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Please join us for the 2026 Huber Debates at the University of Vermont. This year, we are pleased to announce we will host both a Social Justice Debate (SJD) on the 2026-2027 topic on Friday, November 6 AND a separate British Parliamentary format debate on Saturday, November 7-Sunday, November 8. You are welcome, but not required, to attend both events. Registration will be separate for each event. The SJD event will feature 3-4 rounds of in-round debates (depending on number of registrants) and a final novice and open debate judged by topic experts on Friday, November 6. The topic for this event is as follows:
• RESOLVED: When the pursuit of food justice requires a choice between competing approaches, food sovereignty should take priority over an individual right to adequate food.
The BP tournament will feature 5 rounds of preliminary debates and an appropriate number of elimination rounds for the number of teams in the British Parliamentary format. There will be one pre-released motion for this tournament. All other rounds will be extemporaneous.
Please visit the Huber Debates event page for the most up to date information on the event.
REGISTRATION PROCESS & FEES
SJD Event: Fees are $25 per person attending (including participants, judges, and observers). Payment method TBA. We have limited space on Friday, and we are limiting registration to 20 teams. If there is a lot of demand for the tournament, we will work toward opening up more space if possible.
The SJD registration will be initially limited to three teams per institution due to limited space availability.
Please pre-register for the SJD event here.
BP Event: Fees $75 per person attending (including participants, judges, and observers). Payment method to be announced.
If the pre-registration cap is not met by September 20, we will open up additional registration spots to teams who request additional slots. Final registration with team names will be due November 1.
Final BP tournament registration is due by November 4.
Please pre-register for the BP tournament here.
TOURNAMENT HOTEL
There is a hotel block at the Best Western Windjammer in South Burlington, VT for $119 per night. Use the following link to book:
https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.46013.html?groupId=X81KE5E1
The hotel will run a shuttle to campus. The hotel is also on the #1 bus line and is an approximately 20 minute walk from campus.
The hotel has few accessible rooms. We ask that anyone needing accommodations reach out to the sales manager directly to make the arrangements, and the hotel will honor the discounted rates. Please contact Sarah Hammitt at 802-651-0638. Sarah’s email is [email protected].
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
*You are not required to attend both events to register for the Huber Debates. You may do just one or the other (SJD or BP), or you may register for both. It is up to you.
SJD Event
FRIDAY November 6
8:30-9 AM Check in
9:00 AM Disqualification of absent teams
9:15 AM Round 1
11:00 AM Round 2
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Round 3
3:00 PM Round 4
5:00 PM Novice & Open Finals
BP Tournament
SATURDAY November 7
8:30-9 AM Check in
9:00 AM Disqualification of absent teams
9:00 AM Briefings
10:30 AM Release draw and motion for Round 1
12:30 PM Release draw and motion for Round 2
2:00 PM Lunch served
3:15 PM Release draw and motion for Round 3
5:30 PM Release draw and motion for Round 4
SUNDAY November 8
8:30-9 AM Check in
9:00 AM Disqualification of absent teams
9:15 AM Release motion for Round 5
11:15 AM Announcement of team and judge breaks
11:30 AM Open Quarter-final and ESL Final Round Motions Released
1:30 PM Lunch served & Awards Ceremony
3:30 PM Open Semi-final, Novice Final, and Rookie Final Rounds Motions Released
5:45 PM Open Final Round Motion Released (Open)
PRE-RELEASED MOTION
Please note that there will be one pre-released motion for the BP tournament. The CA’s have not yet released the motion, and they will not release which round this motion will be set in. There will only be one pre-released motion for one round at this tournament. All other rounds will be extemporaneous.
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University of Vermont, 536 Main St, Burlington, VT 05405-1739, United States
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