New at ILMUNC XXIX
Focus on Debate
This year, ILMUNC has decided to allow laptop use outside committee rooms for the purpose of resolution writing. Rather than spending time handwriting over 30 pages of clauses, delegates can type up resolutions and focus on discussing the issues. Resolutions will be handed in on USBs and printed faster. This change highlights the substantive ideas and solutions that delegates create as central to our committees. This will be accompanied by a no-Internet policy during committee sessions, which we will strictly monitor throughout the conference.
Technology Serving the Environment
Eco-friendly initiatives are an important and unique aspect of ILMUNC as a conference. We’re taking them a step further this year with a “paperless committee.” One of our ECOSOC or Specialized committees, to be announced later, will replace printed working papers with the use of projectors and screens. Working papers will be projected in the committee room continuously, so delegates can take notes on them and refer to them, without having to print hundreds of sheets of paper. This change will also speed the committee up because delegates will be reading and editing working papers in real-time.
Summer Opportunities and Political Fairs
This year, ILMUNC will be providing attendees with a chance to explore an amazing variety of non-profit organizations, advocacy groups, summer opportunities, internship possibilities, and other educational and extracurricular programs. Our Summer Opportunities and Political Fair will bring together a high-caliber array of top universities, summer programs, camps, organizations seeking interns, top NGOs, advocacy groups, political organizations, and much more. Our goal is to bring the best summer opportunities in the world directly to delegates, allowing them to connect one-on-one with the organizations offering them. At the political stations, delegates can get educated on the issues, take advantage of the programs they offer, get involved, or even start a debate! The choice is yours, but we can guarantee that our Summer Opportunities and Political Fairs will give you the chance to get engaged.
The Bigger Picture
ILMUNC has always prided itself on its contributions to Delegate Training. In past years, we have added Pre-Conference training workshops, pioneered a Novice Committee, and created online training videos. The next step is directly going into schools and instituting training programs for their interested students. ILMUNC will spend time partnering with local schools to develop their Model UN programs, provide them with training materials, mentor their students, and bring them to the conference. At first, for financial and logistics reasons, we must begin the program in Philadelphia. However, we hope to expand it nationally within the next few years.