赛制：Public Forum / Policy
日期：2026年1月30-2月1日
平台：Zoom（在线）
费用：赛事报名费用990元/人
组别：[MS, Varsity, Novice] Lincoln-Douglas Debate / [MS, Varsity, Novice] Public Forum Debate
On behalf of the Columbia Debate Society, we are honored and privileged to invite you to the 2026 Columbia Invitational, our 24th annual competition.
This year's competition will be from Friday, January 30th, to Sunday, February 1st.
This year’s tournament will host the following formats:
1) Policy (CX) Debate - [Varsity, Novice, Middle School *NEW*]
2) Public Forum (PF) Debate - [Varsity, Novice, Middle School *NEW*]
This year’s tournament will be hosted virtually.
1、分组标准
Novice is defined as a student in their first season (2025-26) of debate competition at any academic level.
Middle School indicates students enrolled in grades 6-8, regardless of their number of years of experience.
2、辩题及赛事安排
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
2026 January（二选一）
Resolved: The possession of nuclear weapons is immoral.
Resolved: On balance, geoengineering is moral.
Lincoln-Douglas will follow the 6-3-7- 3-4-6-3 format, with 4 minutes of prep time. Ties will be broken based on record, adjusted points, total points, double-adjusted points, judge variance, opponent wins, and flip of a coin, in that order. The break will depend on the number of teams registered.
Public Forum Debate
2026 January（二选一）
Resolved: The People's Republic of China should substantially reduce its international extraction of natural resources
Resolved: The benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area outweigh the harms.
Ties will be broken using the same criteria as Lincoln-Douglas Debate. The event will probably break into double-octofinals.
3、TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE-LD/PF时间表
