The Karl Popper Debate Championship, a world competition of national teams, lasts from July 22 – 26th, 2010. Any three-member debate team, whose members are or have been high school students in the six months prior to the Forum, are eligible to compete. If you cannot find a complete 3-member team, but you would still like to participate, please contact the Forum Coordinator as soon as possible. It is possible to pair incomplete teams together to form an international team competing in the KPDC. The Director of the competition is the Chief Adjudicator, Andrej Schulcz .

It is possible to attend the tournament separately from the other parts of the Youth Forum.

If you want to read more about the Karl Popper Debate Format or the responsibilities of the Chief Adjudicator, please visit the IDEA main website – section with standards.

The Championship will feature two prepared topic and four limited-time preparation debate topics (announced at the Forum, 45 minutes prior to the round) in the area of Youth issues.

Extended preparation time topics:

To be announced by mid December

Round I – prepared topic I

Round II – prepared topic I

Round III – limited-time prep

Round IV – limited-time prep

Round V – prepared topic II

Round VI – prepared topic II

Octofinals – limited time prep

Quarterfinals – prepared topic I

Semifinals – limited time prep

Finals – prepared topic II

See the videos and documentation from last year’s KPDC and the Finals!

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