The 2nd Undergraduate National Public Speaking and Debate Competition

Inspiring the next generation of debaters, orators and public speakers.

Tuesday, January 20, and Wednesday, January 21, 2026. Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi Campus.

Tuesday 20th January, 2026

Time
Activities
Speaker
Where
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Registration / Welcome Students and Guests / Breakfast Atrium
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM UAE National Anthem Auditorium
9:05 AM – 9:15 AM Inauguration Speech TBD Auditorium
9:15 AM  – 9:20 AM Welcome Speech TBD Auditorium
9:20 AM  – 9:40 AM Competition Orientation: College of Arts, Education, and Social Sciences Speaker Society PSDC Committee Auditorium
10:00 AM  – 1:00 PM Participants go to classrooms following the individual/team schedule  

Classrooms

Time
Activities
Where
1:00 PM – 2:00 PMLunch BreakAtrium
2:00 PM – 5:00 PMParticipants go to classrooms following the individual/team schedule

Classrooms

4:00 PM – 5:00 PMJudging Committee Deliberations Judges Room
5:00 PM – 5:30 PMDay 1 ResultsAuditorium

Wednesday 22nd January, 2025

Time
Activities
Where
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM  Registration / Welcome Students and Guests / Breakfast Atrium
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM  UAE National Anthem Auditorium
9:05 AM – 9:15 AM

Day 2 Orientation: College of Arts, Education, and Social Sciences Speaker Society

  • The Impromptu Speech Competition
  • The Original Oratory Competition
  • The Debate Competition
Auditorium
9:30 AM – 10:15 AMFinal Impromptu Speech in Arabic Auditorium
9:30 AM – 11:00 AMDebate Quarter Finals Classrooms
10:15 AM - 11:00 AMFinal Impromptu Speech in EnglishAuditorium
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMFinal Original Oratory in ArabicAuditorium
11:00 AM - 12:30 PMDebate Semi-FinalsClassrooms
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMFinal Original Oratory in EnglishAuditorium

Time
Activities
Where
1:00 PM – 2:00 PMLunch BreakAtrium
3:00 PM – 4:00 PMDebate FinalAuditorium
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM  Judges DeliberationJudges Room
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM  Awards and Prizegiving: TBDAuditorium

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