Tournament theme and possible topics.

Hi everyone!

As we approach the competition and registration comes to a close, the adjudication core would like to remind all teams that the theme of this tournament is Internet policy and digital literacy, so you can expect motions that relate to that theme! To help all teams with the preparation, here are some areas of research that you can focus on:

• Free Expression and Censorship

• Government Surveillance 

• Online Privacy

• Internet Governance and the ITU

• Social Media

• Intellectual property rights

• Economic/ Social/ Cultural value of the Internet and other web apps.

Good luck and we look forward to seeing you at the tournament!

Regards,

the Adjudication Core.

UPDATE

Hi everyone!

Registration will end soon! So please send in your team applications if you have not!

Also, just a few final confirmations and clarifications! (because we noticed the initial post on this site stated that the dates were yet to be confirmed)

Dates for SBPDC 2013: 17th and 18th of August 2013

Venue: NUS Faculty of Engineering at Kent Ridge Campus

Participation: Regional (any and all teams from South East Asia)* 

Theme: Internet Policy and Digital Literacy

See you guys there!

*Subject to the following (earlier stated) conditions

2) Singapore British Parliamentary Debate Championships (SBPDCs) will not be open to Independent or Open Composite Teams. Registration is strictly confined to debaters from recognized educational institutions.

The exception to this rule are nationally recognized combined schools teams such as WSDC Singapore and DDI. These teams will be subject to rules stipulated in point 2.

3) Teams and Debaters from these nationally recognized combined schools teams will not be able to break into the elimination rounds of the tournament or qualify to be recognized for individual speaker awards. Although their achievements, if any, will be recognized at the relevant break announcements.

This is to promote SBPDC's as a institutionally based tournament.

However, the overall speaker and team tabulations will be released at the end of the tournament with their teams included.

NUS Debate Development Series 2013

In conjunction with the tournament, the NUS Debate Team invites all students to the Debate Development Series 2013 open to all secondary schools and junior colleges! Back by popular demand, this workshop will continue to provide advanced training on British Parliamentary debate. 

Details of the programme are as follows:

1. Dates

10^th & 11^th of August 2013

10am – 4pm

2.  Venue

NUS Bukit Timah Law Campus Level 3

3. Fees

The programme will charge $90 per student. This would cover 2 days of the programme, lunch, and programme materials.

Institutions that register more than 4 students will be entitled to a group discount at $85 per person.

4. Programme Details

a.  Format

British Parliamentary

b. Programme

The programme aims for the following:

i)   Further reinforce argumentative, oratory and methodical skills of debaters;

ii)  Nurture young but established debaters to be debating mentors to their peers;

iii) Introduce British Parliamentary Debating format to Singapore schools

At the end of the programme, there will be certificates of participation issued to all participants, as well as awards to acknowledge the Most Outstanding Debater, Most Improved Debater and Most Knowledgeable Debater.

We invite you to sign up early to secure places for your institution as there is no institution cap, but in order to maintain a small trainer to student ratio, we will be capping our registration at 40 participants.  If interested, please email us your institution name, names and meal restrictions of participants, with “NUS Debate Development Series 2013” as the subject.

Applications close on the 1^st Aug 2013, 2359h, after which once we confirm your spot, payment details will be emailed out to you. For further questions, do not hesitate to email me at daniellegsm@gmail.com

We hope to see you soon!

Best Wishes,

Danielle Goh

NUS Debates

Workshop Director

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IMPORTANT UPDATE

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Three important updates to take note off

1) Registration will close on the 31st of July 2013 and the results will be posted on the website by the 1st of August.

2) Singapore British Parliamentary Debate Championships (SBPDCs) will not be open to Independent or Open Composite Teams. Registration is strictly confined to debaters from recognized educational institutions.

The exception to this rule are nationally recognized combined schools teams such as WSDC Singapore and DDI. These teams will be subject to rules stipulated in point 2.

3) Teams and Debaters from these nationally recognized combined schools teams will not be able to break into the elimination rounds of the tournament or qualify to be recognized for individual speaker awards. Although their achievements, if any, will be recognized at the relevant break announcements.

This is to promote SBPDC's as a institutionally based tournament.

However, the overall speaker and team tabulations will be released at the end of the tournament with their teams included.

4) Payment Details:
Upon confirmation of your team registration details regarding payment and transfer will be mailed directly to your point of contact.

Please address all queries to sbpdc2013@gmail.com


Thank you!