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IDEA Regional BP Debate Workshop and Mini-Tournament

Vilnius, 27-28^th March, 2010

 

If you are a university student interested in British Parliamentary Debate, would like to improve you debating and judging skills, interact with top international trainers and judges and debaters from other countries; participate in a mini- debate competition – IDEA Regional Debate Workshop and Mini – Tournament is for you!

The workshop and all the debates will be conducted in English.

The workshop and mini tournament is open to teams as well as individuals. If you do not have a team mate – we will find one for you in Vilnius!   

Dates: 27^th –28^th March (arrival 26^th in the evening or 27^th in the early morning/ departure 28^th in the evening or 29^th in the morning – see the program below) 

Venue: Vilnius „Santara“ Secondary School: Juozapaviciaus Str. 12; Vilnius 

Costs: travel to and room and board in Vilnius need to be covered by participants.

IDEA will cover the costs of trainers, venue and will provide 2 lunches (Saturday and Sunday). IDEA has limited funding available for participants in need of financial assistance to cover some of their costs. If you would like to attend but lack all the resources – please contact Marcin Zaleski at mzaleski@idebate.org 

 

Offering

Participants will enjoy a mixture of group, individual and team coaching alongside a tournament within which they will get detailed feedback aimed at improving their skills. Theory and practice will be experienced side-by-side, with workshops and feedback combined to offer a fantastic learning experience. When speakers are eliminated from the competition on Sunday, they will turn into adjudicators, participating in the remainder of the tournament from a whole new angle.  

Coaches
Neill Harvey-Smith
Neill is a professional communication consultant with clients including Barclays, KPMG and BCG. From 2003-09 he was Managing Director of Debate Chamber Ltd. He has adjudicated 6 World Championship Grand Finals, is a former Chief Adjudicator of Europeans, US Nationals, the HWS Round Robin and dozens of other major tournaments. As a speaker, he won World Masters, was twice the national champion and a Worlds Grand Finalist as well as winning around 25 inter-varsity competitions. He is a former Chair of the World Debating Council. 
Beth Conner
Beth is a trainee barrister at BPP in London. She is a Diplock Scholar at Middle Temple, who also awarded her a Blackstone Entrance Exhibition. Beth read English at St Andrews, where she obtained a First-Class Masters degree and was on the Dean's List for Academic Excellence. In two years as a debater, she was a Worlds Masters finalist and reached the Mace final. She has adjudicated the finals of WUPID, US Nationals, St Andrews and broken at Worlds.  
Mihhail Jevdokimov
Mihhail has been involved in competitive debating for 4 years as a debater, judge and coach. He was twice the Baltic Debate Champion, winning the competition in 2008 and 2009. He also won Kyiv Spring 2008 tournament and made it to the English as a Second Language final at Oxford IV 2009. As an adjudicator, Mihhail broke at the European Championships 2008 in Tallinn.
Monika Bukelskyte
Monika is a homegrown Lithuanian debater and adjudicator. She was a finalist at Baltics and the Kyiv Open 2009.  

Schedule
Saturday
9 Warm-up and personal goal setting
9.30 Debate Workshop
11 Round 1
12.30 Lunch
1.30 Round 2
3.30 Debrief – review personal goals
4.00 Advanced Workshop
5.00 Close
Sunday
9 Round 3
10.30 Announce break
11.00 Semi-finals
12.30 Lunch
1.30 Final motion announced
2.00 Final 
3.30 Results, Feedback and Prize-Giving
4.00 Close