Call for Host of 2012 IDEA China Open Debate Tournament

IDEA would like to remind everyone about the open call to host the 3rd annual IDEA China Open Debate Tournament in 2012. Previously Xi'an Jiaotong University (2010) and Northeast University of Qinghuandao (2011) graciously served as hosts for the tournament. As the tournament has grown in size and popularity, IDEA has been approached by various schools wishing to host the tournament going forward. In order to choose among these offers fairly, we feel that it is important to have an open bidding process.

We therefore request that any school interested in hosting the 2012 IDEA China Open Debate Tournament submit the following information to this year's tournament director, Robert Trapp (trapp@willamette.edu ) and the executive director of IDEA-US, Alex Dukalskis (adukalskis@idebate.org ):

1. A letter of application from the applicant detailing the reasons for wishing to host the tournament, the facilities available for the tournament, and tentative budget.

2. The name, background and qualifications of the person who will serve as Tournament Host.

3. A letter of support from the university from a person at least as high-ranking as a dean.

We are attaching a draft Memorandum of understanding that explains the duties and responsibilities of the host. We also are attaching an organizational chart.

Please submit all these materials by email to Robert and Alex. We are extending the deadline to September 15, 2011. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to contact us.

Results from the #IYF11 KPDC 2011!

Here are the results of the Karl Popper Debate Championships 2011!

Team Rank Order

Top 50 Speakers

Elimination Pairing Bracket

IDEA Youth Forum 2011: KPDC Grand Final

Motion: All states should immediately ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families

USA Hunter vs USA California

Videos from the third day of the #IYF11 KPDC!

And then there were 16... Who broke at the IYF11 KPDC?

The list of teams that broke to octo-finals at the 2011 KPDC, are, in no particular order:

4EYE [ROU]
Vancouver Canoucks [CAN]
AHL 1
New Hope 1
Estonia
Romania 2
Klik!
ACE [CAN]
Lithuania 2
Bosnia&Herzegovina
Macedonia
Lithuania 1
United Kingdom
Therapists [KOR]
USA
Uganda

Videos from the second day at the IYF11!

Round #3 Romania - Macedonia



Round #4 Turkey - Azerbaijan



Round #4

Videos from the first day at the IYF11!

Demo Debate



KPDC Round #1: Quisqueya vs Independence[KSV]



KPDC Round #2: Bosnia vs Botswana

IDEA's 2nd annual China Debate Open Tournament Concludes!

IDEA's 2nd annual China Debate Open Tournament has concluded successfully in Qinhuangdao, China. The tournament featured 84 teams in the English language division and 48 teams in the Mandarin language division all competing in the British Parliamentary Debate format.

Debaters from all around China (as well as a few from Korea, the US and Australia) arrived on Thursday, June 2nd and participated in IDEA-sponsored training on Friday morning and afternoon before competing in round 1 on Friday evening. Saturday saw four more preliminary rounds and Sunday featured quarterfinals, semifinals and grand finals for each division.

Given the high number of teams and speakers, it was quite an accomplishment to break into elimination rounds and to win a speaker award at this tournament.

The China Open Awards - includes top speakers and team awards

English Team Rankings

English Speker Awards

Mandarin Team Rankings

Mandarin Speker Awards

170 teams registered for China Open!

As the China Open approaches this weekend, we are excited that we have 170 teams registered for the tournament! There will be 60 teams debating in the Mandarin-language BP division and 110 teams debating in the English-language division. This is a great turnout for the tournament. You can see the tournament's webpage here.

More information and results later.