PDWC 2022 Online High School Parliamentary Debate World Conference & Competition

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As part of the WakuPro Foundation’s International Friendship Program, thepurpose of the PDWC 2022 Online Debate Conference is to support youngpeople in becoming successful on a global stage, through providingopportunities for the serious exchange of opinions in a spirit of friendlycompetition with other high school students from abroad. Students will thus develop their ability to make this future global society reality while fostering lifelong friendships. The debate portion of the event will be facilitated by Debate Mate based in the United Kingdom.
During this event, students and participants should understand that they arerepresentatives of their country and school, and that they are expected toactively connect with participants from other schools and countries, as wellas to understand and accept cultural differences so that they can grow theircapacity to make a peaceful world a reality.
The conference will be held online (Zoom). It will not be open to the public.

PDWC 2022 Online Debate Event Details

Schedule

 Saturday, February 5th 〜 Saturday, February 12th 2022

*Please see the schedule for details.

1. Opening Ceremony

2. Debate Training

3. Debate Rounds (3 Rounds )

*The top 4 schools will advance to the Semi-Final Round.

4. Semi-Final Debate Round

*The top 2 schools in the Debate Round will advance to the Final Debate Round. 

5. Final Debate Round

6. Debate Event (Mix Debate)

7.Cultural Connect Activities 

8.Student Connect Activities 

9.School introductions 

10. Closing Ceremony

How the event will be held

The conference will be held online(Zoom)

PDWC 2022 Online Debate Schedule

Day Week Time Event
1/31 (Mon) 9:00 ~ 9:30 Zoom Connection Test 1
2/1 (Tue) 16:00 ~ 16:30 ZoomConnection Test  2
2/2 (Wed) 10:00 ~ 10:30 Zoom Connection Test 3
19:00 ~ 19:30 Zoom Connection Test 4
2/3 (Thu) 22:00 ~ 22:30 Zoom Connection Test 5
2/5 (Sat) 17:00 ~ 18:00 Opening Ceremony
18:30 ~ 20:30 Debate Training Group 1
21:00 ~ 23:00 School Introductions  1
2/6 (Sun) 9:00 ~ 11:00 Cultural Connect Activity 1
16:00 ~ 18:00 School Introductions 2
18:00 ~ 20:00 Debate Training Group 2
2/7 (Mon) 16:00 ~ 18:00 Debate Event 1 ( Mix Debate )
19:30 ~ 21:30 Student Connect Event 1
21:00 ~ 23:00 Debate Round 1 Group 1 ( 3 simultaneous debates )
2/8 (Tue) 17:00 ~ 19:00 Debate Round 1 Group 2 ( 3 simultaneous debates )
19:30 ~ 21:30 Debate Event 2 ( Mix Debate )
2/9 (Wed) 18:00 ~ 20:00 Debate Round 2 Group 1 ( 3 simultaneous debates )
20:30 ~ 22:30 Debate Round 2 Group 2    ( 3 simultaneous debates )
2/10 (Thu) 17:30 ~ 19:30 Debate Round 3 Group 1 ( 3 simultaneous debates )
20:00 ~ 21:00 Student Connect Event 2
21:30 ~ 23:30 Debate Round 3 Group 2 ( 3 simultaneous debates )
2/11 (Fri) 17:00 ~ 19:00 Semi-Final Debate Round  ( 2 simultaneous debates 
21:00 ~ 22:00 Student Connect Event 3
2/12 (Sat) 10:00 ~ 12:00 Cultural Connect Activity  2
16:00 ~ 17:00 Student Connect Event  4
17:00 ~ 19:00 Final Debate Round
19:00 ~ 20:00 Closing Ceremony

Note: Schedule is subject to change due to time zone differences.

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