Welcome to the home page for the 2016 "International Debate Conference with Tournaments" tournament hosted by BFSU & XISU, PRC on May 28-5, 2016 for College students.
Status: Tournament Completed
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International Debate Conference with Tournaments<br />
People’s Republic of China<br />
May 28/29 & June 4/5, 2016</p>
<p>Come to the People’s Republic of China in 2016 to participate in a four-day international debate conference. Two universities will host US college debaters and judges for training and tournaments. Chinese universities will send Chinese students and judges.</p>
<p>Beijing Foreign Studies University will host the first part of the conference on May 28 – 29, 2016.</p>
<p>Xi’an International Studies University will host the second part of the conference on June 3 & 5, 2016.</p>
<p>The first day on each campus will have an opening ceremony, training for students and judges, and a banquet.</p>
<p>The second day on each campus will feature a four-round tournament culminating in a final round.</p>
<p>All debates will be in British Parliamentary Format (WUDC). Debaters will be paired with a partner from the other country. These “friendship teams" will be randomly assigned at opening ceremonies.</p>
<p>No prior experience is necessary. This is an excellent opportunity for students, university administrators, staff, and instructors to have an intercultural experience and learn about international debate in the People’s Republic of China.</p>
<p>There are no registration fees for the conference. US participants should register through forensicstournament.net (beginning in January, 2016). One registration will enter debaters and judges in both tournaments.</p>
<p>Chinese participants will register through host schools. All active college undergraduates are eligible to debate. All others should register as judges.</p>
<p>All participants must pay for their own travel and accommodations.</p>
<p>Professor Gary Rybold, Irvine Valley College, will serve as Chief Adjudicator for the tournaments. Please contact him at grybold@ivc.edu for any questions. </p>
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