Krabi Australs 2023 Bid Document (CAA 25 Nov 22)

KRABI THAILAND

KRABI, THAILAND

Krabi International Airport (KBV) USD 50

Krabi is renowned for location with the mos often accompanied by beachside bar or Resta

With such a magical at 80min from Bangkok

its beautiful scenery, magnificent beaches, and stunning islands. It is a fantastic st stunning coral reefs and some of the most photogenic sunsets in Thailand, y spectacular displays of cloud-to-cloud lightning, that are best enjoyed from a aurant.

tmosphere, it is the perfect place to celebrate the return of in-person debating.

VISIT ISLANDS ON LONG-TAIL BOATS

Distance from hotel 10 min

Activity duration

Sail off to Chicken Island, Tap Island and Poda islands on a long-tail boat tour. Its unforgettable name will have you remembering its funny rock shape for a good minute. On these little islands' wonderfully secluded beaches, you'll do some sightseeing, swimming and snorkelling among the coral reefs and fishes.

The pier where the boats depart is a 10-minute walk from the event hotel.

BEACH FRONT CULINARY BLISS

Distance from hotel

15 -20 min5 -8 min

Along Ao Nang beach where the proposed venue and hotel are located, are beach clubs such as the lively Sands Beach Club, Reeve Beach Club, and Coast Beach Club. These bistros serve Thai delicacies, including barbecued seafood paired with clever cocktails with stunning views of the Andaman Sea.

Krabi is also known for its fresh seafood and iconic restaurants. Some of the popular places include Krua Thara (Thara Kitchen), Wang Sai Seafood and the famous Ao Nang Seafood Street. The Ao Nang Seafood Street is a 12-minute walk from the hotel. There, you will find many restaurants serving fresh fish and seafood, in an enviable location overlooking the water – go at sunset time for incredible views across to the islands.

HERE'S A LIST OF THAILAND'S MUST-TRIES THAT YOU CAN'T MISS OUT ON

Mango Sticky Rice

Mango sticky rice is a Thai dessert made with glutinous rice, fresh mango, and coconut milk.

Som Tum

Spicy papaya salad, served with fermented fish and many other ingredients.

Green Curry

Given its colour from the green curry paste used to prepare it, this dish is usually served with chicken and is a local favourite.

Pad Thai

A casual or street food, this comprises rice noodles, fried with eggs, tofu, and other ingredients.

Kapao Moo

Minced pork with basil, served on rice. This is a Thai staple, most often served with a fried egg.

Tom Yang Goong

Watery or creamy hot, spicy soup, served most often with prawns.

HOTEL PARTNER

BLUESOTEL SMART

Soi 15 Ao Nang, Krabi, Thailand

Distance from Airport: 38 min

Bluesotel Aonang Beach was the hotel and venue partner for the 2017 edition of the Asian BP debate championship that saw 100 teams compete entirely in one hotel. They've recently opened a stunning new hotel Bluesotel SMART within walking distance of the original hotel.

Bluesotel SMART will be the tournament's main hotel with 270 rooms available for the event. In addition, Bluesotel Aonang Beach will also be supporting the bid to host Krabi Australs, increasing the total rooms to 440

STAY IN LUXURY

7 NightsTwin-Sharing

The 4-star beach hotel boasts of spacious bedrooms fully equipped with airconditioning, a minibar, a refrigerator, an inroom safe, LED television with satellite/cable channels, coffee and teamaking facilities, and fast WiFi.

Room arrangements are all twin-sharing.

The resort features facilities designed to make the most of a guest’s stay. These include 2 infinity swimming pools where welcome drinks will be served, a full-service sauna and spa facilities, and a fully fitted gym/fitness centre for those looking to get a workout in before the start of the day.

NG EXPERIENCE

unch & dinner meals Council Meeting lunch

sotel SMART and prepared by Blue's Restaurant. This arrangement allows for better n while ensuring high-quality food for all participants. We will also be working with the etary constraints and allergies are well-taken care of in the event.

50 deluxe hotel rooms will be transformed into debate rooms. The el will remove the beds and fit them with tables and chairs mfortably.

at does this mean for participants?

More time to sleep/rest each day

Save 2 hours each day without having to coordinate bus transfers for 300 people

No long walks to the bus bay, rest in your room between rounds Prep by the poolside or in hotel rooms A bathroom attached to every room Lunch and dinner in the hotel

t importantly, no tournament delays.

SURVIVE THE COMPETITIVE WEEK

The hotel's Grand Ballroom, located on the second floor, can accommodate 300+ people and will serve as the Convening Hall. This very same arrangement was done at Krabi Asian BP 2017 and Bali Australs 2019.

When debating in the hotel, you'll get to wake up after 8am, have enough time for breakfast, and also finish the day before 5pm. It also means being able to go to the pool during lunch, take a nap before socials and have more time to prepare for the next day of competitive debating.

It's a stressful week vying for the championships, let the us take some of that off your shoulders this coming Australs 2023.

A GLIMPSE OF RESORT DEBATING

Pictured: Vic Wellington team preparing their case by the pool

COMFORT

Fully air-conditioned rooms

1 min to Convening Hall

En suite bathrooms

ACCESSIBILITY

Participants and supporters of the out rounds have a convenient way of attending the debates. Traditionally participants would have to hop on the early bus or make their own way to the campus for the later rounds.

Having debates on-site provides greater convenience and larger audiences for the elimination rounds of Australs 2023.

WELCOME DRINKS, WGM N BARBECUE SOCIALS

Main Lobby (Outdoor) @ Bluesotel SMART

On arrival, we'll be filling the pools (both pools) with colourful inflatables and serving everyone the pool. On the next day, we'll be having a night of barbecue delights where we will be gathe and watch the WGM exhibition debate.

Note that while we will be serving some light local beers (with non-alcoholic local beverages) a reception, no alcohol will be served on WGM Night.

Pictured: Bali Australs on Barbecue Night

NIGHT AND

e a welcome drink by red in contingents at the welcome

BEACH CLUB SOCIALS

A beautiful beach club with stunning interior design and decorations. At this social activity plan see the clear blue sky, and white sand and catch the sunset on the western horizon overlookin

Every participant will be entitled to 2 drinks (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) and an ice cream at th

nned, participants can ng the Andaman Sea. his social.

BREAK NIGHT FESTIVAL PARTY

Having organised many destination-based debating events means that we know how to put u night that is often known as the highlight of the debating championships, our team will put tog floodlights, and festival sound systems and turn the entire hotel into a festival by the pool.

South African-inspired cocktail (Yakka) will be served along with non-alcoholic drinks. The par start by 7pm and end before 11pm to everyone to get an early rest for a day out on free day!

Yakka Night @ Bluesotel Ao Nang Beach Pool

Pictured: Bali Australs Break Night Party

up a party. For the gether a DJ, rty is expected to

Krabi International Airport (KBV) 26 km (38 min drive)

5 min 5 min

THE CORE TEAM

OUR DEBATEEVENT ORGANISING EXPERIENCE OVER THE YEARS

Asian BP Debate Championships

Place: Krabi, Thailand

Venue: Bluesotel Ao Nang Krabi

Asian BP Debate Championships

Place: Hanoi, Vietnam

Venue: Army Hotel & Wellspring Intl. School

Australs

Place: Bali, Indonesia

Venue: Four Points by Sheraton (Ungasan Bay View)

United Asian Debating Championships

Place: Online

Venue: Slack & Zoom

Asian BP Debate Championships

Place: Bali, Indonesia

Venue: Royal Tulip Springhill Jimbaran Resort

As an entity known across the Asian debating community for its event organising expertise, EduDrift knows what it takes to execute a debating event well. But more than that, the Asian debating community, adjudication cores of major tournaments across the years, and the partners we work with, trust us to deliver an enriching experience.

We keep to our bid promises and continue to create exciting experiences.

LEADING THE COMPETITION ON OUR ADJUDICATION CORE ARE THE FOLLOWING STELLAR INDIVIDUALS:

We're very honoured to have assembled a highly qualified team of Chief Adjudicators to help select the rest of the Adjudication Core as well as to prepare the extensive amount of topics for the event. These individuals were selected not just for their CV but because they've worked with EduDrift previously and have proven to be: Responsible and Reliable

Highly Professional Fair and Objective

We are excited to be working with them!

CHIEF ADJUDICATOR

Leah Mercier, Australia Australs Grand Finalist Worlds Octo Finalist Easters' Best Speaker

Leah is a distinguished debater and coach for public speaking and debate. Hailing from the land of Australia, she has won multiple awards in the international debate arena as an active member of Macquarie University’s Debate Society. She is one of Australia's most decorated and achieved debaters today, and Leah has definitely grown from her timid persona.

CHIEF ADJUDICATOR

Sourodip Paul, Bangladesh

Australs Champion World Champion Asian Grand Finalist

Sourodip earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at the University of Dhaka in 2019; and earned his master’s degree in International and Development Economics at the Australian National University in 2021. He is passionate about utilizing his field of study to address social issues, seeing financial constraints as one of the biggest hurdles for aspiring debaters in third-world countries.

DEPUTY CHIEF ADJUDICATOR

Mikko Vitug, Philippines

Australs Champion World Grand Finalist Asian Champion

Mikko Vitug is an applied mathematics graduate from the Ateneo de Manila University, specializing in Finance Mathematics. After earning his master’s degree, Mikko was chosen to be in the United Nations Development Programme under the finance department. Despite having graduated from university, Mikko remains active in the debating community.

OUR LIST OF CONFIRMED ADVISORS AND INVITED JUDGES FOR THE EVENT

Ellie Stephenson

Australia

Australs Chief Adjudicator

Worlds Semi-Finalist

Sally Lee South Korea

Asian Chief Adjudicator Asian Champion

Mubarrat Wassey

Bangladesh

Australs Chief Adjudicator

Australs Champion

Emily Partridge

New Zealand

Australs Grand Finals Judge

Worlds Grand Finals Judge

Narongpol Boat Sathorn

Thailand

Thailand National Team Coach

Asia WSDC Chief Adjudicator

Vinodhan Kuoppusamy

Malaysia

Australs Chief Adjudicator Asian Champion

TAB DIRECTOR: ANDREE CHANDRA

Andree is a digital consultant for Indonesia's national-level debate competition at both the varsity and school level. The Ministry of Education governed competitions are held in various formats and are conducted in both the English language and the national language Bahasa Indonesia.

In the debate community, Andree is known as an event consultant for educational events in the region. He frequently employs data science and his spreadsheet enthusiasm when taking on the role of tab director.

Andree is currently serving as an analyst for one of Indonesia's leading channel-neutral communications consultancy firms.

Andree has managed and served on the tabulation teams of several regional championships. Some notable ones include UADC 2018, Asian BP 2019, Australs 2019 and 2020.

ABP/UADC

AUSTRALS

Trasnsparency is key in disbursement of funds for travel subsidies.

EduDrift prides ourselves on being at the top of the game in terms of event logistics and that includes keeping up to our promises.

Over the years, we have always kept the subsidy promises we made and ensured that our events are judged by a high quality of judges.

In addition to that, all judges are paid out on time with no discrepancies within 48 hours of expected payment timeline.

Invited judges will cover 80% of the debate rooms at Australs 2023.

The model that we adhere to will ensure that 80% of rooms at the point of budgeting will be covered with an invited adjudicator registration waiver for the 8 days in Krabi and also a $350 subsidy to pair with it.

The Adjudication Core will be able to balance this by moving the travel budget around, and if required trade travel budget for additional registration waivers.

judges

In partnership with AWSDC Thailand and EduDrift's own Asia Pacific Debating Championships, an added $13,500 will be made available as travel subsidies for Australs' judges.

This means greater access for judges coming in from further places.

Invited

will be given an option to extend their stay on either ends of Australs for a bump in their allocated subsidy.

ENDORSEMENT LETTER FROM CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY

EVENT SCHEDULE

DAY 01

Arrival

DAY 02

Preliminary Rounds

DAY 03

Preliminary Rounds

DAY 04

Break Night

DAY 05

Free Day

DAY 06

Out Rounds

DAY 07

Finale

DAY 08

Departure

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