Welcome to the registration pages for the Youth Forum. Please read the following lines carefully, so that you know well all the ins & outs of the event and the system.
This is no April Fool's Day joke! These are the topics to be debated at the Karl Popper Debate Championships!
The extended time preparation topics:
This topic will be the topic to be debated in the finals!
The limited time preparation topics:
:) you wish!
will be released after the official announcement for the rounds at the Youth Forums!
The IDEA Youth Forum (YF) is a team debate event that includes three tournaments as well as a week long debate instruction and great evening activities!
The Youth Forum involves a large number of participants – it attracts, on average 250 high school students and coaches from over 30 different countries from around the world.
The IDEA Youth Forum Newsletters are publicized to inform the global debate community about the newest developments in the Youth Forum. Please click on the respective issue to find out the most recent information about the event!

We are proud to present the chief staff that will be responsible for making the upcoming Youth Forum lifetime experience.
IDEA Youth Forum 2008 will take place in Hotel Smolyan in the town of Smolyan in Bulgaria, a country of rich culture and old traditions. It is situated in Rodopa Mountain, 90 km from Plovdiv and about 3 hours from Sofia Airport.