{"id":24175,"date":"2014-08-01T22:03:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T20:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/?p=24175"},"modified":"2014-08-05T00:09:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T22:09:58","slug":"cambridge-iv-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/20140801\/cambridge-iv-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambridge IV 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cambridge IV 2014 will take place on the 21st<\/sup> and 22nd<\/sup> November in Cambridge, England. The tournament features five preliminary rounds with seven minute speeches, quarter finals, semi finals, and a final, as well as semi finals and a final for teams in the category English as a Second Language (ESL). It will start at 3 o’clock on Friday with team registration and will end with a Black Tie Social on Saturday night. On Sunday, the first Cambridge Women’s Open 2014 will take place<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Logo<\/a>Chief Adjudicators (CAs) of the tournament will be Madeline Schultz<\/strong>, Deputy Chief Adjudicator (DCA) of the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) in Malaysia; Michael Shapira<\/strong>, CA of the Vienna European University Debating Championship (EUDC) 2015 and DCA of the WUDC 2014 in Chennai; Sally Rooney<\/strong>, top speaker and finalist at the EUDC 2013 in Manchester; and Anser Aftab<\/strong>, winner of the EUDC 2013 and finalist at the WUDC 2011 in Botswana. The tab will be run by Richard Coates<\/strong>, tab director of the EUDC 2014 in Zagreb, and Calum Worsley<\/strong>, tab assistant at Zagreb EUDC. The Equity Team is comprised of Srishti Krishnamoorthy<\/strong>, Daniel Bregman<\/strong>, and Rachel Warren<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The team cap of the Cambridge IV is 120 and no more than three teams can participate per society. Registration costs \u00a385 per team. The n-1 rule applies for judging. Registration will take place in several rounds. The first round begins July 31st<\/sup> and is intended for international teams only, who receive a quota of team slots. The Google doc with the registration form<\/strong><\/a> is available until August 11th<\/sup>. Payment for these teams is due on August 30th<\/sup>. Teams who fail to register until August 11th<\/sup> can re-try in the main phase. The main phase of registration will take place from August 12th<\/sup> to August 19th<\/sup>. In this phase, all teams can apply and slots will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n

More information, including a detailed time schedule, can be found on the event page on facebook<\/strong><\/a>. All questions may be directed to cambridgeiv [dot] convenors [at] gmail [dot] com<\/a><\/strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n