IDTMA 2026: International Debate Tournament Maria Amato
After the successful edition in 2025, our member SNDI from Italy is coming back with another IDTMA in-person tournament. The International Debate Tournament Maria Amato 2026 will take place in Monza, Italy from 27th until the 29th of November - calls for debaters, institutional judges and independent adjudicators are now open!
LOGISTICAL INFORMATION
The Tournament will take in place in Monza, Italy.
- Debate venues: Mosè Bianchi, Paolo Frisi and Pino Hensemberger high schools
- Hotel(s): suggestions in the following slides!
We also have the CAP team which consists of the wonderful Riccardo Cena from our member SNDI and Beatrice Paun from our member ARDOR in Romania!
The CAP team is delighted to also present you the prepared motion for the tournament, which reads: TH, as the EU, would implement VERITAS.
[dates have been updated, so please check whether these are the dates you have marked in your calendar!]
FROM: 27th November 2026 – opening ceremony starts at 14.30
TO: 29th November: closing ceremony ends around 19.30
REGISTRATION FEES
DEBATERS: 100 EUR/debater
INSTITUTIONAL JUDGES: 60 EUR/judge
COACHES (not judging)/OBSERVERS: 150 EUR/person
REGISTRATION FEE INCLUDES:
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Meals: from dinner on Friday to lunch on Sunday
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Coffee breaks, prints, gadgets... everything you need for a smooth tournament
Accommodation is not included in the registration fees and is up to the delegations to arrange. However, SNDI offers some recommendations. Those recommendations together with some more information can be found in the short info-pack HERE.
REGISTRATION LINKS
For teams and institutional judges
If you still need some more information, please reach out to Aurora Varin at aurora.varin@sn-di.it.