Thursday, March 13, William Pitt Union
You can find the 2025 Model African Union agenda items here.
Schedule:
Morning
8:00 – 8:30 am: Registration/Check-In/Breakfast, Ballroom, William Pitt Union
8:30 – 9:10 am: Welcome Remarks & Keynote Presentation with Mr. Eric Whitaker, former U.S. Ambassador to Niger.
9:10 – 9:20 am: Movement to Committees and Procedural Review
9:20 – 11:00 am: Session 1 (Natural Resources & Development)- Africa is well-endowed with natural resources but the extractive sector is characterized by dispossession and displacement of people, unequal distribution of wealth generated from the resources and conflicts. How can we harness the wealth generated from these resources for equitable development of the African people?
10:15 am: Teachers’ Meeting
Midday
11:05 – 11:25 am: Cultural Performance
11:25 - 11:55 am: LUNCH
Afternoon
12:00 pm – 2:10 pm: Session 2 (Data and Development) - The 4th Industrial revolution is driven by data, information and statistics. Data is used for modeling simulation, targeting, marketing and predictions among others. Currently, developed countries such as the United States dominate the data economy with questions of data sovereignty among other issues becoming a concern for researchers and policy makers. How can Africa use data and benefit from huge datasets generated by and on people on the continent and its diapora?
2:15 - 2:30 pm: Closing Ceremony
2:30 pm: Departure
Thank you to our participating schools!
Avonworth High School
Baldwin High School
Hampton High School
Montour High School
Moon Area High School
Northgate High School
Norwin High School
Oakland Catholic High School
Pittsburgh Allderdice
Quaker Valley High School
Riverview High School
The Ellis School
Upper St. Clair High School
Winchester Thurston School
Previous Agendas:
Model African Union Conference 2024
Model African Union Conference 2023
Model African Union Conference 2020
Model African Union Conference 2019
Model African Union Conference 2018
Model African Union Conference 2017
Model African Union Conference 2016