Welcome to the Public Forum Invitational at Northwestern University!

Greetings,

We are thrilled to invite you to attend the Public Forum Invitational at Northwestern University which will take place online via NSDA Campus from October 5-6, 2024. The full tournament invitation is available here.

We will feature public forum competitions in all the following divisions: Middle School, Junior Varsity, and Varsity. Registration will open on June 1st. JV & Varsity competitors will be using the NSDA September-October topic, and Middle School competitors will be using the middle school topic to be announced on this page once released.

Payment can be made through https://northwesterndebate.square.site/, and the receipt can be emailed to debatenorthwestern@gmail.com for verification. Once you've emailed your receipt, we'll respond with confirmation for your designated entries.

Please direct any questions to the tournament directors and staff: debatenorthwestern@gmail.com.

The tournament schedule is as follows:

Saturday, October 5th:

Check-in: 8am

Judge Training: 8:15am

Blast: 8:50am

Round 1: 9am

Round 2: 11:30am

Round 3: 2:00 pm

Round 4: 4:30 pm

Round 5: 7:00 pm

Sunday, October 6th

Round 6: 9am

Lunch: 11am-12pm

Octos: 12:30 pm

Quarters: 3:00 pm

Semis: 5:30pm

Finals: 8:00 pm

We look forward to seeing you on October 5-6, 2024!