The Brewer Foundation and New York University are proud to announce the “Top 64” teams for the 24th 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 283 teams representing schools in 26 countries and 30 U.S. states. This is the second-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: Equitable access to pharmaceuticals should be prioritized over protecting intellectual property rights.” The judges enjoyed reviewing your submissions, and we look forward to sharing their evaluations with you in the month ahead.  

 

The judges were impressed with each team's ability to craft a well-researched essay on a complex global topic. Not advancing to the Round of 64 is not a negative reflection of your work – it just speaks to the number of entries, the quality of the essays, and the overall competitiveness of a global 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.

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The Academy of Classical Christian Studies, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Students: Ethan Kazenske, Noah Steves, Elliot Stutes

 

AfterSkool Learning Centre, Singapore, Singapore (Team 1)

Students: Rupa Kinkara, Liu Kecan, Huo Xi Cheng, Zhang XiaoYu, Amelia Tay Juey Oon

 

AfterSkool Learning Centre, Singapore, Singapore (Team 2)

Students: Woon Tien Eu, Chiara Jane Wee, Jasper Wong Yankai, Nay Wun Thant, Ryan Yao Xin Cheng

 

Akademeia High School, Warsaw, Poland

Students: Luke Bakic-Pawlak, Aleksander Korobowicz, Emilia Kosiorek, Oliwia Czarnecka

 

Alpha Co, La Crescenta, California
Students: Michael Kim, Aiden Uyeunten, Eric Oh, Jayne You

 

Alpharetta High School, Alpharetta, Georgia

Students: Dyumna Pandey, Kevin Maliakal, Kailash Muthukumar, Derek Baek, Varun Gajulapalli, Srinidhi Karyampudi, Julia Liu

 

Arizona College Prep High School, Chandler, Arizona

Students: Divya Natarajan, Jishnu Nayak, Aanya Venkat, Rohan Vallamshetla, Samyak Duggirala, Suhayb Zahid

 

Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge, Connecticut

Students: Janet Fan, Linda Chen, Luke Lamour, Emma Imanov, Chloe Wang, Shreya Viswanathan, Kruthinimilya Nandam, Astoria Turner

 

Artemis Debate, Shanghai, China

Students: Bruce He Peiyang, ZiMing Ren, Lezhi Freya Zhang, Yang Tianbao, BoJia Fu, Yanxi Jin

 

BASIS International School Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

Students: Yufei Catherine Zou, Hening Emma Guo, Mengchen Max Liu, Fengtian James Li, Tianmai Ryan Xiao

 

Bergen Debate Club, Fort Lee, New Jersey

Students: Sahaj Bhandari, Ethan Huang, Aarav Motivala, Pranav Vanga

 

The Blake School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Students: Clara Stamm, Michelle Pham, Ani Bhardwaj, Raiden Chen

 

Blue Valley High School, Stilwell, Kansas

Students: Ava Aslinia, Vanee Pattani, Varun Rastogi, Akhil Reddy 

 

Brentwood College School, Mill Bay, BC, Canada

Students: Sienna Gulevich, Tighe Kramer, Aiyanna Michaud, Ginevra Scagliarini

 

The British International School Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Students: Adithya Arangan, Shyaam Nanthan, Eric Benito Blat

 

Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana

Students: Akshat Kannan, Brandon Li, Jack Miller, Ryan Sharp

 

Carroll Senior High School, Southlake, Texas

Students: Tanya Kuriakose, Amber Lin, Nethra Tummalapalli, Anushka Velala

 

Cornerstone Collegiate Academy of Seoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Students: Chae Young Kim, Choeun Lim, Hoonsung Lee, Junhyuk Jang, Yeseul Choi, Seo Young Lee

 

Cranbrook School, Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia (Team 1)

Students: David Tabachnik, Edward Brennan, Marley Farrar, D'Arcy Richardson

 

Cranbrook School, Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia (Team 2)

Students: Gus Robinson, Tommy Jacquett, Oscar Xing

 

Damien Memorial School, Honolulu, Hawaii

Students: Sam Atuatasi, Jethro Bumanglag, Nalani Dela Cruz, Caitlin Hallares, Lauryn Paloma, Laylah Patton

 

The Davidson Academy of Nevada, Reno, Nevada

Students: Aadi Patwa, Garam O'Brien, Kentia Kalanaki, Melody Song

 

duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky

Students: Sivani Babu, Arjun Sharma, Victoria Fu, Aalya Jha

 

EEC Debate, North York, ON, Canada

Students: Terrence Zhu, Keerti Joshi, Jeffery Liu, Angela Wu, Ava Dong

 

Ethos Academy, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Students: Ann Wang, Hannah Li, Jade Wang, Sarah Li

 

Evergreen Debate Institute, Walnut, California

Students: Cindy Chen, Ashley Lim, Andie Martin, Michael Meng, Selina Zhang, Daniel Zheng

 

Future Leaders Program, Dallas, Texas

Students: Maya Alvarez, Marian Cuenca, Lindsey Rodriguez, Shruti Sharma

 

The Golden State Academy, Fremont, California

Students: Saanvi Goyal, Anushree Samsi, Armaan Sharma

 

Grand Oaks High School, Spring, Texas

Students: Alana Rosado, Parker Russo, MaKaila Ott

 

Hathaway Brown Upper School, Shaker Heights, Ohio (Team 1)

Students: Ayanna Ahuja, Xiang Fang, Ellie Su, Emily Xie

 

Hathaway Brown Upper School, Shaker Heights, Ohio (Team 2)

Students: Jessie Zhang, Shrividya Regadamilli, Areesha Nouman, Haasini Sanisetty, Aanya Lakireddy, Siya Lakireddy

 

Ivy Bridge Academy, Johns Creek, Georgia

Students: Abigail Kim, Brandon Yoo, Claire Park, Andrew Lao,  Leo Leger, Nachiket Hegde, Angela Wu, Roy Kim, Rik Tapaswi, Ayati Yadav, Samuel Choi, Ted Park, Vincent Lin, Vivian Chen, Vedant Kalipatnapu, Ayanna Das, Jinn Choi

 

Jasper High School, Plano, Texas

Students: Aashna Bhakkad, Collin Cui, Abhay Harika, Lillian Liang, Zayd Mahmud, Anoushka Rai, Goutham Ronanki, Joshua Wu, Esther Zhao, Jessica Zhang

 

Jayshree Periwal International School, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Students: Eva Bothra, Ahsash Agarwal, Lakshya Mutha

 

Kealakehe High School, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

Students: Archer Ankrum, Amberly Berger, Kai Greenlee, Zachariah Smith, Kenta Vanderpool, JackOwen Zarley

 

Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California

Students: Om Modi, Bolang Zhu, Juno Hong

 

Navi Debate, Closter, New Jersey (Team 1)

Students: Jiahn Hong, Ian Choi, Yongjoo Cho, Pritish Turagam, Eugene Choi, David Park

 

Navi Debate, Closter, New Jersey (Team 2)

Students: Angela Tan, Gloria Chang, Paul Shim, Lua Lee, David Ahn

 

Neev Academy, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Students: Shenaya Bhattacharjee, Taashvi Aggarwal, Suhani Agarwal

 

North Allegheny Senior High School, Wexford, Pennsylvania

Students: Kaartic Muralidharan, Eric Peng, Kelly Tai, Aayushi Vardhan, Samuel Xiao

 

Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks, California (Team 1)

Students: Riley Apice, Tedric Josef Nino Saguros, Scarlett Snoke

 

Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks, California (Team 2)

Students: Sophia Demayo, Cailyn Paredes, Jay Vizzie

 

Notre Dame San Jose High School, San Jose, California

Students: Viraja Shivhare, Arushi Shah, Janani Janakiraman, Yulong Gong, Aanya Bhardwaj, Aanya Ramaswamy 

 

Nova 42 Academy, Pasadena, California (Team 1)

Students: Quinlan Iwasaka, Cherry Zhang, Ashley Heo

 

Nova 42 Academy, Pasadena, California (Team 2)

Students: Sourya Chilukuri, Jaden Vibberts, Madeline Lee

 

Orlando Science High School, Orlando, Florida

Students: Srihitha Doddi, Anushka Patni, Melena Pressley, Namita Shah

 

Oswego East High School, Oswego, Illinois

Students: Kassandra Nicole Coloma, Sheza Khan, Avery Ku, Emma Ku, Andrew Medrano, Daiwik Muralidharan

 

Outschool, Spokane, Washington

Students: Greenlee Smith, EK Thomas, Vivien Kyle

 

Peak to Peak Charter School, Lafayette, Colorado

Students: Ramshreyas Mangu, Aadi Sobti, Tanush Shekhar, Saatwik Das, Owen Widmar

 

Pine-Richland High School, Gibsonia, Pennsylvania

Students: Mackenzie Mercuri, Brooke Deegan, Sanika Das, Ian Hurt

 

Potomac Oak, Rockville, Maryland

Students: Christopher Tang, Cooper Li, Grace Li, Katherine Xue, Zack Lam, Zayd Patel

 

Ronald Reagan High School, San Antonio, Texas

Students: Carralena Furtek, Mannat Dhillon, Emma Patel, Ujala Patel

 

Rowland Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah

Students: Andrew Murphy, Aiden Gandhi, Eli Hatton, Emery Lieberman, Isabella Utgaard, Sofia Drakou

 

Saint Paul Preparatory Seoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Students: Bill Cho, Erica Lee, Seah Jin, Seungmin Oh, Victoria Hwang, William Kim

 

San Marino High School, San Marino, California

Students: Winston Chou, Sarah Tran, Davis Liang

 

Slovak Debate Association, Bratislava, Slovakia

Students: Matej Styk, Samuel Čengel, Sofia Tomášiková, Miroslava Baricová, Patrik Ilenčík

 

Solon High School, Solon, Ohio

Students: Falak Dahiya, MingHao Gu, Ria Isayas, Sophia Shong, William Stella

 

Strake Jesuit College Preparatory, Houston, Texas

Students: John Yates, Justin Wen, Jason Zhao, Daniel Guo

 

Upper St. Clair High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Students: Nikhita Thakuria, Priyaharshini Sivakumar, Pari Varshney, Mana Barimani, Maxim-Levi Shevchenko

 

The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, Georgia

Students: Ismini Vasiloglou, Sona Nandwana, Victoria Yan, Sarah Wang, Ravi Parikh

 

Westwood High School, Austin, Texas (Team 1)

Students: Raghav Laxminarasimhan, Dhruv Patil, Brijnandan Saranu, Hersh Singh, Ian Xu

 

Westwood High School, Austin, Texas (Team 2)

Students: Chaaya Annamreddy, Sristi Guduru, Amrita Josyula, Saanvi Mittal

 

William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute, North York, ON, Canada

Students: Hoang Quynh Anh Duong, Nathan Wang, Milena Mofrad, Gabrielle Bourgeois 

 

William Mason High School, Mason, Ohio

Students: Adhya Duggal, Anish Mutyala, Anushka Doshi, Sahana Srikanth, Santhosh Rajan, Sanvi Jha

 

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: Equitable access to pharmaceuticals should be prioritized over protecting intellectual property rights.” 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 who submitted an essay!

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