Hello all coaches, debaters, and parents, Thank you for attending the past 3 weeks of our tournament. It has been a journey for us all and we have been thankful for all your continued interest and support. This week is day 4, of the tournament, and our team is feverously preparing for the break rounds! Breaking teams and speakers will be announced in the GA at 10:00 AM EDT sharp this Friday, August 14th. This announcement will happen during our special COVID Discussion with Dr. Amir Mohareb, where he and other experts will discuss the COVID pandemic and its effect on the world. Dr. Amir Mohareb earned his MD from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed his residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He is an expert in infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and currently teaches medicine at Harvard Medical School. The other experts will be highly qualified guests from Harvard Medical School who are coming to lend their expertise on this matter. More information on the event can be found below. 10:00 a.m. EDT Opening Remark 10:05 a.m. --11:00 a.m. EDT Panel discussion 11:00-11:30 a.m. EDT Break Announcements (Open semifinals, Junior finals and International finals) Speaker Awards (Top 10 best speakers, Top speaker of each grade, Top 3 international speaker) The event will be an hour and a half long, and all break and award announcements will be done after the panel discussion is over. Results will be posted by 1 PM EDT on tabbycat the same day. To clarify, the zoom link for this event will be the GA, which is: https://westernuniversity.zoom.us/j/93708946763 Meeting ID: 937 0894 6763 Best Regards, DebateGo-Western University Tournament Organizational Committee
I hope everyone is excited for 2020 DebateGo Western Summer Tournament ! As we approach the competition, we are pleased to announce that more than 60 teams have signed up for the event.
Looking foward to Saturday July 25th!