Thursday, April 16, 2009

2009 Faculty Announced


IDAS 2009 FACULTY

DIRECTOR OF ACADEMY:
Bojana Skrt, Slovenia
Three times orld cham[pion EFL coach, World Schools Debating Championship.

DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION:
Alfred Snider, USA
Twice winning coach, Northeast USA Universities Debating Sweepstakes Champion, six debate textbooks, USA Coach of the Year.

FACULTY:

Loke Wing Fatt, Singapore
WUDC breaking judge, honorary doctorate, legendary debate trainer.

Jens Fischer, Germany
Berlin Debating Union, Euros Chief Adjudicator

Sam Greenland, Australia
Semifinals WUDC Vancouver

Leela Koenig, Netherlands
Cork Worlds 2009 Best ESL speaker, Top ESL Speaker at Euros 2007 and 2008, DCA Newcastle Euros 2009, CA of Amsterdam Euros 2010 bid

Christopher Langone, USA
Veteran lawyer, Cornell University coach

Branca Marusic, Croatia
Former EUDC President, IDAS Finalist

Rhydian Morgan, UK
CA of numerous tournaments around Europe

Maja Nenadovic, Croatia
Founder of several debating societies across Europe, currently busy with introducing debate to countries in the Western Balkans region, and with finishing her PhD in political science at the University of Amsterdam

Debbie Newman, UK
President of Cambridge Union, England and Wales National Champion, WSDC 2008 World Champion coach for England

Anne Valkering, Netherlands
ESL World Champion, Bangkok Worlds

ASSISTANT TRAINERS

Maja Cimerman, Slovenia
IDAS finalist, WSDC EFL champion

Filip Dobranic, Slovenia
IDAS finalist, WSDC EFL Champion, twice EFL top speaker, WSDC