The Paris IV 2011 Speakers' Ranking Tab is now out!!

Team and Speaker Rankings

Also, the link to a video of the finals and presentation of British Parliamentary Style Debating

 

Click here for the information booklet.

 

Welcome to the Paris Intervarsity Tournament's home in cyberspace! The Paris IV is an annual debate tournament brought to you by the Paris Debating Union, a group of Parisian university debate associations. The members of the Paris IV are students from four of France's most prestigious universities: Ecole Centrale de Paris, Sciences Po Paris, Université Panthéon Assas and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (aka TELECOM ParisTech).

The Paris IV started as a means to include all french unis in what was previously a much smaller friendly tournament. The ambition is to establish a reference for friendly yet competitive debating in France and creating a true debating tradition in France and through continental Europe. It is a closed motion tournament, where all debates are conducted in the British Parliamentary Style (BPS) also known as World Style.

Although officially an intervarsity, composite teams are accepted and can qualify for the break rounds.

This year, the debates will be held in the premises of TELECOM ParisTech

 

We have made a timetable that will allow you to party hard on Saturday night and wonder the streets of Paris on Sunday. We have organized optional activities for all interested participants on the day following the final round, Sunday 3rd April. See the schedule page for more details.

We had enormous fun organizing the previous edition of the tournament and are looking forward to welcoming you for the Paris Intervarsity tournament 2011!

The Paris IV organisation team