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Guangdong Debate Challenge (GDC) is a British Parliamentary Debate tournament convened by The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen English Debate Team.

This year’s GDC will be held May 20-22 through zoom, with total team capacity of 80.

09/05/2022

[Guangdong Debate Challenge 2022] Tournament Update Announcement
Dear Debating Community,
As GDC2022 is rapidly approaching, we would like to make a few announcements about the tournament and lectures information.

I. Team Capacity and Updated Tournament Schedule
This year’s GDC has received overwhelming debater registration from all around the world. After discussion with our Adjudication Core, we have extended the maximum team capacity to 108 teams. In order to allow more debaters to break in this tournament and let everyone have better debating experiences at GDC2022, we have updated the previous schedule and added Pre-Quarter-Finals. The updated tournament schedule is as below:

May 21st Saturday (UTC+8)
08:00-08:30 Registration & Roll Call
08:30-09:00 Briefing
09:00-11:00 Round 1
11:00-13:00 Round 2
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-16:00 Round 3
16:00-18:00 Round 4 (Silent)

May 22nd Sunday (UTC+8)
08:00-08:30 Roll Call
08:30-10:30 Round 5
10:30-11:00 Break Announcement
11:00-12:30 Pre-Quarter-Finals & Novice Semi-Finals
12:30-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-15:30 Quarter-Finals & Novice Grand-Final
15:30-17:30 Semi-Finals
17:30-19:30 Grand-Final
19:30-20:00 Award Ceremony

II. Novice Criteria�In order to allow more novice debaters to have more opportunities to learn, we have set novice category in GDC2022. Any team with both debaters being novice is qualified to break in novice category. The criteria of novice are as follows:
A debater is qualified as novice if: he/she has debated for less than ONE year OR has not broken in more than TWO collegiate level tournaments.

Break in collegiate level tournaments DOES include:
Open break (e.g. ABP Open break)
ESL break (e.g. LSE Open ESL break)
EFL break (e.g. NEADC EFL break)
Pro-am Am break (e.g. PKU Pro-am Am break)

Break in collegiate level tournaments DOES NOT include:
Novice break (e.g. AODC novice break)
Novice tournament break (e.g. UM Novice Cup break)

*GDC2022 Organising Committee reserves the right to determine whether a debater is qualified as novice or not.

III. Lecture Information�At GDC2022, we provide every debater who signed up with six free lectures by our Adjudication Core and special guest Alfred Goh. The lecture information is as follows:

May 20th (UTC+8)
Lecture 1
Topic: Tech Frontiers: Blockchains, cryptocurrencies and the next generation of Internet
Time: 10:00-11:30
Lecturer: Asa Li

Lecture 2
Topic: Artificial Intelligence
Time: 15:00-16:30
Lecturer: Judy Ji

Lecture 3
Topic: Policy debates
Time: 16:30-18:00
Lecturer: Alfred Goh

Lecture 4
Topic: How to improve at debating structurally
Time: 18:00-19:30
Lecturer: Josef Moscovici

Lecture 5
Topic: Engagement in debates
Time: 19:30-21:00
Lecturer: Rohan Kapur

Lecture 6
Topic: Elections
Time: 21:00-22:00
Lecturer: Kiki Liew

Introduction of our special guest, Alfred Goh
Alfred is a three-time Asia Top 10 best speaker, and the Champion of SMU BP IV. He was also the judge of Australs 2018 ESL Finals, WUDC 2015 Open Octo-Finals, WUDC 2019 Open Octo-Finals and ESL Quarter-Finals.

"If I could choose to debate with any debater in the world, Alfred Goh would be the one.

When I participated in my first GDC, Alfred helped me to understand the golden rule of life, that "happiness is often derived through comparison with others".

As a self-trained master, his articles and podcasts made me who I am today as a debater. As a friend, he is easy-going, kind and humorous. As a lecturer, he is inspirational.

Alfred has been a long-term supporter of GDC and I am grateful that he has agreed to provide a free lecture for this edition."
——Vincent Chau

*All lectures will be held on Zoom.

IV. Invited Adjudicators List
Adhipatya Singh
Aliya Fairuz
Andrews Terku
Anshuman Mishra
Belle Barbin
Chinmaya Mohan
Daniel Wiyarta
Devashish Trivedi
Emon Zhou
Ernest Mah
Grace Amilbangsa
JJ Pine
Josef Florendo
Klaus Xiao
Kyle Go
Luc Choong
Megha Rahman
Namita Pandey
Nayara Noor
Paulo Gabica
Quynh Anh
Ralph Lee
Rifayat Zafeer Wafee
Ritabrata Mitra
Shireen Ali
Shudipto Ahmed
Srijan Poudel
Tan Yao kun
Tengku Omar
Uzair Tajuddin
Velina Andonova
*The names are listed in alphabetical order.

We look forward to seeing you at GDC2022!

16/04/2022

Dear debating community,

We are still calling for adjudicators for Guangdong Debate Challenge 2022 (GDC)! Please refer to the information below if you are interested in joining us in this tournament:

[Tournament Information]
Date: May 21-22, 2022 (UTC+8)
Format: British Parliamentary
Venue: Zoom
Pay: 160 RMB / round (25USD)

[Application Form]
https://forms.gle/Wq6yTJ53W8fYZAEn6
The application will close at 23:59, May 1st (UTC+8). We will accept IAs on a rolling basis.

[Contact Us]
Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at our official email: [email protected]

Regards
Org Comm of GDC2022

08/04/2022

Dear debating community,

Our phase one registration is now officially closed. The Organising Committee has sent the debater confirmation and payment and trainee judges confirmation and payment emails to all registrants. Please kindly check your inbox and spam folder and complete the registration process.

Our IA list and lecture information is coming soon. We look forward to seeing you online in GDC2022

Best Regards
The Organising Committee of GDC2022

22/03/2022

[Guangdong Debate Challenge 2022 Registration & IA Application]
Dear Debating Community,
We are The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen English Debate Team, and we are immensely proud to announce the 5th Guangdong Debate Challenge!
IA Application and Debater, Trainee Judge Registration is now open. Detailed Information is as follows.

We would like to specially thank Beiqi Chen and Alfred Goh for their support of this tournament.

Basic Information
Date: Six lectures on May 20, Tournament on May 21-22
Format: British Parliamentary
Platform: Zoom&Discord&WeChat
Eligibility: Open
Team Capacity: 80 teams
Registration Fee: 200 RMB per debater, 100 RMB per trainee judge
Organising Committee: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, English Debate Team
Tab: Pansy Gu

Tournament Schedule
All the times are in UTC+8
May 20th Friday
6 lectures held by Alfred Goh and our Core Adjudicators (more details will be announced later)

May 21st Saturday
08:00-08:30 Registration & Roll Call
08:30-09:00 Briefing
09:00-11:00 Round 1
11:00-13:00 Round 2
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-16:00 Round 3
16:00-18:00 Round 4 (Silent)

May 22nd Sunday
08:30-09:00 Roll Call
09:00-11:00 Round 5
11:00-11:30 Break Announcement
11:30-13:30 Quater-Finals & Novice Semi-Finals
13:30-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30-16:30 Semi-Finals & Novice Grand-Final
16:30-18:30 Grand Final
18:30-19:30 Award Ceremony

Core Adjudicators
Asa Li
Josef Moscovici
Judy Ji
Kiki Liew
Rohan Kapur

Registration
Debater & Trainee Judge Registration DDL: April 7th, 23:59 (GMT+8)
IA Application DDL: May 1st, 23:59 (GMT+8). We will select IAs on a rolling basis
Links:
Debaters:
https://forms.gle/JXhoz4enasUAW5Rt5
Trainee Judges:
https://forms.gle/FoutSApmDtoMmUnc6
Invited Adjudicators:
https://forms.gle/Wq6yTJ53W8fYZAEn6

Registration Instruction:
There are four categories of registration/application:
1. Institutional Registration�For teams in which two debaters come from the same institution, they are required to register institutionally. Each institution is required to send a representative to fill in the registration form to apply for the teams slots for your institution. Once the organising committee has finished slots allocation, the result will be sent to the representative’s email;�2. Individual Team Registration�For teams in which two debaters come from different institutions, they are required to register as Individual Team. Each team is required to send one member to fill in the registration form. Once the organising committee has finished slots allocation, the result will be sent to the representative’s email;�3. Trainee Judges Registration�Trainee Judges should register individually. There is no team judge requirements for institutions.�4. Invited Adjudicators Application�We will select IAs on a rolling basis.
We will pay each IA 160 RMB per round

Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us through Facebook / Email: [email protected] / WeChat: ethanfan_cuhk_
Due to technical issues, the email sent from GDC Organising Committee may be allocated automatically into trash or spam folder. Please take notice.

We look forward to seeing you in GDC2022!

Best Regards
GDC2022 Organising Committee

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