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SUMMARY:The ESU alumni Valentine's Day debate
DESCRIPTION:In an era where love is just a swipe away\, are we truly better off? \nJoin us for this engaging debate as part of our alumni network series as ESU alumni contest the motion ‘This House Believes That Dating Was Better Before Matchmaking Apps.’ \nCome along to share your views and stories in what is sure to be a lively and fun debate. The bar will be open afterwards\, so there’s plenty of time for conversation and to make new connections. Who knows\, love may even blossom across the debating floor! \nList of speakers: \nThese will be announced in the New Year.
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/the-esu-alumni-valentines-day-debate/
LOCATION:The English-Speaking Union\, 37 Charles Street\, London\, England\, W1J 5ED\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Debate Club,ESU Education
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SUMMARY:Debate: 'This house believes that the fight for online safety is a lost cause.'
DESCRIPTION:The ESU are delighted to invite you to our upcoming debate at Dartmouth House\, on Thursday\, 19 October. \nAs we increasingly rely on technology in our everyday lives\, the question of online safety becomes more pressing. How do we navigate the delicate balance between technological advancement and our personal safety? \nThe motion for this debate is: ‘This house believes that the fight for online safety is a lost cause.’ \nWe are please to announce that the speakers for this debate are: \nProposition \nFirst Speaker \nRacheal Muldoon is an internationally recognised barrister in the intersection of technology and law with deep expertise in AI and emerging technologies. Racheal has also recently been shortlisted for the Technology\, Data and Crypto Junior Barrister of the Year The Legal 500 (Legalease) 2023 Bar Awards. \n2nd Speaker \nOrhan Ahmed has a distinguished background in online safety and technology\, drawn from his career as a Fraud and Disputes Operations Manager at Monzo Bank. Additionally\, Orhan has strong debating experience as the former convener for the University of Aberdeen Debate Society. \nOpposition \nFirst speaker \nZain Hussain is a lawyer\, actor\, and treasurer of the ESU Speech and Debate Committee. Zain was the winner of the ESU’s Great Law Debate competition 2017. Zain was called to the bar earlier this year\, and decided against practicing law to build a startup focusing on improving safety for online platforms. Zain has a deep understanding of tech-enabled fraud and has academic contributions in this area. Prior to this\, Zain spent four years at Monzo Bank where he oversaw fraud prevention. He has also worked as an actor with a number of small roles across HBO\, BBC\, and Netflix productions. Zain has also co-founded a social mobility charity providing mentoring for state-school students. \nSecond Speaker \nHash Syed currently serves as a Regional Product Lead at Google\, overseeing Europe\, the Middle East\, and Africa. His career has included tenures at prominent tech companies such as Meta and Microsoft\, where he cultivated extensive experience in technology and artificial intelligence. In addition to his corporate endeavours\, Hash has a substantial background in non-profit work.\n \nOther info: \nDoors will be open from 6pm and the debate will begin at 6.30pm sharp. \nFollowing the debate Dartmouth House’s bar will remain open until 9pm to allow attendees to mix and share ideas. \nAll proceeds from this event will support the ESU Schools’ Mace debating competition. Find out more about the competition here. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/debate-this-house-believes-that-the-fight-for-online-safety-is-a-lost-cause/
LOCATION:Dartmouth House\, 37 Charles Street\, London\, England\, W1J 5ED\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Debate Club
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SUMMARY:Debate: This House Believes that the COP process will fail
DESCRIPTION:Attend in person or online \nIn the aftermath of COP 27 we have the opportunity to consider if the COP process is up to the task of solving the climate crisis or whether it is time to explore alternative approaches. \nJoin us for this final event of the Climate Deep Dialogue to hear activists\, politicians and business leaders debate a motion which affects us all. \nWe are pleased to confirm the speakers for the debate will be: \nProposition: \nCaspar Rawles is the Chief Data Officer at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence\, a London-based leading research and consultancy firm focusing on the lithium ion battery to EV supply chain. At Benchmark\, Caspar leads a team that collects and assesses sensitive market price data on lithium\, graphite\, cobalt\, and nickel for use in industry supply contracts and negotiations. As a result\, Benchmark is most famous for setting the lithium industry’s reference price and is the world’s leading Price Reporting Agency for the global battery supply chain. \nIllana Adamson is a sustainable development thought leader\, board advisor and keynote speaker. She delivers keynotes and chairs panel conversations to push the needle on broader understanding of the risks and opportunities in sustainability. Illana is also the CEO of Be Better Sustainability\, a sustainability consultancy\, and has over 30 years’ experience in strategic luxury marketing. \nAbhijith Subramanian is a finalist in International Relations at the London School of Economics. He is a climate activist and social organiser who formerly ran the North-West of England’s division of Fridays for Future. Abhijith is also an internationally rated debater\, judge and coach. He has served as President of the University of London’s Debating Society\, and vice-president of LSE Debate and the Pan-London Debating Society. He chairs the ESU’s Speech and Debate Committee and works as an ESU Oracy Coach. \nOpposition: \nCaroline Russell is a London Assembly Member and Leader of the Green Group at City Hall. Caroline has sat on the Assembly since 2016 and from 2018–2021 was the Chair of the Environment Committee. Formerly an artist and art college lecturer\, Caroline retrained as a civil engineer and in 2014 was elected as the sole opposition councillor in Islington. Today Caroline sits across four Committees in City Hall. \nKaren McClellan is an experienced fund manager\, investor and board member focusing on worldwide decarbonization. She was the first representative of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development at UNFCC COP negotiations in 2001 and is currently Head of Climate Investment for The Lemos Group (a leading shipping company). She is also a board member of TT International’s Environmental Solutions Fund\, the Panel of Experts for the International Renewable Energy Agency\, and acts as a designated expert for the UK Accelerated Climate Transitions program. \nSumaiya Bangura was selected as the Chair of the London Youth Assembly at 14\, hosting the first Young Londoner’s Question Time at City Hall. She is currently a member of the London Youth Recovery Board\, a Mission Champion for the Mayor’s ‘New Deal for Young People’ and regularly speaks at the London Anchor’s Institutions Network. As a Rise Global Winner\, a highly competitive $1 billion initiative by Schmidt Futures\, she is recognised as one of the ‘world’s most promising teens’. Sumaiya has previously taken part in the ESU’s competitions and sits on the London Branch Speech and Debate Committee. \nThe event will be chaired by Sir Martin Chamberlain\, High Court Judge. Mr Justice Chamberlain was a barrister for 21 years\, latterly a QC specialising in public law\, human rights and public international law. He was appointed as a High Court Judge in 2019 and hears civil and criminal cases in London and elsewhere in England and Wales. \nMartin has degrees from Oxford and a diploma from City University\, London. He was born and went to school in Edinburgh\, where he took part in the ESU’s debating and public speaking competitions. Under the auspices of ESU Scotland\, he was a member of the winning Scottish team in the World Schools Debating Championships in 1990. \nThis Deep Dialogue series – Beyond COP: Is It Time to Change Course? – is held in support of the charitable mission of the English-Speaking Union. Every ticket sold will help the English-Speaking Union in its work to give young people the speaking and listening skills and cultural understanding they need to thrive. \nEvent Timings:\n6:00 – 6:30pm | Arrival\n6:30 – 8:00pm | Debate\n8:00 – 9:30pm | Drinks\n9:30pm | Close \nFurther Information About the Series:\nBeyond COP: Is It Time to Change Course? \nWe are in the midst of an existential climate crisis\, from extreme weather and ecosystem decline to biodiversity loss and crop failure. Climate change is also compounding inequality and has the potential to drive significant unrest if we fail to act now. \nIn the aftermath of COP 27 we have the opportunity to consider: Is our current approach enough to deal with the climate crisis or is it time to change course? \nIn this Climate Deep Dialogue we will explore this question and hear from scientists\, academics\, activists\, politicians and entrepreneurs. We invite you to join us for a provocative\, challenging\, engaging and inspiring series of events\, which will focus on finding the solutions to make radical progress on the climate crisis.
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/debate-this-house-believes-that-the-cop-process-will-fail/
LOCATION:The English-Speaking Union\, 37 Charles Street\, London\, England\, W1J 5ED\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Debate Club,ESU Social
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SUMMARY:Climate Crisis Roadmap: Where We Are and Where We’re Going
DESCRIPTION:The climate crisis poses an existential threat to us all\, yet the complexity of the issues\, the constantly changing environmental policies and the multiple sources of information available to us can make it difficult to grasp the scale and trajectory of the crisis. In this first event of the Climate Deep Dialogue you will hear a lecture from a leading expert in the field of climate science and leave with a clear roadmap of where we are in the climate crisis and possible future pathways.  \nThe keynote speaker for this lecture will be Mark Maslin\, a Professor of Earth System Science at University College London and Natural History Museum of Denmark. He is a leading scientist with an expertise in past global and regional climatic change and humanity’s impact on our planet. Maslin has published over 190 papers and regularly comments on international and national climate change policies. He has written over 70 popular articles in the New Scientist\, The Times\, and Guardian\, among others\, and often appears on television and radio. His recent public talks include talks at Twitter\, Google\, the Royal Geographical Society\, Tate Modern\, UNFCCC COP\, the WTO and the Universities of Oxford\, Cambridge\, and Harvard. Maslin has written 10 popular books\, including “Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction (2021)” and “How to Save Our Planet: The Facts (2021)”.  \nThis Deep Dialogue series – Beyond COP: Is It Time to Change Course? – is held in support of the charitable mission of the English-Speaking Union. Every ticket sold will help the English-Speaking Union in its work to give young people the speaking and listening skills and cultural understanding they need to thrive.  \nEvent Timings:  \n6:00 – 6:30pm | Arrival  \n6:30 – 7:30pm | Lecture  \n7:30 – 8:30pm | Drinks  \n8:30pm | Close  \nFurther Information About the Series   \nBeyond COP: Is It Time to Change Course?  \nWe are in the midst of an existential climate crisis\, from extreme weather and ecosystem decline to biodiversity loss and crop failure. Climate change is also compounding inequality and has the potential to drive significant unrest if we fail to act now.  \nIn the aftermath of COP 27 we have the opportunity to consider: Is our current approach enough to deal with the climate crisis or is it time to change course?  \nIn this Climate Deep Dialogue we will explore this question and hear from scientists\, academics\, activists\, politicians and entrepreneurs. We invite you to join us for a provocative\, challenging\, engaging and inspiring series of events\, which will focus on finding the solutions to make radical progress on the climate crisis.
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/climate-crisis-roadmap-where-we-are-and-where-were-going/
LOCATION:The English-Speaking Union\, 37 Charles Street\, London\, England\, W1J 5ED\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Debate Club,ESU Education,ESU Oracy,ESU Social
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SUMMARY:London Branch: Sanctions Debate with headline speaker Bill Browder
DESCRIPTION:ESU London branch are delighted to invite you to a debate at the ESU’ s headquarters Dartmouth House\, Mayfair on Monday\, 5 September. \nThe motion for this debate is: ‘This house believes that sanctioning private individuals in order to pressure foreign states is not only legally questionable\, it is also ineffective’. \nWe are pleased to confirm that Bill Browder\, British-American financier\, political activist and leading lobbyist of the Magnitsky Act\, is speaking for the opposition as our headline speaker. \nDoors will be open from 6pm and the debate will begin at 6.30pm sharp. \nFollowing the debate Dartmouth House’s bar will remain open until 9pm to allow attendees to mix and share ideas. \nAll proceeds from this event will support the ESU Schools’ Mace debating competition. Find out more about the competition here: https://www.esu.org/competitions/schools-mace/
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/london-branch-sanctions-debate-with-headline-speaker-bill-browder/
LOCATION:The English-Speaking Union\, 37 Charles Street\, London\, England\, W1J 5ED\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Debate Club,ESU Oracy,ESU Social
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SUMMARY:ESU Debate: 'This House believes that cryptocurrencies and NFTs are a hyped-up fad'
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to invite you to join us at Dartmouth House on Monday\, 9 May for a lively debate of the motion ‘This House believes that cryptocurrencies and NFTs are a hyped-up fad’. \n\n\n\nSpeakers \nFor the proposition: \nLuke Gbedemah\, Tech States Reporter at Tortoise Media \nPeter English\, Cybersecurity expert speaking in a personal capacity \nZain Hussain\, trainee barrister whose dissertation explored laws on cryptoassets and freezing orders \nAnd for the opposition: \nElizabeth Meade\, Litigator at Cooke\, Young & Keidan LLP specialising in cryptocurrency and digital assets \nHarry Webster\, Co-Founder of Voxoglass Gallery\, the world’s first physical NFT Gallery \nSheraz Malik\, founder the cryptocurrency Kyoto Coin and CEO of Digitorize\, a NFT creation and promotion platform \nInvited Floor Speaker: \nSiddharth Venkataramakrishnan\, The Financial Times’ banking and fintech correspondent \nDoors will be open from 6.00pm and the debate will begin at 7.00pm sharp. \nFollowing the debate Dartmouth House’s bar will remain open until 9pm to allow attendees to mix and share ideas. \n\n\nPlease reserve your ticket(s) here: https://esudebate.eventbrite.co.uk \nAll proceeds from this event will support the ESU’s charitable work\, helping young people to communicate and thrive.
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/debate/
LOCATION:Dartmouth House\, 37 Charles Street\, London\, England\, W1J 5ED\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Debate Club,ESU Social
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SUMMARY:Buckinghamshire Schools Public Speaking heat
DESCRIPTION:Join us in watching the schools public speaking heat. \n\nTime: 1pm\nVenue: Wycombe Abbey School\, High Wycombe\, HP11 1PE
URL:https://www.esu.org/event/buckinghamshire-schools-public-speaking-heat/
LOCATION:Wycombe Abbey School\, High Wycombe\, High Wycombe\, Buckinghamshire\, HP11 1PE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:ESU Debate Club,ESU Young People
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