From the 17^th to the 19^th of October, the University of Turku Debating Club hosts the Turku Open for the second time in Finland. The tournament features 5 preliminary rounds of BPS debating with a break to semi-finals and a final. Speeches will be 7 minutes in length, the team cap is 32 teams.

The Chief Adjudicators (CAs) are Harish Natarajan, CA of the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC) 2014 in Chennai, Peer Klüßendorf, European Champion in the category English as a second Language (ESL) and ESL finalist at WUDC 2014, and Helena Ivanov, ESL Finalist as well as Best EFL Speaker in Chennai.

Registration for Turku Open 2014 is open and can be accessed via http://bit.ly/1mXDYYv. Registration fee is 50€ for Debaters and 40€ for judges and includes accomodation.

Further information can be found on the homepage of the UTU Debating Club on their facebook page or on the event page on facebook. Questions can also be send to utudebate [at] gmail [dot] com.

•  Date: 17. – 19.10.2014
• Location: Turku, Finland
• CAs: Harish Natarajan, Peer Klüßendorf, Helena Ivanov
• Reg Fee: 50€ speakers, 40€ judges

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