PAN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP 24-26 January 2014

PAN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP
24-26 January 2014
University of Miami, Florida

http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/PAUDC (coming soon)

University student debaters from the western hemisphere are invited. The tournament will use the rules and format of the World Universities Debating Championship. These can be found, in both Spanish and English, at http://debate.uvm.edu/dcpdf/WUDC_CMUDE_rules.pdf.

The tournament will have six preliminary debates and an appropriate number of elimination debates leading to Pan American champions in two divisions, Spanish language and English language.

The tournament is sponsored by the World Debate Institute (http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/wdi/ ) and hosted by the University of Miami.

SCHEDULE (tentative)

Thursday 23 January 2013
Arrivals
Friday 24 January 2013
900-1200 Registration
1300 Optional training sessions
1600 Opening Session
1700 Round One
Evening Enjoy Miami at night
Saturday 25 January 2013
900 Roll Call & coffee
930 Round Two
1200 Round Three
1330 Lunch
1500 Round Four
1730 Round Five
Evening Enjoy Miami at night
Sunday 26 January 2013
900 Roll Call & coffee
930 Round Six
1130 Quarterfinals
1330 Lunch
1430 Semifinals
1630 Finals
1800 Awards and Closing

ENTRY:
Registration will occur online. Universities may enter more than one team, with a preliminary cap of four teams. Debaters must be enrolled in the university they represent at the undergraduate or graduate level. No hybrid teams will be allowed. Judging must be provided at the N-1 level (1 team, 0 judge; 2 teams, 1 judge; 3 teams, 2 judges; etc.). Judges should have debating experience but may be undergraduate students. All judges must take an adjudication test online before the tournament. Please try to provide judges fluent in the language that you are entering teams in.

ADMINISTRATION:
Conveners: David Steinberg & Daniel Martinez, Miami
Chief Adjudicators: To Be Announced (English); To Be Announced (Spanish)
Motion Committee (Spanish & English will debate the same motions at the same time): To Be Announced.

FEES: To be Determined

HOTEL:
Miami is arranging a discount at a nearby hotel. Caution – this is the tourist season and we cannot guarantee an extremely low price.

TRAVEL VISAS:
We can assist you in gaining a visa to come to the USA to compete, but you must make the necessary arrangements and obtain the visas yourself.

Preliminary questions? Contact alfred.snider@uvm.edu