The 2nd Undergraduate National Public Speaking and Debate Competition

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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