World Schools Debating Championships 2008 in Washington, D.C., 5-15 September, German Team:

Debaters:
Belafi, Carmen; Murrhardt
Deiss, Valerie; Korb
Dressel, Leonie; Stuttgart
Gilke, Jana; Backnang-Heinigen
Seethaler, Franziska; Böblingen

Coach:
Laux, Sven; Bietigheim-Bissingen

Judges:
Hoeness, Angelika; Korb
Heil, Klaus-Peter; Mutlangen
Trefz, Birgit; Aspach

Contact for Germany (Team Manager):
Hoeness, Angelika; 71404 Korb

report (in English)

Pressemitteilung (in German)

WSDC Team rankings

WSDC Top 50 speakers

WSDC 2008 (official website)

Prepared Motions to be debated in 2008:
-That this house supports military intervention to deliver emergency aid in humanitarian crises.
-That this house believes that governments have a duty to bail out failing financial institutions.
-That this house would ban the use of unethically obtained data in scientific research.
-That this house would make the directors of multinational companies personally liable for environmental abuses committed by their companies in the developing world.
GRAND FINAL MOTION: That this house would expand the permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council.

List of Participating Nations 2008 (41 teams have registered):
Argentina
Australia
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bermuda
Botswana
Canada
Czech Republic
England
Estonia
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Japan
Kuwait
Lithuania
Mexico
Mongolia
Montenegro
Namibia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Qatar
Romania
Scotland
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Sri Lanka
United States
Wales
Zimbabwe