Over 100 young Europeans will participate in the European Debate Tournament titled “Thessaloniki Open 2014” that will be held in the city of Thessaloniki from October 31 until November 2.

The tournament will take place at the premises of DEI College. Students from all over Europe will compete in argumentation in the British language. The judges will be experienced debaters who have won European and World championships from Greece and abroad.

This unique event aims to bring together young people in exercising free speech and other fundamentals of democracy, but also celebrate Thessaloniki’s tenure as the European Youth Capital.

Thessaloniki Open 2014 is organized by the Association for Democracy in the Balkans, the Debating Society of Greece, the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe and Thessaloniki Debate Club.

Tournament information

– British parliamentary
– 5 preliminary rounds
– 7 min. speeches
– Break to the semis
– Team cap: 60

Judges

– Emilia Carlqvist (EUDC 2013 ESL champion, EUDC 2015 DCA, EUDC 2016 CA)
– Harish Natarajan (EUDC 2012 champion, WUDC 2014 CA, EUDC 2016 CA)
– Manos Moschopoulos (WUDC 2010 best ESL speaker, WUDC 2016 CA)
– Stefan Siridzanski (EUDC 2014 ESL champion, WUDC 2014 ESL finalist)

The event is open to the public