Tournaments
Our tournaments bring together high school and collegiate debaters to tackle major tech challenges through structured, high-stakes debates. Each event is judged by industry professionals and tech leaders.
Upcoming Events
NovaSci x Leidos
June 26, 2025
NovaSci Science Center, Reston, VA
“Game Development, AI Ethics, Safety Technology”
NovaSci x CGI
June 30, 2025
NovaSci Science Center, Reston, VA
“Healthcare Tech, Climate Tech, Space and Sattelite Tech”
University of South Florida
Oct 15, 2025
Tampa, FL
“TBD”
Miami Dade
Oct 24, 2025
Miami, FL
“Topic: TBA”
Fordham University
Fall 2025
Lincoln Center, New York, NY
“TBD”
Quinnipiac University
Fall 2025
Hamden, Connecticut
“Topic: TBA”
Muhlenberg College
Fall 2025
Allentown, PA
“TBD”
St John's
Fall 2025
Queens, NY
“Topic: TBA”
Christopher Newport University
March 28, 2026
Newport News, VA
“TBD”
Pace University
Spring 2026
New York, NY
“Topic: TBA”
GMU
Spring 2026
Fairfax, VA
“Topic: TBA”
Ohio University
Spring 2026
Athens, OH
“TBD”
Past Events
NYU
April 11, 2025
New York, NY
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West Virginia University
March 7, 2025
West Virginia University
“AI Unplugged: Navigating the Future and Ethical Dilemma of Generative AI”
Common Cyber Fusion
February 21, 2025
Virginia Military Institute
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NovaSci x Appian
June 27, 2024
Appian Office (McLean, VA)
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NovaSci x Google
June 20, 2024
Google Office (Reston, VA)
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NYU
May 3, 2024
New York, NY
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Pace University
April 9, 2024
New York, NY
“Data Privacy vs National Security”
University at Albany
April 4, 2024
Albany, NY
“AI: Job Creator or Job Destroyer”
AI & Human Bias
June 20, 2019
Galvanize, New York, NY
“Can You Remove the Human Bias Built into AI/ML?”
Regulating Drone Technology
May 25, 2019
National Gaylord, Washington, DC
“Should the U.S. Regulate Drone Technology?”
NYU
April 26, 2019
NYU, New York, NY
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National Cryptocurrency
February 7, 2019
WeWork, Washington, DC
“Should the U.S. Government Adopt a National Cryptocurrency?”
Private vs Public Blockchain
December 6, 2018
Teach for America, New York, NY
“Blockchain Governance Debate”
Ansible vs Puppet
July 10, 2018
USPTO, Washington, DC
“DevOps: Automation Showdown”
Social Media
May 9, 2018
New York, NY
“Is Social Media Helpful or Harmful to our Country?”
Cloud: AWS vs Azure
November 16, 2017
Washington, DC
“Cloud: AWS vs Azure”
Javascript: Angular vs React
May 9, 2017
New York, NY
“Javascript: Angular vs React”
Javascript: Angular vs React
December 7, 2016
Washington, DC
“Javascript: Angular vs React”
Mobile: Android vs iOS
May 27, 2015
Washington, DC
“Mobile: Android vs iOS”