The SMA 2 Surabaya Open Debate Event (SODE) 2011 kicks off today with participants ranging from junior high school students to those who have already graduated from their universities. Organizers have decided to upgrade SODE from a East Java only contest to a national-scale event, making it into a competition without age, educational and geographical restrictions. While SODE does not separate the junior and senior high school students from the older debaters, organizers have prizes for the top SMP and SMA teams, which all are also eligible to vie for the main trophies. The final of this 3-on-3 tournament will take place tomorrow.
To stress the upgraded scale of the competition, the organizers set up an adjudicaton core with national credentials that include Eldhianto Jusuf (UGM), the coach of Team Indonesia for WSDC 2011, and IVED 2011 Best Speaker Rifan Ibnu Rahman (ITB).
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