2020 Academic Debates: Team Application

Call for Teams

AASLD is excited to announce that the 6th annual Academic Debates will be included in The Liver Meeting Digital Experience™ 2020! Don’t miss the opportunity to become a part of this MUST ATTEND event and submit your team application below for consideration.

We are seeking two debates, two teams each: General/Adult Hepatology AND Pediatric Hepatology!

The debates will be pre-recorded in advance (with both teams, emcee, and panelists present) but held live with an interactive Q&A, discussion and audience voting.

Deadline Extended: Only applications received by Monday, August 17, 2020 will be considered.

Eligibility Notice: Teams that have participated in the debates over the past two years (at The Liver Meeting® 2018 and 2019) are not eligible to be selected for the 2020 Academic Debates in an effort to expand the opportunity to new teams.

Team Requirements:

2 Fellows-in-Training (at least one fellow in Transplant Hepatology fellowship; this includes traditional 4th year fellows and/or Pilot Program fellows)
1 Faculty Mentor (will be with the fellows during the debate to serve as an in-person advisor and serves as primary contact for the team)
All participants are required to participate in any advance rehearsal(s) and recording session(s) as well as the live broadcast session that will be held during The Liver Meeting Digital Experience (between Nov 13-16, 2020, exact day and time TBD). AASLD staff will work with teams to try to set up rehearsal and recording sessions at convenient times for all debate participants.

Application Requirements / Extended Deadline: August 17, 2020

Complete this quick online application by August 17, 2020
Identify Fellow participants (2) and Faculty mentor (1)
Within this application, provide a hepatology related topic you would like to see debated and brief explanation why (250 words or less, please). Note: While the topic you submit is considered in the selection process, if your program is selected it should not be implied that your topic will be selected or assigned to your team.

Audition Video / Extended Deadline: August 19, 2020

Submit your audition video no later than August 19, 2020.
You must develop and submit a two-minute audition video of a debate with a fun topic of your choosing (it does not need to be liver related).
- Video submission must include a one-minute argument and one-minute rebuttal presented by both proposed teammates.
- You can prepare 2 one-minute videos or 1 two-minute video
After completing this online application, you will receive an email with instructions on scoring criteria and how to submit your audition video.