Berlin Worlds allocation update: 82 countries registered

The 110 recipients of the WUDC Berlin 2013 Scholarship are from 45 countries, which adds 31 countries to the championship. In total we are counting 82 countries today, which is certainly a Worlds record.



We have updated the detailed list of allocations accordingly.

Public Speaking: Kimera Chetty and Mathias Hamann to serve as CAs

Kimera Chetty (South Africa, pictured) and Mathias Hamann (Germany) have agreed to serve as Chief Adjudicators of the WUDC Berlin 2013 Public Speaking Competition. We are happy to have them on board!

Public Speaking is a competition held during Worlds, open to all speakers and adjudicators of the tournament. It has come in a variety of forms over the years and we will change it once more to give a rather trendy twist. It should be fun to compete in and to watch.

We will post details on rules and procedure in due time.

WUDC Berlin 2013 Tournament Guide

We present with excited anticipation: the Tournament Guide, which includes all the things you may want to know before your journey to Berlin.

WUDC Berlin 2013 Scholarship notifications

Dear WUDC Berlin 2013 Scholarship applicants,

Our scholarship team has emailed all successful applicants by now. That means: if you have not heard anything from us, we will—unfortunately—not be able to give you one of the 110 scholarships.

The team has intensely reviewed each of the 600 applications and composed a regionally divers and gender-balanced group of recipients.

Regardless of the outcome for you, we thank you for your application and wish you and your debate community all the best.

We have to know you in order to host you!

If you are joining Berlin Worlds, and if you are, say, a vegetarian ESL speaker who cares about their roommate choice, and if you have not yet told FastRego all that, something went wrong.

The deadline for the submission of participant data was October 21st, as we have posted repeatedly and say on our website. However, too many of you have not yet submitted anything.

Or, to say this even more seriously:
IF NO DATA ARE SUBMITTED BY YOU OR ON YOUR BEHALF, WE WILL NOT KNOW YOU UPON YOUR ARRIVAL IN BERLIN.

Informally, the data will be exported by Participant Affairs only on Tuesday. Please move quickly if you may be affected and talk to your institution representative NOW.

Masters' Cup: Philipp Stiel and Bronwyn Cowell to serve as CAs

Philipp Stiel (Germany) and Bronwyn Cowell (Australia) have agreed to serve as Chief Adjudicators of the WUDC Berlin 2013 Masters' Cup. We are happy to have them on board!



Masters' is a debate competition held during Worlds featuring national teams composed of Worlds adjudicators. This time round teams will consist of three speakers each as the format of the competition is based on Wartburg, which we mentioned earlier.

We will post details on rules and procedure in due time. In the meantime you may start thinking about forming a team for your country.