The 8th PDA High School Parliamentary Debate
World Congress 2023
PDA High School Parliamentary Debate World Congress (PDAWC) is anevent for high school students held in Japan. It is a unique occasion for highschoolers from all around the world to debate in English and have cultural
exchanges with each other. The first World Congress was held in January 2016.
The upcoming 2023 World Congress will be the seventh.
Participants come from many countries. The six past events’ participant countries
were Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Canada, Chili, China, Denmark,Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico,Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, South Africa, South Korea,Philippines, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, the United Kingdom, theUnited States of America and Vietnam.

LOCATION:

Online: zoom
Address: 1-1 Gakuen, Naka, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan
Parliamentary Debate Personnel Development Association (PDA) located at Osaka
Metropolitan University B4-E235

DATES:The 2023 event will be held from Friday, January 20 to Saturday, January 21,2023. (2 days)

SCHEDULE (temporary*):•DAY 1 (January 20, Friday):- Opening and Welcome Ceremony- Main Debate Tournament Preliminary Rounds- Welcome party•

DAY 2 (January 21, Saturday):- Main Debate Tournament Preliminary Rounds, Semi-Final and Final- Keynote Speech- Awards Ceremony*The detailed schedule will be sent to the participants afterwards.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:➢PDAWC is open to high school students (at the time of the competition).

➢One team per country composed of 3 high school students accompanied by1 faculty member.

➢This year, the registration fee for oversea teams is Free.

HOW TO REGISTER:
Register one team, per country, composed of 3 high school students
accompanied by 1 faculty member.
Please contact us early if you plan to participate. Register at pdawc@pdpda.org
using the following form (Page 3).

ORGANIZER:
General Incorporated Association
Parliamentary Debate Personnel Development Association (PDA)
http://www.pdpda.org/
For more information, please feel free to contact us at pdawc@pdpda.org

Terms and Conditions:•

Only one team per country will be eligible and chosen on a first-come, firstserved basis. If there’s a room, another team can be accepted.

•The information in this form will be used for the following purposes: tomake contact, printed materials such as PDAWC’s program and website
contents, etc.

•Pictures and videos taken during the world congress and also the results ofthe tournament can be used for researches, published or commercially usedin journals, magazines, on the Internet and other media. Private information
will not be used under any other circumstances.

Registration Form
Please copy and fill the following form. Send it by mail at
pdawc@pdpda.org.

https://forms.gle/yxDcAZ47w8Tsj5yS8.

1. Country Name:.

2. High School Name:.

3. Name of the participants:● Faculty member● Student 1● Student 2● Student 3.

4. Participating faculty member’s address:.

5. Participating faculty member’s phone number:.

6. Participating faculty member’s email address:.

7. Do you agree with the terms and conditions above? Yes/No