Our Modern-Day Debate DEBATECON 5 conference will have TWO days of huge debates:

Saturday, February 15th - Religion/atheism debates day
Sunday, February 16th - Political debates day

DEBATECON 5 will be in the Crystal Ballroom at the Holiday Inn Newark International Airport location.

Tickets can be purchased for 1 day or both days.
*Tickets can be pre-purchased online at this page -or- at the door for an additional $15 per ticket (based on availability). To buy tickets online, click "Register Now" at the bottom of this page.
*If you can show ID regarding being active or former military or being a current student (by emailing a photo of your ID to [email protected]), we can offer a 10% discount.

DEBATECON 5 is sponsored by:
1. Manifold is the world's largest social prediction market where the debate outcome (e.g., who was most persuasive) for 7 of our DEBATECON 5 debates will be predicted at Manifold: https://manifold.markets/ModernDayDebate
2. Atheists for Liberty is an educational, nonprofit organization dedicated to defending the fundamental human freedoms that support the human quest for knowledge and the separation of religion & government.
3. Uncensored America is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting for freedom of speech.

*If you'd like to support DEBATECON 5 in some capacity, email Dr. James Kunz at [email protected]


About Modern-Day Debate (MDD), the host of DEBATECON:
Our goal is to provide a neutral debate/discussions platform that welcomes everyone:


By attending DEBATECON, you expressly waive, release, discharge, and agree not to sue the organizers of DEBATECON from any liability of injury, disability, death, loss or destruction of personal property or actions of any kind associated with this event. You acknowledge that you are attending of your own free will. You acknowledge you are acting of your own free will and assume full responsibility for your actions and well-being.

*To maintain a safe environment for guests and speakers, Modern-Day Debate reserves the right to deny entrance, or expel from the property, any person demonstrating disorderly, intimidating, or otherwise disruptive or suspicious behavior.

We ask all present to not live-stream the conference.