International Bioethics Debate Tournament 2008 at Kyushu University
Brief Report

1st Prize: Team USA (Bateman -  Bonnifield)
2nd Prize: Keio-Kyushu (Suzuki - Ishijima)
Best Debater: Ah Young KIM (Korea)

March 17 & 18, 2008
Kyushu University Ropponmatsu Campus

Resolution: "Resolved: That Euthanasia Should be Legalized."

Format of Debate:
1st Affirmative Constructive Speech 6 minutes
  Cross-Examination by the 2nd Negative Speaker 3 minutes
1st Negative Constructive Speech 6 minutes
  Cross-Examination by the 1st Affirmative Speaker 3 minutes
2nd Affirmative Constructive Speech 6 minutes
  Cross-Examination by the 1st Negative Speaker 3 minutes
2nd Negative Constructive Speech 6 minutes
  Cross-Examination by the 2nd Affirmative Speaker 3minutes
1st Negative Rebuttal Speech 4 minutes
1st Affirmative Rebuttal Speech 4 minutes
2nd Negative Rebuttal Speech  4 minutes
2nd Affirmative Rebuttal Speech 4 minutes
  (8 minutes of flexible preparation time for each team)

Participating Debaters (Team):
1. Hajime NAKAHARA (Kitakyushu)
2. Tatsuhiko SAKAMOTO (Kitakyushu)
3. Sumire SORANO (Kobe)
4. Natsuki MOMO (Kobe)
5. Kaisu CHO (Kyoto)
6. Toru YAMAGUCHI (Kyoto)
7. Mai YAMAMOTO (Kyoto Pharmaceutical University)
8. Suguru DAIDO (Kyoto Pharmaceutical University)
9. Masako SUZUKI (Keio-Kyushu)
10. Yosuke ISHIJIMA (Keio-Kyushu)
11. Ah Young KIM (Korea)
12. JyaHyun (Albert) LEE (Korea)
13. Guai Sing Chi AREVALO (SEAsia)
14. Nurliana KAMARUDDIN (SEAsia)
15. Anna LINTNER (British)
16. David TITE (British)
17. Jon BATEMAN (USA)
18. Adam BONNIFIELD (USA)

Judges:
Dr. Carl Becker, Professor of Medical Ethics, Kyoto University
Dr. Shuji Shimizu, Associate Professor, Kyushu University Hospital
Mr. Loke Wing Fatt, President of Society for Associated Inter-Tertiary Debaters (SAID), Singapore
Mr. Logandran Balavijendran, Professor of Communication, Chung Ang University, Korea
Mr. Toshiaki Ikehara, International Christian University
Mr. Hiroshi Nakazato, Kyushu University
All 18 Participating Debaters

Preliminary Rounds
Each team debated once on the affirmative and once on the negative. The breaking teams were:
Korea 2 wins 110 points
US  2 wins 99 points
UK  2 wins 96 points
Keio-Kyushu 1 win 89 points

Semi-Final 1
Keio-Kyushu AFF 5 votes
Korea NEG 2 votes

Semi-Final 2
UK AFF 4 votes
USA NEG 3 votes

Final
Keio-Kyushu AFF -- 3 votes
USA NEG -- 4 votes

(allocation of 7 votes)
Keio-Kyushu AFF
  11 audience ballots --> 2 votes
  3 participating debaters ballots --> 0 votes
  1 judge's vote

USA NEG
  7 audience ballots --> 0 votes
  9 participating debaters ballots --> 2 votes
  2 judges' vote