Conference participants are cordially invited to the third Conference tournament.  At this event, we’ll continue our experiments to explore best practice in BP debating.

Highlights

Conference IV #3 will incorporate a number of approaches that are significantly different from current BP practice.  In brief, the major differences at this tournament are:

* Each debate decides topic via a topic striking process

* Points of privilege allowed during the round to address equity concerns in-round

* Escalated equity issues handled by the tournament host or designee with the option of involving the host institution’s equity and compliance office

* Open deliberation following the debate, to be observed by the debaters

Schedule (times in Pacific Time) 

Friday, 2/11

3:00 - Registration/Tech check

3:30 - Rd 1

5:30 - Rd 2

7:30 - Coaches’ meeting: discussion of conference structure & schedule

Saturday, 2/12

10:00 - Rd 3

12:00 - Lunch

1:00 -  Rd 4

3:00 - Elim #1 (as needed)

5:00 - Elim #2 (as needed)

For more information, please see the complete invitation downloadable from the menu on the right.