[university-l] Invitation to the fall international events in Slovenia

[bojana.skrt at siol.net]

Dear all, 

I am sending you the short info about three international events we are organising
in the fall in Slovenia and we appreciate a lot if you can distribute these info to the 
debate community in your debate programs and of course, we hope lots of you will 
decide to participate. 

INTERNATIONAL HIGHSCHOOL DEBATE WEEKEND,  Ljutomer, 13th and 14th of October
The traditional Ljutomer tournament. There is home stay offered to debaters from other 
countries from 10/11th till 15th of October. 
3 teams per country. Parallel tournaments: KP and Worlds Schools. Topic area: European 
Institutions. 25 Euros per person participation fee.  The number of teams is limited to 46. 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARGUMENTATION, RHETORIC, DEBATE AND 
THE PEDAGOGY OF EMPOWERMENT: THINKING AND SPEAKING A BETTER WORLD,
24-26 November 2006, Koper, Slovenia,  
More info on: http://debate.uvm.edu/betterworld.htm or bojana.skrt at siol.net 
Please, have in mind that the abstracts should be sent no later than 15th of August. There 
is a big interests in the Conference, so do not hesitate to contact us, the number of the 
pannelists is limited. 

INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DEBATE ACADEMY, Ormož, 17th - 24th of November
We will accept 50 students,   the participation fee is 190 Euro. 
There is a big interest and we  already got a lot of applications, so if you plan to come, do not 
hesitate to apply. More on:http://www.ljudmila.org/debata/en/index.html or email to Primož
on IDAS2006 at gmail.com  
List of trainers: 
Chris Burk, University of Texas in Dallas,  USA 
Lars Duursma, Erasmus Debating Society, Netherlands
Simon Grabrovec, ZIP, Slovenia  
Branka Josimov, ACCD, Serbia 
Sam Greenland, UK&Australia
Sam Nelson, Cornell University, USA
Maja Nenadovič, Croatia&Netherlands
Will Sharp, Oxford Debating Union, UK 
Bojana Skrt, ZIP, Slovenia 
Alfred C. Snider, University of Vermont, USA 
Loke Wing Fatt, Singapore 

Hope seeing you in Slovenia, 

Bojana