Past Topics
Explore the wide range of debate topics we’ve tackled over the years—spanning AI, cybersecurity, policy, ethics, and more.
West Virginia University
March 7, 2025 — West Virginia University
“AI Unplugged: Navigating the Future and Ethical Dilemma of Generative AI”
AICommon Cyber Fusion
February 21, 2025 — Virginia Military Institute
“Cybersecurity and National Defense”
CybersecurityJFF
November 21, 2024 — Virtual Event
“Labor Market Futures: UBI vs Guaranteed Employment”
FinanceAmazon Web Services
November 7, 2024 — Amazon Merlin Building, Arlington, VA
“AI vs Zero Trust: Securing the Nation's Infrastructure”
AIHorizons Conference
July 23, 2024 — Washington, DC
“The Investment Conundrum: Debating Capital Sources to Advance Education and Work”
FinanceSecuring Tomorrow
Feb 7, 2024 — Fairfax, VA
“AI vs Augmented Intelligence”
AIIs Generative AI a Threat to Cybersecurity?
Sep 13, 2023 — Fairfax, VA
“AI and Cybersecurity”
AINovaSci x Appian
June 27, 2024 — Appian Office (McLean, VA)
“AI and Social Media Regulation”
AINovaSci x Google
June 20, 2024 — Google Office (Reston, VA)
“AI and Social Media Regulation”
AINYU
May 3, 2024 — New York, NY
“Generative AI and the Metaverse”
AIPace University
April 9, 2024 — New York, NY
“Data Privacy vs National Security”
PrivacyUniversity at Albany
April 4, 2024 — Albany, NY
“AI: Job Creator or Job Destroyer”
AIAI & Human Bias
June 20, 2019 — Galvanize, New York, NY
“Can You Remove the Human Bias Built into AI/ML?”
AIRegulating Drone Technology
May 25, 2019 — National Gaylord, Washington, DC
“Should the U.S. Regulate Drone Technology?”
PrivacyGDPR & Autonomous Vehicles
April 26, 2019 — NYU, New York, NY
“GDPR and the Future of Transportation”
PrivacyNational Cryptocurrency
February 7, 2019 — WeWork, Washington, DC
“Should the U.S. Government Adopt a National Cryptocurrency?”
CryptoPrivate vs Public Blockchain
December 6, 2018 — Teach for America, New York, NY
“Blockchain Governance Debate”
CryptoAnsible vs Puppet
July 10, 2018 — USPTO, Washington, DC
“DevOps: Automation Showdown”
DevOpsSocial Media
May 9, 2018 — New York, NY
“Is Social Media Helpful or Harmful to our Country?”
Social MediaCloud: AWS vs Azure
November 16, 2017 — Washington, DC
“Cloud: AWS vs Azure”
CloudJavascript: Angular vs React
May 9, 2017 — New York, NY
“Javascript: Angular vs React”
Web DevJavascript: Angular vs React
December 7, 2016 — Washington, DC
“Javascript: Angular vs React”
Web DevMobile: Android vs iOS
May 27, 2015 — Washington, DC
“Mobile: Android vs iOS”
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