Past Topics
Explore the wide range of debate topics we’ve tackled over the years—spanning AI, cybersecurity, policy, ethics, and more.
NYU
April 11, 2025 — New York, NY
“Topic TBA”
Veterans.Technology
May 1, 2025 — AWS Skills Center
“Veterans in Tech & Cyber Careers”
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
“Topic TBA”
JFF
November 21, 2024 — Virtual Event
“Labor Market Futures: UBI vs Guaranteed Employment”
Amazon Web Services
November 7, 2024 — Amazon Merlin Building, Arlington, VA
“AI vs Zero Trust: Securing the Nation's Infrastructure”
Horizons Conference
July 23, 2024 — Washington, DC
“The Investment Conundrum: Debating Capital Sources to Advance Education and Work”
Securing Tomorrow
Feb 7, 2024 — Fairfax, VA
“AI vs Augmented Intelligence”
Is Generative AI a Threat to Cybersecurity?
Sep 13, 2023 — Fairfax, VA
“AI and Cybersecurity”
NovaSci x Appian
June 27, 2024 — Appian Office (McLean, VA)
“Topic TBA”
NovaSci x Google
June 20, 2024 — Google Office (Reston, VA)
“Topic TBA”
NYU
May 3, 2024 — New York, NY
“Topic TBA”
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
“Topic TBA”
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”
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