The Brewer Foundation and New York University are proud to announce the “Top 64” teams for the 23rd annual International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) – the first and only contest that gives high school students around the world the opportunity to engage in written and oral debates on issues of public policy.

This year’s qualifying round involved submissions from a record 311 teams, representing schools in 26 countries and 33 U.S. states. This is the largest year in competition history.

The IPPF would like to thank all of its student competitors for the time you spent researching this year’s topic, “Resolved: Governments should provide a universal basic income.” The judges enjoyed reviewing your submissions, and we look forward to sharing their evaluations with you in the month ahead.  

 

The judges were thoroughly impressed with the quality of the work product and written advocacy. Not advancing to the Round of 64 is not a negative reflection of your work – it just speaks to the number of entries, the caliber of the essays, and the overall competitiveness of the field.

Below, you will find a list of advancing teams in alphabetical order. Given that some schools entered more than one essay, the names of the students on the advancing teams are included below. 
 

AfterSkool Learning Centre, Singapore
Students: Alina Su Ziying, Pan Haotian, Pui Jiin Loong, Darrell, Rupa Kinkara

Akademeia High School, Warsaw, Poland
Students: Ales Langr, Andreea Pascaru, Elina Zelenina, Maria-Rossa Hadjieva, Nathalie Wilewski, Pola Jancewicz

BASIS Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona
Students: Saran Chockalingam, Ashton Dolce, Taejun Kim, Sophia Lin, Jessie Zhang

BC Forensic League, Langley, BC, Canada
Students: Shirui (Abby) Qu, Soobin Lee, Emily Kwon

Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, California
Students: Arnav Aggarwal, Neil Alappatt, Aadi Chauhan, Akilan Dorairaj, Aarnav Nagabhirava, Vincent Nguyen, Derek Qian

Bellevue School District, Bellevue, Washington
Students: Sabina Kolovyansky, Samuel Maurer, Sanika Vishal, Kai-Wen Wu

Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, New Jersey
Alexander Choi, Aiden Chun, Allison Kim, Ryan Kwon, Flora Park

Bergen Debate Club, Fort Lee, New Jersey
Students: Sahaj Bhandari, Aarav Motivala, Brannon Zee

Blue Valley High School, Stilwell, Kansas
Students: Carter Hagen, Brett Jordan, John Perkins, Drew Schimmel

Break Debate, Greenwich, Connecticut
Students: Sachin Aggarwal, Arnav Arjula, Aiden Kim, Michael Meng, Ava Moon, Agastya Sridharan, Lula Wang

Brentwood College School (Team 1), Mill Bay, BC, Canada
Students: Emily Lee, Kennedy Peterson, Grace Stegall

Brentwood College School (Team 2), Mill Bay, BC, Canada
Students: Isha Courty-Stephens, Quin Bond, Kenedy Hoy, Jacob Bloudov

Chengdu Shude High School, Chengdu, China
Students: Sophie Maruochen Shu, Sabrina Yuchen Xiao, Alison Zhen Ren

Colegio Bilingüe New Horizons (Delta), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Students: Ana Perez, Mia Rodriguez, Camila Santana

Concordia International School Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Students: Annelie Chang, Rachel Pan, Samantha Tong, Madelyn Tran

Coppell High School, Coppell, Texas
Students: Anushree De, Effie Shen, Tvisha Jindal, Aali Shah, Askhita Krishnan

Cornerstone Collegiate Academy of Seoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Students: Chaeyoung Kim, Choeun Lim, Hoonsung Lee

Dallas Urban Debate Alliance, Dallas, Texas
Students: Andrew Mi, Leroy Tamfu, Steven Livingston

Damien Memorial School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Students: Sam Atuatasi, Jethro Bumanglag, Elodie Cummings, Nalani Dela Cruz, Julia Gonzales, Caitlin Hallares, Keanu Longboy, Leila Macapagal, Maryjoy Pacho

Davidson Academy of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
Students: Aadi Patwa, Julia Burnham, Garam O’Brien, Winston Yan

Dialogy, Shanghai, China
Students: Ruisi He, Chloe Ma, Angelina Jiang

duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky
Students: Arav Agarwal, Victoria Fu, Rahim Kahloon, Kevin Lin, Saveer Jain

East Ridge High School, Woodbury, Minnesota
Students: Daniel Song, Anuraa Venkat, Caroline Zhang

EEC Debate (Indigo), Toronto, ON, Canada
Students: Iris Lee, Lillian Li, Oriana Zhou, Yuefan Xu

FAU High School, Boca Raton, Florida
Students: Nicholas Ostheimer, Caroline Ribeiro, Michael Gomez

Grand Oaks High School, Spring, Texas
Students: Landon Coutee, Anisha Gupta, Parker Russo, Christopher Cartagena Serrano, MaKaila Ott

Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona
Students: Emma Xi, Jenny Dong, Marie Chen, Kevin Chen

Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies, Yongin, Republic of Korea
Students: Taeoh Kim, Doeun Kim, Jaewon Lee, Hyerin Kang

Hathaway Brown Upper School, Shaker Heights, Ohio
Mahee Shah, Shrividya Regadamilli, Areesha Nouman, Haasini Sanisetty, Aanya Lakireddy, Siya Lakireddy

Hebron High School, Carrollton, Texas
Students: Nishan Chatha, Srikar Kotha, Kayla Fleming, Heather Wheeler

Hobby School of Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Students: Khishigbuyan Bolorchuluun, Shandas Ankhbayar, Irmuun Delgersukh, Bolortsetseg Adiya

Ivy Bridge Academy, Johns Creek, Georgia
Students: Aanya Baddela, Alyssa Chen, Saanvi Kadiyala, Sanjana Kadiyala, Rajveer Nadkar, Ethan Nam, Claire Park, Sneha Ramineni, Rikhil Ranjit, Tessica Selvaganesan, Saanvi Sinha, Rithwik Tamilselvan, Olivia Tye, Gene Yoon

Jasper High School, Plano, Texas
Students: Aayush Appan, Kaitlyn Fan, Eric Qian, Amanda Yi

Kealakehe High School (Team 1), Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Students: Lucy Cameron, Malina Chiddo, Sei Smith

Kealakehe High School (Team 2), Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Students: Williene Cruz, Andries Ferreira, Sophie McIvor, Kayla Robertson

Kealakehe High School (Team 3), Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Students: Mei Kanada, Ailani Cruz, JackOwen Zarley

Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Students: Eric Fan, Emily Liu, Bohan Pan, Franklyn Yang, Jonathan Yao

Leaders Academy, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Students: Sean Chung, Bill Cho, Minnie Kim, Joseph Kang, Claire Lee, Shehwan Kim, Gunhee Lee

Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California
Students: Om Modi, Bolang Zhu, Juno Hong

Millburn High School (Team 1), Millburn, New Jersey
Students: Ryan Chen, Renee Ding, Nicky Wang, Caroline Cheng

Millburn High School (Team 2), Millburn, New Jersey
Students: Adiyta Gupta, Zain Jaffar, Arav Wahi, Sidharth Nambiar

Miramonte High School, Orinda, California
Students: Casey Scheiner, Cameron Berg, Alex Battersby, Ravi Sandhu, Park Briones

Mountain View-Los Altos Speech and Debate, Mountain View, California
Students: Timothy Lin, Calista Woo, Edwin Mu, Ethan Park

Notio Solutions, Houston, Texas
Students: Christine Seo, Edward Kang, Aaron Tian, Brian Liu, Claire Sim, Madhav Dua, Neil Kreibich

Nova 42 Academy, Pasadena, California
Students: Jiyoo Kim-Jung, Gavin Rossi, Jacqueline Fassbender

Novi High School, Novi, Michigan
Students: Nikhil Aerabati, Rohan Patil, Arvind Salem

Oak Park High School, Oak Park, California
Students: Lincoln Reyes, Catherine Cheng, Joy Chu

Oswego East High School, Oswego, Illinois
Students: Jensen Coonradt, Andrew Medrano, Shriya Rao, Charles Wrage

Pine-Richland High School (Team 1), Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
Students: Udbhav Akolkar, Maura Flynn, Mackenzie Mercuri, Ian Hurt

Pine-Richland High School (Team 2), Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
Students: Jocelyn Curreri, Michael Lattari, Avyukta Nagrath, Mantavya Vashishth, Henry Wojcik

Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas
Students: David Cui, Kaaviya Shenbaharaman, Jesse He, Pranav Kalakuntla, Anuj Lohtia, Arrman Kapoor, Pranav Kalakuntla, Ananshi Patel, Sanjana Kumar, Aaryan Tomar

Potomac Oak, Rockville, Maryland
Students: Katherine Xue, Zack Lam, Cooper Li, Christopher Tang, Sherry Lin, Matthew Nam, Mahilan Guha

Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Students: Neel Avalareddy Siddhartha Aradhya, Harrison Lin, Aayan Khalfay, Adarsh Kalyan

Rowland Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah
Students: Marina Peng, Harris Matheson, Logan Fang, Eli Hatton, Aiden Gandhi, Andrew Murphy, Gavin Schmidt, Harris Lasater

Saigon South International School, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Students: Dale Chen, Hsuan-Yuan Kuo, Yu-Fei Li, Jack Weisblatt

Solon High School, Solon, Ohio
Students: Avneet Sohi, Luke Kim, Adhithiya Narayanan Balamurugan, Sudhiksha Ramesh

St. Mark's School of Texas (ABLS), Dallas, Texas
Students: Bennett Applbaum, Ekaksh Bansal, Andrew Liu, Liam Seaward

St. Mark's School of Texas (GMBPK), Dallas, Texas
Students: Anish Guddati, Ashrit Manduva, Ethan Bosita, Alex Pan, Justin Kim

Stamford High School, Stamford, Connecticut
Students: Tyler Denison, Princesse Hyppolite, Meher Jain, Sabrina Morency, Ryan Prem, Mey Silvey, Rihan Thajeer

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Virginia
Students: Aben Bhattachan, Jaydon Sun, Ray Zhang

Wasatch Independent Debate, Woods Cross, Utah
Students: Eliza Broderick, Teancum Whitchurch, Jayden Duffin

Webb City High School, Webb City, Missouri
Students: Alexandra Tyndall, Camryn Klosterman, Kooper Newberry

West Anchorage High School, Anchorage, Alaska
Students: Ella Johanknecht, Mona Koko, Dane Lester

Westwood High School, Austin, Texas
Students: Ethan Andrew, Pranav Balakrishnan, Eric Gong, Ayush Deo Tripathi, Eric Zhu

 
Advancing teams will receive an e-mail with additional information. 
 
You can click here to see a PDF of the IPPF bracket, which includes the pairings for the written rounds of the competition and notes the side (affirmative or negative) assigned to each team.
 
The “Top 64” teams will now compete in a single-elimination, written debate tournament. Teams will continue to debate the topic, “Resolved: Governments should provide a universal basic income.” Essays will be volleyed back and forth via e-mail and judges will select the advancing teams. This format continues until the final eight teams emerge. Those teams earn an opportunity to compete in the oral debate finals in New York City for the $10,000 grand prize!
 
For those teams that did not advance, your evaluation forms and certificates of participation will be mailed to you in the coming month. 
 
On behalf of the Brewer Foundation and NYU, thank you to every team and student that submitted an essay!