Would you like to spend a few days in the warm tropics, a cool sea breeze playing in your hair, the sun high in an immaculately blue sky, as a turquoise sea crashes onto a secluded beach? So would we. Nevertheless, you may also be interested in the 2011 Centrale Paris IV taking place on December 2 and 3. It will be staged at the “picturesque campus” of the École Centrale de Paris – only half an hour by public transport from the centre of Paris. Très centrale!

Language of debate is English, the format will be British Parliamentary Style (BPS). Manos Moschopoulos will be CA-ing. Registration fees are 40 Euros with and 35 Euros without accommodation, adjudicators are free. More info is available from an information booklet. The organizers are anthusiastic about inviting debaters over to France: “ So, for the chance to take part in spectacular debates, with interesting people, in pleasant surroundings, and right on the doorstep of what is arguably the world’s finest city, come to the 2011 Centrale IV!”

Facts:

• Centrale IV
• Paris, France
• Registration fees: 35 Euros / 40 Euros
• Adjudicators free
• CA: Manos Moschopoulos