities have come together to bid to host the 2016 World Universities Debating Championships. The Beijing University Debate Association are the host organisation and the championships would be held in Tsinghua University.  They are supported by: Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Language and Culture University China Agricultural University Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China University of Petroleum - Beijing Convenor of the tournament would be former BUDA President Chanel Chan Choyi. Beijing are the first to announce their intention to bid for WUDC 2016 and there may ...

The Lund Debate Society invites all debaters to the Lund IV 2013. As a perfect preparation for Chennai Worlds, they will provide you with a great CA team, 5 rounds, 7 minutes speeches, break to Quarterfinals, Novice Finals, Swedish sittning and fika and a tour of Lund and Copenhagen, if you like! After the Finals on Saturday evening, there will a traditional Sittning dinner which is a three course gourmet dinner, with dancing and booze! Team cap: 40 teams (n-1 rule for adjudicators) Co-CA: Pam Cohn (Worlds 2012 Best Speaker), Harish Natarajan (Chief Adjudicator of Chennai Worlds 2014) Crash can be provided with ...

The Org Com of the Red Sea Open 2013 has opend the registration for the tournament. The fourth installment of this tournament comes with "Alcohol that flows like a river, Sun that leaves you slightly toasted, An amazing adjudication team, and Debaters from all over the world" and will, according to sources, offer "5 days of Pure Enjoyment!". Teams and judges can register here for the tournament that will will be held in Eilat, Israel from September 9th-September - 12th 2013. Michael Shapira will serve as CA, Harish Natatajan, Pam Cohn and Monica Forman are going to be his DCAs. For more information like the Facebook-Event. fpu/ ak

[caption id="attachment_17004" align="alignright" width="324"] Not too friendly to argue with each other: Nordic Debaters (c) Peer Klüsendorf[/caption] We might hear the sound of Edvard Grieg's Morning Mood, as debating in the Scandinavian countries slowly awakes. Despite impressive language skills and communication heavy education systems, they had been noticeably absent from the European debate scene, leading many to think that Scandinavians were simply too friendly to argue with each other. But maybe they just needed a spark from some motivated debate societies. In the first half of 2013, teams from Lund managed to win tournaments in London, Helsinki and Bremen, while Stockholm impeccably hosted ...

DKWien invites all newcomers to debating to its novice* tournament in Vienna from 8th - 9th November 2013. The organizers state: "Are you new to debating? Can you feel the urge to take the bird off the runway and kiss the sky? Take some flying lessons and spread your wings at the second edition of Vienna Freshers'! This tourney will get start your debating life in a nice and circumspect way."   Chief adjudicators (CA) a.k.a Chief Aviators: Senna Maatoug and Melanie Sindelar Format: British Parliamentary Style (BPS), English language, 5 min speeches, extra long prep-time 25 min Reg fee: 25 € per person Team cap: 24 N-1 ...