Sixth-form students from twelve schools will battle it out for the title of Debating Matters Berlin Champions 2023 at a day of debate hosted at the University of Europe for Applied Science, Berlin on Thursday 15 June.
The competition is part of 20 for 20 – the 20th Anniversary programme of the competition – which will see 20 exciting events taking place across the year.
09:00 REGISTRATION
09:30 WELCOME
09:50 – 11:00 DEBATE 1
Billionaires owning media companies is bad for democracy
Group 1 (Audimax)
Group 2 (Kino)
FOR
AGAINST
CHAIR
JUDGES
Prof Walter Bergmoser
Dr Agota Revesz
Anton Spahl
INDIVIDUAL JUDGE
Petra Küntzel
Group 3 (Rm 2.64)
Group 4 (Rm 2.65)
11:05 – 12:15 DEBATE 2
We should accept the risks inherent in contact sports
Group 1 (Audimax)
Group 2 (Kino)
FOR
AGAINST
CHAIR
JUDGES
Daniel Ben-Ami
Prof Dr Stefan Chatrath
Dr Agota Revesz
INDIVIDUAL JUDGE
Jenny Spahl
Group 3 (Rm 2.64)
Group 4 (Rm 2.65)
12:20 – 13:25 DEBATE 3
Healthcare workers should not be allowed to strike
Group 1 (Audimax)
Group 2 (Kino)
GROUP 3 (Rm 2.64)
Group 4 (Rm 2.65)
FOR
AGAINST
CHAIR
JUDGES
Kevin Blatz
Julia Dannemann-Freitag
Anton Spahl
INDIVIDUAL JUDGE
Alastair Donald
13:30 – 14:20 LUNCH
14:30 – 14:45 RESULTS
14:45 – 16:15 SEMI-FINALS
The German Government should legalise commercial surrogacy
SEMI-FINAL A (Audi)
SEMI-FINAL B (Kino)
FOR
AGAINST
CHAIR
JUDGES
Aaron Allen
Phoebe Blackburn
Anli Serfontain
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
Geoff Kidder
Jutta Lux
Jenny Spahl
FOR
AGAINST
CHAIR
JUDGES
Julian Arndts
Prof Dr Oleg Dik
Anne Hodgson
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
Jascha Krekeler
Petra Küntzel
Thilo Spahl
16:20 – 16:35 AFTERNOON COFFEE BREAK
16:40 – 18:00 FINAL DEBATE (Audimax)
Cancel Culture is a threat to freedom of speech
FOR
AGAINST
CHAIR
JUDGES
Julia Dannemann-Freitag
Prof Dr Oleg Dik
Prof Dr Stefan Chatrath
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
All individual judges
18:00 RESULTS, PRIZES & THANKS
WINNERS: Nelson-Mandela-Schule
We are grateful to our partners & prize sponsors:
