WDI & WSDC Thailand to Live Stream WSDC 2014 Semis & Finals



The World Debate Institute and WSDC Thailand will come together to provide live video streams of the semifinal and final debates from the 2014 World Schools Debating Championship being held in Thailand.


"I am pleased that TJ Senamngern, convener of WSDC 2014, has been able to cooperate with us in order to make this possible," said World Debate Institute director Alfred Snider of the University of Vermont. "We have a lot of streaming experience, since we did the first live stream debate ever in 1999, and TJ can provide the facilities and connectivity that we need. We also have a long history of working with him on global debate events."

The debates will be live streamed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/world-debate-live
The test on Tuesday of the system worked well.

The semifinals will be at Noon Bangkok time on 13 August 2014. The finals will be at 1700 Bangkok time on 14 August 2014. To determine what time that will be in your timezone, go to http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/gmt-to-thailand-bangkok .


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