Dr. Mark Esposito is a recognized global thought leader in The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the changes and opportunities technology brings to the industrial sector. Since 2011, he has been a senior advisor to several governments in this domain. Dr. Esposito is the co-founder and Chief Learning Officer (CLO) at Nexus FrontierTech, an AI scale up firm dedicated to teaching businesses to become more efficient and competitive by incorporating the most recent data management science into their businesses. In 2016, he was ranked by Thinkers50 as one of the 30 most prominent rising business thinkers in the world and he serves as a global expert for the World Economic Forum. In his academic career, Dr. Esposito has held academic appointments for some of the world’s leading institutions including Harvard University, University of Cambridge, Hult International Business School, Arizona State University, IE Business School, and University of Massachusetts. He has held fellowships with several organizations; the Social Progress Imperative, the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils, and the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government in Dubai. He has also served as a Research Associate for the University College London, Blockchain Technologies. In his career, Dr. Esposito has written more than 150 peer review articles, 11 books and several book chapters, 40+ teaching case studies and more than 100 op-ed and practitioner pieces. His co-authored books, “Understanding How the Future Unfolds: Using DRIVE to Harness the Power of Today’s Megatrends: (nominated for the CK Prahalad Breakthrough Idea Award by Thinkers50) and “The AI Republic: Building the Nexus between Humans and Intelligent Automation” were bestsellers in the US, UK, and Europe.
Dear delegates and advisors,
It is with great pride and excitement that we formally invite you to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s 13th annual Model United Nations Conference!
MITMUNC is a premier Model UN conference in which students from all over the world come together to solve the most pressing issues facing society today. Normally held on MIT’s campus in Cambridge, we are adapting to unprecedented times by bringing a virtual conference to you. By doing so, we hope to emphasize accessibility for delegates from all backgrounds and experience levels. This year’s conference will be held during the weekend of Friday, February 5th through Sunday, February 7th, 2021.
At its core, MITMUNC is planned, organized, and directed by a passionate and ambitious team of MIT students that collectively form a diverse family of academic backgrounds and experiences. Our chairs and staff coordinate MITMUNC’s committees from the ground up, posing questions and controversies that even the most experienced delegates will find challenging. Our dedicated Secretariat members complement the chairs and staff by overseeing all conference preparations, months in advance of the conference in order to ensure that our delegates walk away with one of the greatest experiences of their lives.
In previous years, MITMUNC delegates grappled with complicated human rights, economic, and environmental topics such as the Syrian Refugee crisis, argued the pros and cons of nuclear energy in the International Atomic Energy Agency, and even reacted to a flurry of assassinations witnessed in the Historical Committee! Attendees also enjoyed inspiring keynote addresses by Nazli Choucri, Professor of Political Science at MIT and leading researcher in international relations and cyber politics, as well as Richard B. Freeman, Faculty co-Director of the Labor and Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School. Delegates also enjoyed a well-deserved respite at the Delegate Dance social night.
We pride ourselves in hosting smaller committee sizes. This allows our attendees more freedom to contribute and distinguish themselves in their individual committee sessions. MITMUNC offers its attendees a truly unique opportunity to immerse themselves in a demanding intellectual environment, exposed to the ideas of others and tasked to employ the art of negotiation to pass meaningful resolutions.
Having experienced MITMUNC as chairs, then as Secretariat members and Secretaries-General, we are both humbled and thrilled to guide MITMUNC into its best conference yet. I now invite you to explore our brand new website to learn more about our conference. Do not hesitate in contacting us should you encounter any doubts along the way. Best of luck in the path ahead!
Sincerely,
Ting Li and Sarah Quraishi
Secretaries-General
MIT Model United Nations Conference XIII 2021
The MIT Model United Nations Conference (MITMUNC) is very proud to announce the first branch of our conference outside of the United States, MITMUNC China!
MITMUNC China 2020 is adapting during these unprecedented times to provide an equally fulfilling experience for our delegates. The fourth edition of MITMUNC China will be held virtually over Zoom from Friday, August 14rd through Sunday, August 16th, 2020 and consist of six unique committees, each directed by MIT undergraduate students. All committee directors have previously chaired for our flagship MITMUNC conference, held annually at MIT in the early spring, and had a great experience with this unique cross-cultural opportunity.
MITMUNC China is closely co-organized with ASDAN China. ASDAN is an educational non-profit based in the United Kingdom and offers international educational programs in China, Europe, North America. MITMUNC China is a three-day conference that follows a similar schedule to our flagship conference, with the same rules and procedures.
Above all, MITMUNC China offers hundreds of Chinese high school students across the Asian nation the opportunity to debate upon important international issues posing veritable challenges to the world today, such as the reality of climate change, cybersecurity, and refugee assistance in conflict zones.
MITMUNC China challenges its delegates to cooperate and perform their very best to develop feasible solutions to these diverse problems. MITMUNC China’s mission resonates very closely with the MIT Campaign for a Better World, pursuing education, research, and innovation with a passion for serious impact.
We are thrilled on the renewal of this as an annual venture and all look forward to meeting the fourth group of MITMUNC China delegates come next August!
Sincerely,
Ting Li and Sarah Quraishi
Secretaries-General
MITMUNC China 2020
Nazli Choucri, Professor of Political Science, is a member of the Center of International Studies (CIS), and Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Data, Science, and Society (IDSS). She works in the area of international relations and cyberpolitics, with special attention to sources of conflict and strategies for security and sustainability. Professor Choucri directs the research initiatives of Cyber-IR@MIT — also known as ECIR 2.0 — an extension of the cyber-inclusive view of international relations introduced by MIT-Harvard project on Explorations in Cyber International Relations for which she served as principal investigator. She is the architect and Director of the Global System for Sustainable Development (GSSD), an evolving knowledge networking system centered on sustainability problems and solution strategies. Professor Choucri is the founding Editor of the MIT Press Series on Global Environmental Accord, formerly General Editor of the International Political Science Review, and currently on the Editorial Board of the American Political Science Review.
Dear delegates and advisors,
It is with great pride and excitement that we formally invite you to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s 12th annual Model United Nations Conference!
MITMUNC is a premier Model UN conference in which students from all over the world come together to solve the most pressing issues facing society today. This year’s conference will be held at MIT’s internationally renowned campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts during the weekend of Friday, February 7th through Sunday, February 9th, 2020.
At its core, MITMUNC is planned, organized, and directed by a passionate and ambitious team of MIT students that collectively form a diverse family of academic backgrounds and experiences. Our chairs and staff coordinate MITMUNC’s committees from the ground up, posing questions and controversies that even the most experienced delegates will find challenging. Our dedicated Secretariat members complement the chairs and staff by overseeing all conference preparations, months in advance of delegates’ arrival to Cambridge in order to ensure that our delegates walk away with one of the greatest experiences of their lives.
Last year, MITMUNC delegates grappled with complicated human rights, economic, and environmental topics such as the Syrian Refugee crisis, argued the pros and cons of nuclear energy in the International Atomic Energy Agency, and even reacted to a flurry of assassinations witnessed in the Historical Committee! Attendees also enjoyed inspiring keynote addresses by Karen Dynan, Professor of the Practice in the Harvard University Department of Economics as well as Richard B. Freeman, Faculty co-Director of the Labor and Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School. Delegates also enjoyed a well-deserved respite at the Delegate Dance social night.
We pride ourselves in hosting relatively smaller committee sizes, when compared to other Model UN conferences. This allows our attendees more freedom to contribute and distinguish themselves in their individual committee sessions. MITMUNC offers its attendees a truly unique opportunity to immerse themselves in a demanding intellectual environment, exposed to the ideas of others and tasked to employ the art of negotiation to pass meaningful resolutions.
Having experienced MITMUNC as chairs, then as Secretariat members and Secretaries-General, we are both humbled and thrilled to guide MITMUNC into its best conference yet. I now invite you to explore our brand new website to learn more about our conference. Do not hesitate in contacting us should you encounter any doubts along the way. Best of luck in the path ahead!
Sincerely,
Karunya Sethuraman and Octavio Vega
Secretaries-General
MIT Model United Nations Conference XII 2020
Karen Dynan is a Professor of the Practice in the Harvard University Department of Economics. She previously served as Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy and Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 2014 to 2017. From 2009 to 2013, Dynan was vice president and co-director of the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution. Before that, she was on the staff of the Federal Reserve Board, leading work in macroeconomic forecasting, household finances, and the Fed’s response to the financial crisis. Dynan has also served as a senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers (2003-2004) and as a visiting assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University (1998). Her current research focuses on fiscal and other types of macroeconomic policy, consumer behavior, and household finances. She is also currently a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Dynan received her Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University and her A.B. from Brown University.
Richard B. Freeman holds the Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics at Harvard University. He is currently serving as Faculty co-Director of the Labor and Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School, and is Senior Research Fellow in Labour Markets at the London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance. He directs the Science Engineering Workforce Project at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and is Co-Director of the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities.