Sweden has a lot more to offer than cheap furniture and smörrebröd: Debating has found its way up to the North! The Lund Open from April 15 to 17 is the first BPS competition to be held on Swedish soil. The Lund Debating Society managed to gather a team of very renowned debaters from all over the world under the slogan "Debate is in the air!": On board of the Lund Open are Lucinda David as chief adjudicator (CA), her deputies are Dino de Leon, Catherine Murphy and since recently Sam Block. At the end of this year, both Lucinda and ...

First BP tourny in Sweden ever: From 15 to 17 April, the Lund Debate Society ((LDS) will host the first Lund Open. Five prelims with seven-minute speeches lead to semis and final. The latter will be staged in a majestic venue, the convenors promise on the Lund Open 2011 homepage. The adjudication team has not been announced yet. But the Lund debaters allure to their fellow debaters with an all-inclusive offer: An optional debate workshop, a guided city tour, and meals are scheduled for that spring weekend as well as a lot of Swedish alcohol, Swedish singing and clubbing after ...