Asian Debate Institute and ADI Tournament 2009

The website for the 2009 Asian Debate Institute is up and running. The workshop will take place July 12-20, 2009 in Seoul, Korea at Chung Ang University.

Registration will begin on June 1st.

We have confirmed the following faculty and hope to add to this list in the coming weeks:
Thepparith (TJ) Senamngern, Assumption University (Thailand)
Logan Balavijendran, Chung Ang University (Korea)
Sharmila Parmanand, Ateneo De Manila University (Philippines)
Christy Bradley, Emory University (USA)
Dr. Omar Salahuddin, UT Mara (Malaysia)
Peter Kipp, Ewha University (Korea)
Loke Wing Fatt, SAID (Singapore)

ADDITIONALLY, July 18-20 we will hold the ADI Tournament. We have secured extra rooms at CAU and will have a minimum of 20 team slots available for teams who would like to debate at the competition but not participate in the workshop.

All information regarding the workshop is available online:http://asiandebateinstitute.com

Jason Jarvis
Korea Development Institute School of Public Policy and Management
Asian Debate Institute 2009 http://asiandebateinstitute.com

Source: Various mailing lists

UM win Chinese nationals

The English Debating Team of the University of Macau (UM) (Leung Ching Man and Sun Guangqin) won the 13th “FLTRP CUP” or Chinese National English Debating Competition in Beijing. In the final they defeated Nanjing Normal University

Leung Ching Man (UM) was the top speaker.

134 teams took part from across China.

Source Macau Daily Times

ESU Scotland Juniors Debating Championship

The Final of the ESU Scotland Juniors Debating Championship took place at the Centre For Contemporary Arts in Glasgow on 23rd May.

The four teams in the final were:

1st Proposition - St. Columba's Kilmacolm
1st Opposition - Douglas Academy
2nd Proposition - George Heriot's School
2nd Opposition - Aberdeen Grammar School

The motion was: This House Would Make Voting Compulsory.

The winners were Jack Patterson and Harris Jones of George Heriot's School.

Over 130 teams entered the ESU Juniors this year and the standard throughout was fantastic. The victory completes a remarkable clean sweep of ESU Scotland trophies by Heriot's. The school also won the ESU Scotland Public Speaking Trophy and, for the second year running, Georgina Barker and Hannah Mackaness won the ESU Scotland Schools Mace.

Congratulations to them all.

RCM