Paris Open 2012

Registration for the Paris debating tournament is now officially open! We thus invite and encourage you and your members to come and participate in the Paris Open debating tournament which will take place on the 6th and 7th of April at Telecom ParisTech and we are delighted to welcome Anat Shapira as our Chief Adjudicator: DCA WUDC 2011, DCA EUDC 2007, CA of various tournaments in Netherlands, Turkey, France and Israel. Best ESL speaker WUDC 2006, best ESL speaker EUDC 2005 and 2003. Winner/finalist/top speaker of various other tournamentsThe Paris debating tournament is an annual debate tournament organised by the Paris Debating Union, a group of Parisian university debating societies. The organising team gathers students from some of France's most prestigious universities: Paris Descartes, Sciences Po Paris, Université Panthéon-Assas, and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications to establish friendly yet competitive debating in France and to continue a true debating tradition throughout Europe and further afield.

This will be a closed motion tournament, where all debates are conducted in British Parliamentary Style (BPS) also known as World Style over a two day period.There will be five preliminary rounds with breaks to semi-finals (with separate English as Second Language semi inclusive) and finals. The team cap is restricted to 48 teams (with the N-1 rule applying for judges) and a registration fee of €70 per team (i.e. 35 € per person) is required.

While now officially an open (composite teams permitted) the organisers extend this definition to mean an open flow of wine throughout the tournament! We also welcome a certain infamous lemon-sugar-vodka drink to our socials!

The Paris IV has been highly praised in terms of quality and style, making it a tournament you do not want to miss. We look forward to hearing from you, and do hope to see you at what certainly promises to be an unforgettable event! So for the chance to meet interesting people, in beautiful surroundings right in the heart of what is arguably the world’s greatest city, come to the Paris Open 2012!

To register visit: www.paris-iv.com. Our Facebook page can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paris-IV-debating-tournament/398293203518981and the official Facebook event is at: http://www.facebook.com/events/307552229309788/

For further enquiries, please contact: contact@paris-iv.com

Hilary Bowen-Walsh
Communications/PR,

Paris Open organisation team 2012

Sciences Po Le Havre IV 2012: 13-14 April!

Sciences Po IV is back and MUCH BIGGER and BETTER!
Sciences Po Paris (Le Havre Campus) presents the Fourth Sciences Po IV, promising you two days of great debates and great fun AND a BRILLIANT CA team!

CA Team:

Jack Watson
- CA for Bristol IV 2011, CA for Warwick IV 2011, CA for Imperial Open 2011, Quarter-finalist of WUDC 2012, Semi-finalist of WUDC 2011, Finalist EUDC 2010, Best Speaker and Winner of Cambridge IV 2011, Winner of TCD IV 2011, Finalist SOAS IV 2010, Finalist Durham IV 2010, Best Speaker of York IV 2010, Best Speaker of Warwick IV 2010, Best Speaker of Manchester IV 2010, Second Best Speaker of EUDC 2011

Isabelle Fischer (Loewe)
- DCA for Berlin WUDC 2013, CA for Edinburgh Cup, ESL Champion, EUDC 2006, Panel Judge for Finals of EUDC 2011, ESL Semifinalist of WUDC 2007, DCA Tallinn Euros 2008, Breaking Judge at WUDC 2009 and 2010

Niall Sherry
- Winner Irish Times Debating Competition 2010, HWS Round Robin 2010, Winner Kingsmill-Moore Invitational 2011, Finalist UCD IV 2010, Maynooth Open 2011, Semi-Finalist Galway Open 2011,DCU Open 2011, Cambridge IV 2009

Anne Valkering
- Winner of WUDC ESL 2008, finalist of EUDC 2006, CA of SciencesPo IV 2009 and 2010, CA UCU Open 2011, Convenor of Amsterdam EUDC 2010, DCA Dutch Nationals 2009, Convener EUDC 2010, CA Bonaparte Debate Tournament 2007, DCA Amsterdam Open 2008 and 2009

About the IV:
• 7 minute speeches
• 5 preliminary rounds
• Separate ESL breaks to semis
• Open breaks to semis
• All meals provided
• Wine and Cheese!
• Two socials
• Yakka!

Registration:
The registration fee is 25 euros/person (two teams per university ONLY)
Cap - 48 teams, so secure your spot NOW before they are filled!

Adjudicator: n-1 rule applies. Fees does not apply.
Crash is guaranteed for both, Debaters and Adjudicators.

*Please Register at the following link:
Registration will be open till 15th March.

*Pre-payment is required to guarantee a spot. Please send your receipt after the bank transfer to scpoiv@gmail.com.
Refer to our website for more details.


Schedule:
Friday 13th April 2012

12:00 – 14:00 Registration and briefing
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:15 – 16:15 Debate: Round 1
16:15 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 18:30 Round 2
18:30 – 18:45 Break
18:45 – 20:45 Round 3
21:00 – 22:00 Dinner
23:00: Social

Saturday 14th April 2012

10:00 – 12:00 Round 4
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 15:00 Round 5
15:00 – 15:15 Break
15:30 – 17:30 Semi-Finals
17:30 – 18:00 Snacks
18:00 – 20:00 Final
22:30 – 23:00 Awards, dinner and closing ceremony
23:30: Social


How to get to Le Havre:

Train: When you reach Paris, travel to Gare St. Lazare and take the train to Le Havre (a 2-hours ride).

Ferry: Take a ferry from Portsmouth to Le Havre (8 hours)

Please let us know when you arrive at the station or the port, so we can pick you up!


For more information, please refer to :www.sciencespoiv2012.webs.com
Contact us at: scpoiv@gmail.com

Results of the Sciences PO IV

Texas A&M (Syed Taha & Alya Al-Harthy) have won the Sciences PO IV in Paris.  Tomas Beerthuis from Utrecht was the best speaker.

The Final was:
OG Stuttgart
OO Texas A&M
CG Berlin
CO Utrecht

The Semi line up was:
Semi 1.
OG Paris M&M
OO Stuttgart
CG: Belgrade
CO: Utrecht

Semi 2.
OG Texas
OO Aachen
CG Assas
CO Berlin

The Tab can be found at: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AojBXQpiwpsqdGk5SGVpRjZndDJKZnRpWHhBZVhoOGc&hl=en#gid=1

Motions:
Rd1: This house would invalidate any election result with a turnout below 70%
Rd2: This house would children should be excluded from any religion until adulthood
Rd3: This house would allow animated child pornography
Rd4: This house would pay developing countries to host western prisoners
Rd5: This house would abolish state pensions and instead only award benefits based on disability.
Semis: This house would the US government should publish all visual material relating to Osama Bin Laden's death
Final: This house would offer immediate EU candidate status to North African states on the precondition of democratic transition

LSE win the Paris IV

The 2011 Paris IV took place this weekend. Congratulations to LSE (John Ashbourne and Png Zhiheng) for winning the main break and Berlin for winning the ESL title, Harish Natarajan for topping the speaker tab and Desisslava Kirova for topping the ESL speaker tab. The tab is attached. If anyone is curious, the motions were as follows:

1. THW Ban Public Sector Strikes in Times of High Government Debt (Music: "9 to 5"-Dolly Parton)
2. THB That France Should Open Its Borders to Any Migrant from One of Its Former Colonies ("Empire State of Mind"-Jay-Z)
3. TH Supports the Establishment of 'Harvey Milk Schools' in Europe (The Harvey Milk School is a school in New York for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Young People) ("Teenage Dream"-Cover by the cast of Glee)
4. THW Use Partition To Solve Civil Wars in Divided Societies ("Better Together"-Jack Johnson")
5. THB That It Is Immoral To Donate To Animal Charities Whilst Humans Are Dying of Poverty ("Feel Good Inc"-Gorillaz)
Semi: THB That Israel Should Abolish Conscription ("Everybody's Gone To War"-Nerina Pallot)
ESL Final: As the Editor of Jyllands-Posten in September 2005, THW Not Have Published the Mohammed Cartoons
Final: THB That A Woman Who Wears High Heels Is No More Free Than One Who Wears the Burqa ("Broken Heels"-Alexandra Burke)

Many thanks to Maja Cimerman for being a great DCA, Stephan Nunner for tabbing, and Louisa Zhang for convening an absolutely exceptional tournament. Hope to see lots of you in Paris this time next year-no IV has better cheese and wine!

Paris IV

The Paris IV will be held from the 1st to the 3rd of April.  
The preliminary rounds will be held on Friday and Saturday with the final on Saturday night. Sunday you will be free to explore Paris.

Over the weekend there will be amazing socials with lots of food and wine available.

Ben Wollgar is the Chief adjudicator and there will be 5 minute speeches in the preliminary rounds.

Registration is 45EUR/Debater plus 10EUR for 2 nights crash accomodation if required.

For further details e-mail  stephan.nunner@sciences-po.org