{"id":11869,"date":"2023-11-27T12:54:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T03:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/?p=11869"},"modified":"2023-11-27T13:00:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T04:00:54","slug":"cfp-20231220","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/en\/cfp-20231220\/","title":{"rendered":"[Call for Participants] Debate Club (Dec. 20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Event Outline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ToTAL's Debate Club is a student-led event initiated in 2023 by a ToTAL student, Marcello Gecchele. It is operated by ToTAL's teaching assistants. Please also check <a href=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/en\/news\/openprogram\/debate-club\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"11502\">here<\/a> about the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are available slots for debaters, both in the proposition team and the opposition team. We can have up to 3 people for each side. Please let us know in the registration form if you want to take the debater's role. As an audience, you can participate in listening to the debate and discussing with the debate teams in the Q&amp;A session.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-vk-table-border-top-bottom vk-table--mobile-block vk-table--th--width25 vk-table--th--bg-bright has-small-font-size\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Date<\/td><td>Wednesday, December 20, 18:00 - 20:00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Venue<\/td><td> S4-202, Ookayama campus<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eligibility<\/td><td>All Tokyo Tech students<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Language<\/td><td>English<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Registration<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/HzWSjCZbokWp3xRz6\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/HzWSjCZbokWp3xRz6<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Inquiry<\/td><td>Prof. Yuri Matsuzaki (matsuzaki.y.ad [at] m.titech.ac.jp)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-button vk_button vk_button-color-custom vk_button-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/HzWSjCZbokWp3xRz6\" class=\"vk_button_link btn 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style=\"height:2rem\"><\/div><div class=\"vk_spacer-display-mobile\" style=\"height:2rem\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-border-box vk_borderBox vk_borderBox-background-transparent is-style-vk_borderBox-style-solid-kado-tit-tab\"><div class=\"vk_borderBox_title_container\"><i class=\"\"><\/i><h4 class=\"vk_borderBox_title\">Agenda<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"vk_borderBox_body\">\n<ul class=\"is-style-vk-check-circle-mark wp-block-list\">\n<li>Introduction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A debate (about 30 min.) \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Proposition speech (5 min.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opposition speech (5 min.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proposition speech (5 min.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opposition rebuttal (5 min.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opposition rebuttal (3 min.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proposition rebuttal (3 min.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Q&amp;A with the audience (40 min.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reflection and voting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explanation of how to debate for future student 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