In just a few weeks, YPFP will be participating in this summer's CSIS-AILA Debates.  These debates aim to provide a fun yet challenging forum for improving the communication skills of young professionals.  In each debate, two teams of two face off in a 10 minutes debate on a random topic, with no prior research or special preparation required. 

YPFP has the opportunity to send six members to this event.  To select the best teams (and maintain YPFP's long-held reputation of debate dominance), we will hold an internal YPFP competition.  The top 3 teams in this preliminary competition will return to CSIS on Wednesday, July 23 to defend the YPFP title. You will need to participate in the July 16 debates in order to compete on July 23. 

If you are interested in participating in these speed debates, please e-mail Ryan Miller, YPFP's Debates Coordinator, at ryan.miller@ypfp.org [1] with your name and affiliation.  You may sign up either individually, in which case we will provide you a partner, or as a team of two.  Also, please include some basic background on your debating experience and mention whether you have participated in the AILA Speed Debate in previous years 

If you would like to help out, either by judging or in another way, please email Ryan Miller at ryan.miller@ypfp.org [2].