Welcome to the home page for the 2024 Concordia Eagle Public Forum Series #4 tournament hosted by Concordia University Irvine on Feb 17, 2024 for Various students.

Status: Tournament Completed

In conjunction with the HMDC Forensics Team, Concordia University Irvine's Forensics Team is pleased to welcome you to the fourth tournament in the Concordia Public Forum Series! The tournament will be held online on Saturday, February 17th, 2024 (North America) // Sunday, February 18th, 2014 (Asia) 

This tournament is entirely free!

Please submit entries by 8:00 pm (US Pacific Time) on Thursday, February 15th, 2024.

Four rounds of Public Forum debate will be offered for debaters in High School, Middle School, and Elementary School divisions. Teams winning at least 3 debates will receive Superior certificates, teams earning 2 wins will receive Excellence certificates. Additionally, the top 5 speakers in each division will receive an award.

Teams will debate the February 2024 topic: Resolved: The United States federal government should ban single use plastics.

The tournament schedule is below.

Tournament Schedule

Pacific Time

Eastern Time

Beijing Time

February 17th

February 17th

February 18st

Debater Check-In

3:30 PM

6:30 PM

7:30 AM

Round 1 Pairings

3:40 PM

6:40 PM

7:40 AM

Round 1 Debates Start

3:45 PM

6:45 PM

7:45 AM

Round 2 Pairing

4:45 PM

7:45 PM

8:45 AM

Round 2 Debates Start

4:50 PM

7:50 PM

8:50 AM

Round 3 Pairings

5:50 PM

8:50 PM

9:50 AM

Round 3 Debates Start

5:55 PM

8:55 PM

9:55 AM

Round 4 Pairing

6:55 PM

9:55 PM

10:55 AM

Round 4 Debates Start

7:00 PM

10:00 PM

11:00 AM

AWARDS CEREMONY

8:00 PM

11:00 PM

12:00 PM