We are delighted to invite you to the 2026 Senior European Ethics Olympiad, an exciting online event designed for 14-18 year-olds (at any point during 2026) to explore complex ethical questions through structured, thought-provoking discussions. Participants will have the chance to sharpen their critical thinking, engage in meaningful dialogue, and consider diverse perspectives on challenging moral dilemmas.

As the official qualifying event for the 2026 International Final, school-based teams have the unique opportunity to secure a spot in the International Final hosted from Australia! This is a chance for young minds to engage on a global stage and connect with peers who share a passion for ethics.

Dates and Times (All Olympiads are Online!)
Senior European Ethics Olympiad: Thursday, March 19, 2026
Time:
8:00 AM – 2:00 PM (BST – UK)
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (CET – Europe)

International Final: Thursday, July 23, 2026 (hosted from Australia)

Eligibility

• Open to any team from anywhere in the world, either school-based or not.

• To qualify for the International Final, teams must be school-based.

• Students must be aged 14–18 at some point during 2025.

• Teams of 3–5 students.

Cases
• Case 1 – Salacious Gossip
• Case 2 – Digital Afterlife Management: Who Speaks for the Dead?
• Case 3 – In-Vitro Meat
• Case 4 – Redefining Humanity
• Case 5 – A Phenotypic Prometheus?
• Case 6 – Ode to a Scab
• Case 7 – A Monthly Subscription to Brutality
• Case 8 – Taking the Spot or Earning It? – University Scholarship

Registration Fees
Early Bird Fee: $180 USD per team (Closes January 19th)
Regular Fee: $225 USD per team (Registration closes February 19th)
**Additional fees apply for PayPal/credit card payments. To avoid them, pay via Zelle to info@tkethics.org**

You can download the complete case set at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-2LTvhCNVO0DGlAOaqr6H04lYhEx176f/view

Invitation

We are delighted to invite you to the 2026 Senior USA + Central + South American Ethics Olympiad, an exciting online event designed for 14–18-year-olds (at any point during 2026) to explore complex ethical questions through structured, thought-provoking discussions. Participants will have the chance to sharpen their critical thinking, engage in meaningful dialogue, and consider diverse perspectives on challenging moral dilemmas.

As the official qualifying event for the 2026 International Final, school-based teams have the unique opportunity to secure a spot in the International Final hosted in Australia! This is a remarkable chance for young minds to engage on a global stage and connect with peers who share a passion for ethics.
 

Dates and Times (All Olympiads are Online!)

Event Date: Saturday, April 4, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM (ET, GMT-4)
International Final: Thursday, July 23, 2026 (hosted from Australia)

Eligibility

• Open to any team from anywhere in the world, either school-based or not.

• To qualify for the International Final, teams must be school-based.

• Students must be aged 14–18 at some point during 2025.

• Teams of 3–5 students.

Ethical Topics 
This year, teams will grapple with a wide range of thought-provoking ethical issues, including:

Case 1 – Salacious Gossip
Case 2 – Digital Afterlife Management: Who Speaks for the Dead?
Case 3 – In-Vitro Meat
Case 4 – Redefining Humanity
Case 5 – A Phenotypic Prometheus?
Case 6 – Ode to a Scab
Case 7 – A Monthly Subscription to Brutality
Case 8 – Taking the Spot or Earning It? – University Scholarship

Registration Fees
Early Bird Fee: $180 USD per team (closes February 4th, 2026)
Regular Fee: $225 USD per team (registration closes March 4th, 2026)
**Additional fees apply for PayPal/credit card payments. To avoid them, pay via Zelle to info@tkethics.org**

You can download the complete case set at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-2LTvhCNVO0DGlAOaqr6H04lYhEx176f/view

Invitation

We are thrilled to invite you to the 2026 Senior Canadian Ethics Olympiad. An Ethics Olympiad is a competitive yet collaborative event in which students analyze and discuss real-life, timely, ethical issues. An Ethics Olympiad differs from debating in that students are not assigned opposing views; rather, they defend whatever position they believe is right and win by showing that they have thought more carefully, deeply, and perceptively about the cases in question. Experience shows that this type of event encourages and helps students develop intellectual virtues such as ethical awareness, critical thinking skills, civil discourse, civic engagement, and an appreciation for diverse points of view. 

We are the official qualifying event for the International Middle School Ethics Olympiad, meaning school-based teams can earn a spot in the International Final hosted in Australia on Thursday, July 23, 2026.

Event Date & Time: Saturday, April 11, 2026 / 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Eligibility

• Open to any team from anywhere in the world, either school-based or not.

• To qualify for the International Final, teams must be school-based.

• Students must be aged 14–18 at some point during 2026.

• Teams of 3–5 students.

Ethical Topics 
This year, teams will grapple with a wide range of thought-provoking ethical issues, including:

• Case 1 - Salacious Gossip
• Case 2 - Digital Afterlife Management: Who Speaks for the Dead?
• Case 3 - In-Vitro Meat
• Case 4 - Redefining Humanity
• Case 5 - A Phenotypic Prometheus?
• Case 6 - Ode to a Scab
• Case 7 - A Monthly Subscription to Brutality
• Case 8 - Taking the Spot or Earning it? - University Scholarship

Registration Fees
Early Bird Fee: $180 USD per team (closes on Feb 11th, 2026)
Regular Fee: $225 USD per team (registration closes Mar 11th)
**Additional fees apply for PayPal/credit card payments. To avoid them, pay via Zelle to info@tkethics.org**

You can download the complete case set at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-2LTvhCNVO0DGlAOaqr6H04lYhEx176f/view

Invitation

Get ready to explore the ethical frontiers of technology and deepen your philosophical thinking alongside peers from around the globe!

2026 TKEthics Spring Invitational – Key Dates (tentative):

• Jan 28 (11:59 PM EST): Final Registration Deadline

• Feb 28 (6:00PM EST): Live Invitational – Event Day

• Registration Fees (regular): $225 USD per team (3-5 members each team). 

• Early Bird Discount 20% off, valid till Dec 28, 2025

Event Schedule (EST US and Canada)

Refund Policy (Minus any transaction fees)

 Full refund: Cancellations made before the registration deadline are eligible for a full refund.  
 Patial refund: Cancellations made up to ten days before the competition date are eligible for a 50% refund.
 No refund: Cancellations made within one week of the competition are not eligible for a refund.

To cancel, send email to info@tkethics.org please! The date we receive your email is the official cancellation date. If we reschedule or cancel the event, you can choose a full refund or transfer to the new date.

Further updates will be shared as they become available — stay tuned and sign up for early bird access!

Invitation

Qualified Teams Only

The 2026 TKEthics International Grand Final is an online event where the top qualifying teams from the TKEthics Spring and Fall Invitationals, as well as finalists from the Global AI Debates, will engage in structured, thought-provoking discussions on complex ethical issues related to High tech and AI.

This is the ultimate opportunity for students to showcase their ethical reasoning, engage in high-level discourse, and compete for the title of TKEthics International Grand Final Champion!

Ethical Cases & Information Kits

Once registration is confirmed, ethical cases will be provided.

Judging Panel

Judges are experienced debate coaches and experts holding degrees in philosophy. They will provide professional evaluations and feedback on your team’s performance.

Event Schedule (EST) ?Tentative?

6:00–6:10 PM — Introduction

6:10–7:30 PM — Round 1 (includes feedback)

7:30–7:40 PM — Break

7:40–9:00 PM — Round 2 (includes feedback)

9:00–9:20 PM — Dinner Break

9:20–10:40 PM — Round 3 (includes feedback)

10:40–10:50 PM — Break

10:50–12:10 AM — Round 4 (includes feedback)

12:10–12:15 AM — Closing Remarks

Registration Deadline for Qualified Teams: July 29, 2025; Early bird offer ends after Jun 29, 2025.

Team Formation Guidelines

• 3~5 members per team

• Teams that have qualified for the grand final may choose to maintain their original team composition or reorganize into new teams. However, any new team must include at least two qualified players.

• The team is considered a high school team if anyone in the team is high school student.

Registration Fees

• Early Bird Registration: US$180 (teams of 3-5) 

• Regular Registration: US$225 (teams of 3-5?

The Global AI Debates, an international academic competition where students take on the world’s most urgent questions about artificial intelligence, is run by the Modus Ponens Institute, TKEThics, and DebateUS,  backed by the UC?Berkeley Debate Society, and led by veteran organizers behind the Harvard and Georgetown tournaments, and the Pan American Ethics Olympiads. It draws judges from top AI organizations, including MIT, OpenAI, and Perplexity, providing students an opportunity to engage with top experts in one of the most important fields of the 21st century.

Topic for Middle School Speech (ages 14 - 18): We support the Future of Life Institute Statement on superintelligence. (7 minute speech)  

Pricing

• Teams submitting 10 or more entries: $100 USD per entry

• Teams submitting fewer than 10 entries: $120 USD per entry

• Early Bird Discounts: 

  • January 1— January 31:  20% discount on all registration

  • February 1 — February 28: 10% discount on all registration

• Co-Registration Discounts: 

  • If you co-register for one of our tracks and for the Georgetown Tournament Speech Track, the total will be $140 USD for both events. 

Student names are not due until your entry is submitted, so you can pay for your teams from January 1st, and submit the details later. Registrations will be accepted until the day submissions of essays/speeches are due. 

Schedule

Registration:

Registration Opens: January 1st ~ April 1st, 2026 

Qualifying Round:
April 15th, 2026 — Videos of Speeches Due
April 20th, 2026 — Break Announced
Top 20% of submissions in each category advance

Finals:
April 25, 2026 @ 6pm. Eastern time   Live speeches in front of a panel

Refund Policy (minus any transaction fees)

 Full refund: Cancellations made before the registration deadline are eligible for a full refund.  
 Patial refund: Cancellations made up to ten days before the competition date are eligible for a 50% refund.
 No refund: Cancellations made within one week of the competition are not eligible for a refund.

To cancel, send email to info@tkethics.org please! The date we receive your email is the official cancellation date. If we reschedule or cancel the event, you can choose a full refund or transfer to the new date.

The Global AI Debates, an international academic competition where students take on the world’s most urgent questions about artificial intelligence, is run by the Modus Ponens Institute, TKEThics, and DebateUS,  backed by the UC?Berkeley Debate Society, and led by veteran organizers behind the Harvard and Georgetown tournaments, and the Pan American Ethics Olympiads. It draws judges from top AI organizations, including MIT, OpenAI, and Perplexity, providing students an opportunity to engage with top experts in one of the most important fields of the 21st century.

Topic for Middle School Speech (ages 11 - 13): AI will be bad for media ecosystem. (7 minute speech)  

Pricing

• Teams submitting 10 or more entries: $100 USD per entry

• Teams submitting fewer than 10 entries: $120 USD per entry

• Early Bird Discounts: 

  • January 1— January 31:  20% discount on all registration

  • February 1 — February 28: 10% discount on all registration

• Co-Registration Discounts: 

  • If you co-register for one of our tracks and for the Georgetown Tournament Speech Track, the total will be $140 USD for both events. 

Student names are not due until your entry is submitted, so you can pay for your teams from January 1st, and submit the details later. Registrations will be accepted until the day submissions of essays/speeches are due. 

Schedule

Registration:

Registration Opens: January 1st ~ April 1st, 2026 

Qualifying Round:
April 15th, 2026 — Videos of Speeches Due
April 20th, 2026 — Break Announced
Top 20% of submissions in each category advance

Finals:
April 25, 2026 @ 6pm. Eastern time   Live speeches in front of a panel

Refund Policy (minus any transaction fees)

 Full refund: Cancellations made before the registration deadline are eligible for a full refund.  
 Patial refund: Cancellations made up to ten days before the competition date are eligible for a 50% refund.
 No refund: Cancellations made within one week of the competition are not eligible for a refund.

To cancel, send email to info@tkethics.org please! The date we receive your email is the official cancellation date. If we reschedule or cancel the event, you can choose a full refund or transfer to the new date.

The Global AI Debates, an international academic competition where students take on the world’s most urgent questions about artificial intelligence, is run by the Modus Ponens Institute, TKEThics, and DebateUS,  backed by the UC?Berkeley Debate Society, and led by veteran organizers behind the Harvard and Georgetown tournaments, and the Pan American Ethics Olympiads. It draws judges from top AI organizations, including MIT, OpenAI, and Perplexity, providing students an opportunity to engage with top experts in one of the most important fields of the 21st century.

Topic for Primary School Speech (ages 7 - 10): Schools should use AI Teachers. (5 minute speech)  

Registration Opens January 1st, 2026

Pricing

• Teams submitting 10 or more entries: $100 USD per entry

• Teams submitting fewer than 10 entries: $120 USD per entry
   

• Early Bird Discounts: 

  • January 1— January 31:  20% discount on all registration

  • February 1 — February 28: 10% discount on all registration

• Co-Registration Discounts: 

  • If you co-register for one of our tracks and for the Georgetown Tournament Speech Track, the total will be $140 USD for both events. 

Student names are not due until your entry is submitted, so you can pay for your teams from January 1st, and submit the details later. Registrations will be accepted until the day submissions of essays/speeches are due. 

Schedule

Registration:

Registration Opens: January 1st ~ April 1st, 2026 

Qualifying Round:
April 15th, 2026 — Videos of Speeches Due
April 20th, 2026 — Break Announced
Top 20% of submissions in each category advance

Finals:
April 25, 2026 @ 6pm. Eastern time   Live speeches in front of a panel

Refund Policy (minus any transaction fees)

 Full refund: Cancellations made before the registration deadline are eligible for a full refund.  
 Patial refund: Cancellations made up to ten days before the competition date are eligible for a 50% refund.
 No refund: Cancellations made within one week of the competition are not eligible for a refund.

To cancel, send email to info@tkethics.org please! The date we receive your email is the official cancellation date. If we reschedule or cancel the event, you can choose a full refund or transfer to the new date.

The Global AI Debates, an international academic competition where students take on the world’s most urgent questions about artificial intelligence, is run by the Modus Ponens Institute, TKEThics, and DebateUS,  backed by the UC?Berkeley Debate Society, and led by veteran organizers behind the Harvard and Georgetown tournaments, and the Pan American Ethics Olympiads. It draws judges from top AI organizations, including MIT, OpenAI, and Perplexity, providing students an opportunity to engage with top experts in one of the most important fields of the 21st century.

Topic for Essay and Debate (any age): We support the Future of Life Institute Statement on superintelligence. (1500 word essay on either the Pro or the Con of the topic)

*Note on word count: any citations/bibliography  don’t count toward the word count total, essays exceeding the word count will not be considered!

Pricing

• Teams submitting 10 or more entries: $100 USD per entry

• Teams submitting fewer than 10 entries: $120 USD per entry

• Early Bird Discounts: 

  • January 1— January 31:  20% discount on all registration

  • February 1 — February 28: 10% discount on all registration

• Co-Registration Discounts: 

  • If you co-register for one of our tracks and for the Georgetown Tournament Speech Track, the total will be $140 USD for both events. 

Student names are not due until your entry is submitted, so you can pay for your teams from January 1st, and submit the details later. Registrations will be accepted until the day submissions of essays/speeches are due. 

Schedule

Registration:

Registration Opens: January 1st ~ April 1st, 2026 

Qualifying Round:
April 15th, 2026 — Essay Submission Due
April 20th, 2026 — Break Announced
Top 8 Essays qualify for the final debate rounds

Finals — May 2nd, 2026 (Zoom)
6:00 PM ET — Quarterfinals
7:30 PM ET — Semifinals
9:00 PM ET — Finals

Refund Policy (minus any transaction fees)

 Full refund: Cancellations made before the registration deadline are eligible for a full refund.  
 Patial refund: Cancellations made up to ten days before the competition date are eligible for a 50% refund.
 No refund: Cancellations made within one week of the competition are not eligible for a refund.

To cancel, send email to info@tkethics.org please! The date we receive your email is the official cancellation date. If we reschedule or cancel the event, you can choose a full refund or transfer to the new date.