IPSC 2025
We are delighted to announce that the IPSC finals will return to London in 2025.
Thank you for your ongoing support of the ESU International Public Speaking Competition. If you have any questions, please contact the competition organisers at [email protected]
IPSC National Competition Registration Form & Payment
In order to take part in the IPSC, you must register your national competition using the form below by Friday, 8 November 2024. Please register here.
You will also need to make payment by Monday, 2 December 2024. Contact us for a payment link.
Once you have held your national final, national champions need to register for the IPSC week itself. The deadline for this information is Monday, 17 March 2025 via a participant registration form that will be sent out to you. If for any reason you will not be able to share this information by the deadline, please reach out to the team on [email protected] to see if we can make arrangements to accommodate you.
Accompanying guest registration
We welcome any guests that would like to accompany their national winner to the competition.
Based on feedback from last year’s participants and guests, we are recommending that participants are accompanied by an adult when they travel to London. We want every participant to have a wonderful week in London and the moral support of an accompanying adult would be very useful. We recognise this may be expensive for you, so to help manage your costs, the first guest will be complimentary. Each additional guest is £170 per person.
To register for your complimentary place please fill out the form here.
To pay for any additional guests, please use this payment link, as well as fill out the registration form.
If you have any questions please email [email protected].
The themes for 2025
As usual, there are two themes: the theme for national competitions (which is also used for the international competition Grand Final) and the theme for the international competition.
The theme for national competitions and the international Grand Final for 2025 is:
“We know what we are, but not what we may be.” – William shakespeare
The theme for the prepared speech heats at the London IPSC week in 2025 is:
“Unity, to be real, must stand the severest strain without breaking.” – Mahatma Gandhi
The dates
The IPSC programme will run from Monday, 12 May 2025 to the evening of Friday, 16 May 2025, with participants leaving on the morning of Saturday, 17 May.
In order to take part in the IPSC, you must register your national competition using the form below by Friday, 8 November 2024. Please register here.
You will also need to make payment by Monday, 2 December 2024. Contact us for a payment link.
Once you have held your national final, national champions need to register themselves for the IPSC week itself. The deadline for this information is Monday, 17 March 2025 via a participant registration form that will be sent out to you. If for any reason you will not be able to share this information by the deadline, please reach out to the team on [email protected] to see if we can make arrangements to accommodate you.
The IPSC subscription fee
The fee for international ESUs will be £300, and for partner organisations £600.
Please register your participation using the registration online form, and you can then pay the fee using the appropriate link below.
The programme
We are delighted to welcome IPSC participants to London once again in 2025. The programme will begin on Monday, 12 May 2025 with an introduction and cultural sharing event in our headquarters at Dartmouth House. We will conclude with the Grand Final on the afternoon of Friday, 16 May.
The full schedule of events, including the preliminary rounds will published in due course.
Further information and reading
The links below will open up downloadable links to more specific competition information, should you need it at this stage.
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