Saturday, April 11 at 9 AM
(Public Welcome for Opening Ceremony)
Plymouth State University
Heritage Hall, Samuel Reed Residence Hall (#9 on campus map), High Street, Plymouth NH 03264 (General campus address is 17 High Street)
https://www.plymouth.edu/pdf/plymouthcampus.pdf
Parking map: https://www.plymouth.edu/office/physical-plant/files/2014/01/parking-map.pdf
7th Annual Plymouth Model UN Conference
Keynote Speaker:
Oliver Owcza
(below, middle)
Currently a fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, Oliver Owcza is a career diplomat with long-standing experience in foreign and security policy. He served the past two years as Germany´s deputy ambassador to Afghanistan, where he was involved in bi- and multilateral coordination of civil and military aid programs. Previously he was in charge of Germany´s humanitarian aid budget, particularly in complex crises in Africa. Earlier he served at NATO in Belgium, including two years as political advisor to SACEUR. Further postings include the United Arab Emirates and Mexico. Mr. Owcza was educated at Cologne University and Ècole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in Paris. He holds a master´s degree (Diplom Volkswirt) in economics and in European management. While at Harvard, he will conduct research on foreign policy coordination in fragile states.
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Plymouth State University’s Model U.N. would like to invite your Model U.N. or interested high-school students to our 7th annual PMUN Conference.
At the conference students will engage themselves in debate, discussion, and conflict resolution on topics of international importance such as terrorism (ISIS), environmental sustainability, economic development, transmittable diseases (Ebola, AIDS) and human rights.
We hope that you will join us in our efforts to continue to bring the United Nations to New England in an exciting way!
For more information, contact:
Professor Filiz Otucu, PMUN Advisor
603-535-3068 or fotucu@mail.plymouth.edu
RSVP by February 2, 2015
$10/Student
Presented in partnership with the World Affairs Council of New Hampshire and sponsored, in part, by the Sidore Foundation.
