The Organizers

Board of Directors:

Genica Therese Endaluz
Tournament Director

Trixia Anne Tañedo
Deputy Tournament Director

Angelique Pearl Simbulan
Logistics Director

John Cedrick De Leon
Operations Director

Weston Coleman Lee
Communications Director

Benedict Bismark
Nicole Gabrielle Kalingking
Marketing Directors

Ana Cristina Hipolito
Lawrence Angelo Katigbak
Publicity Directors

John Glenn Agbayani
Norman Cualteros
Socials Directors

Candice Kimberley Chung
Finance Director

About the UP Debate Society:

The University of the Philippines Debate Society (UPDS) is the official representative of the University of the Philippines-Diliman to debate and public speaking competitions both local and overseas. For more than 15 years, the UPDS has taken an active role in promoting debate and public speaking among the Filipino youth. It has well-established Debate Education Programs – Fast Forward and Take A Stand – that have introduced and strengthened the passion for debate as an art and a sport to schools across the nation.

UPDS has organized five Inquirer Inter-Collegiate Debate Championships and the Philippine Inter-Collegiate Debate Championships from 2007 to 2011. Inviting over 300 students and affiliates from all over the Philippines and Asia, the PIDC is considered the biggest and most prestigious Asian Parliamentary debate tournament in the country.