Live Debate from the Cambridge Union

Have you ever wanted to attend a debate at the Cambridge Union?  Well now you can avail of the next best thing.  A live stream from their debate tonight. 

The motion: Is classical music still important? You can watch it live on their revamped website http://www.cus.org/ from 7pm.  Hopefully in the coming months there will be many more livestreams from Cambridge and other major debating societies.

Live stream from "Easters"

Monash Debaters have a live stream of the Easters Tournament in Australia

Visit http://www.ustream.tv/channel/monash-debaters for the live debates or for videos of previous debates in the competition.


Streaming Video by Ustream.TV

Live Debates this weekend: HWS / IDEA Round Robin

If you want to watch some live debates on line this weekend IDEA are livestreaming the HWS / IDEA Round Robin championships from New York

Go to http://www.idebate.org/streaming/hwsrr2011/ to watch the action.

Live debates this weekend: North American Spainish Championships

If you are interested in watching some debates this weekend IDEA are live streaming from the Campeonato Norte Americano de Debate in New York.  The debates are in Spanish.


To watch the debates visit http://www.idebate.org/streaming/cnad2011/

Live debates this week: US Championships

If you want to watch some debates this weekend IDEA are streaming live rounds from the Unites States University Debating Championships in Vermont.

http://www.idebate.org/streaming/usu2011/

The schedule for the debates is as follows (all times East Coast US and subject to running late as many tournaments do)

Friday 1 April
Round One 4pm
Round Two 6pm

Saturday 2 April
Round Three 9am
Round Four 11:30am
Round Five 2:30pm
Round Six 5pm

Sunday 3 April
Octofinals 9am
Quarterfinals 11:30am
Semifinals 2pm
Final 4:30pm

IDEA Debate Live-Streaming

As part of a continuing effort to bring debate to as wide of an audience as possible, the media team at IDEA will be live-streaming three debate tournaments this April in the United States.

Each of these tournaments will be streamed in real time, and the video archives will be available for subsequent viewing. Our Twitter feeds will include live updates as the events unravel. All of this is free of charge, so we hope you enjoy the opportunity to watch high-quality debates without having to travel!

As for the schedule...

*United States Universities Debate Championship 2011*
Burlington, Vermont
April 1st - 3rd
http://www.idebate.org/streaming/usu2011/

*HWS / IDEA Round Robin*
Geneva, New York
April 8th - 9th
http://www.idebate.org/streaming/hwsrr2011/

*Campeonato Norte Americano de Debate (debates in Spanish)*
Ithaca, New York
April 7th - 10th
http://www.idebate.org/streaming/cnad2011/

We will email more updates as they become necessary.

Thanks,

Alex Dukalskis
Executive Director
International Debate Education Association (IDEA), United States
http://www.idebate.org/
http://idebate.blogspot.com/

Live debates from Vienna IV

If you want to watch some live debates (or recordings of debates) today there is live video coverage of the Vienna IV on Ustream

Visit http://www.ustream.tv/channel/vienna-iv-2011 or http://viv11.debattierklubwien.at/ to follow the debates.

Belgrade Open Final Video

Following on from their work livestreaming rounds from the recent World Debating Championships in Botswana, IDEA were at the Belgrade Open broadcasting a live stream of selected debates.  They have now posted a recording of the final.

Motion: This house believes that post-conflict governments should share power between both parties who were involved in the conflict
You can view the final below or click here to see the IDEA video archive.

Live debates from Belgrade Open

If you want to watch some live debates today IDEA have a live stream set up for the Belgrade Open.  It's similar to the setup from Worlds in Botswana but this time all the streams are in one place and there is an integrated twitter fees.

You can access the site at http://www.idebate.org/bgopen/ and it will go live during rounds.

Video of WUDC final

Alfred "Tuna" Snider wins the race among those at the final to post a video of the debate online.  I know the team at idebate are also working on copies of the final plus the ESL and EFL finals and I'll post details of these once available.


Debate - WUDC - Invade Zimbabwe - WUDC 2012 Finals from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

OG: Monash A
OO: Oxford A
CG: Sydney A
CO: London School of Economics A

Motion: This house would invade Zimbabwe

Semi Final Videos

While we wait for the announcment of the finalists Mite Kuzevski and the team at idebate have uploaded the videos from the semis. They have broadcast throughout the tournament and have provided a super service. Well done guys.


Semi Final 1 LSE A vs Sydney D & Monash A vs Yale C





Semi Final 2 Sydney A v Cambridge A v Sydney B v Oxford A