There are three hot seats in this conference. The links below will be activated on the days of the hot seat.

What is a hotseat? Well, if you haven’t heard of this word before it’s because it’s pretty new on the scene. What it means is that we have three students from schools all around the world – one from Cape Town, in South Africa, one from Melbourne, in Australia and the other from Somerset, in England, in the UK.

Each of these guys has volunteered to act as a host for their own 4-hour online chat about a topic that they’ve chosen. The three hotseats will be on at three different times. The idea is to have a discussion that is so fired up you’ll be disappointed when it finally closes down after four hours.

Each of the three questions is about something that students feel strongly about – the three hotseats were asked to send a question of their own that would set the discussion on fire. We want you to pull their questions or statements apart (in a nice way, of course) and say why you agree or disagree with them. If you agree, then give examples from your own school life that show why you agree. If you disagree, say why. Remember that the same conference rules still apply: ‘Be friendly’ and don’t mention any teachers’ names (or your own surname).

Please have fun chatting online to these three guys. Each of them will be operating in the time zone of their own country – you will need to work out exactly when that is!