Rules and Regulations & Schedule
Registration will be done on a team by team basis. Each team must comprise of a professional debater and an amateur debater. A debater with international tournament experience or local tournament experience greater than 1 year is deemed professional.
An amateur would be someone who hasn’t been to an international tournament and has debated for less than a year. For JC participants, a professional would be one who has been to at least two national / international debating tournaments, or has debated for more than a year. An amateur would be someone who has been to less than two tournaments and has debated for less than a year.
The n-1 adjudicator rule will be followed in the tournament. Therefore, any institute sending n teams is required to send a bare minimum of n-1 adjudicators.
Schedule
| Day 1 | Day 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration | 8 AM | Round 4 | 9:30 AM to 11 AM |
| Round 1 | 9 AM to 11 AM | Lunch | 11 AM to 12:30 PM |
| Lunch | 11 AM to 12:30 PM | Semi Finals | 12:30 PM to 2 PM |
| Round 2 | 12:30 PM to 2 PM | JC Final | 12:30 PM to 2 PM |
| Round 3 | 3 PM to 4 PM | Grand Final | 3 PM to 4:30 PM |
Accomodation
International participants who wish to seek accommodation (on campus) can make bookings at the Nanyang Executive Centre (NEC). Details of the same can be found at http://www.ntu.edu.sg/nec/Pages/default.aspx. All matters related to accommodation, including payment, have to be dealt with separately with NEC. Please inform us in advance in case international students require a formal invitation or any other form of help for visa purposes.
Lunch will be provided on both the days.
About the Organizers: NTU Debating Society
The NTU Debating Society has been actively involved in promoting and inculcating Debating and Public Speaking skills in the student population of NTU. It has organized a number of successful debating events that provide a platform for the student debaters of not only NTU, but also from other universities, junior colleges and polytechnics in the region. Last year, the NTU Debating Society organized the NTU Pre Worlds 2007, the hugely successful NTU Model United Nations which had participants from over 6 countries and NTU Dorothy Cheung Inter-Tertiary Championships, our flagship tournament. In addition the NTU Debating Squad which was started in 1991 has built up a strong debating tradition in NTU. Apart from strong showings at Asian and Australasian levels, NTU made it to the finals of the World Universities Debating Championship the most prestigious debating tournament. NTU are the Asian Universities Debating Champions 2008, which we won at the International Islamic University, Malaysia in May 2008.