Who is this conference designed for?

South Florida ModelUN is aimed at secondary school delegates, including both middle-school and high-school students, primarily from Broward County, Miami-Dade, and the surrounding South Florida communities.

Where does the conference take place?

The conference is hosted in Pembroke Pines, in the South Florida region of the United States, making it a regionally accessible event for local school programs.

When is the conference held?

It runs across a weekend in the autumn, positioning it as an early-season event in the North American Model UN calendar.

How large is the conference?

It is a community-scale event, with a delegate cohort sized for an intimate weekend rather than a major national circuit conference in Pembroke Pines.

Is this a good fit for first-time delegates?

Yes - the high-school and middle-school level focus and the regional scope make it well suited to delegates building their first conference experiences close to home.

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South Florida ModelUN

Name: South Florida ModelUN
Start: 2026-10-09T00:00:00Z
End: 2026-10-11T00:00:00Z
Location: Pembroke Pines

Pembroke Pines, United States of America · high-school

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Dates: Oct 9–2026 (day: 11)
Fee: TBD
Reg deadline: TBD
Delegates: 100
Language: English
Format: In-person

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Summary

South Florida ModelUN convenes secondary school delegates in Pembroke Pines for a regional autumn conference in the United States. The gathering is positioned as a community-scale event for students in Broward County, Miami-Dade, and the surrounding South Florida area, rather than a national circuit stop. The conference offers a compact weekend format aimed at delegates who want substantive committee work without the travel demands of larger national tournaments. Its scale and location make it a recognizable fixture for schools in the immediate region.

Why this edition matters in 2026

Regional conferences in the United States serve a distinct purpose in the Model UN ecosystem. They are where newer delegates rehearse procedure, where veteran delegates test arguments before national circuits, and where local schools build the rosters that later travel further afield. South Florida ModelUN sits in that layer of the pipeline. Pembroke Pines and the broader Broward-Miami-Dade corridor host a dense network of secondary schools with active Model UN programs. A conference physically located in that corridor lowers the barrier to participation for students whose programs cannot absorb the cost of out-of-state travel, and it gives local advisors a predictable autumn anchor in the calendar. The autumn timing also matters. A weekend conference early in the academic year lets teams calibrate which delegates are ready for harder committees, which research workflows are holding up, and which partnerships between schools deserve more investment as the season progresses.

How to prepare

Preparation for a regional South Florida conference should be proportionate to its scale. Delegates do not need the encyclopedic position papers that win awards at the largest national conferences, but they do need clean command of the rules of procedure and a working theory of their assigned country's interests on the committee topic. For middle and high school delegates from the immediate community, the most useful preparation is usually two-fold: a tight one-page position paper that states the country's stance, its proposed solutions, and its likely blocs; and a short list of operative-clause language the delegate is willing to defend in an unmoderated caucus. Both reward rehearsal more than research volume. Advisors preparing first-time delegates should also walk through the social mechanics of caucusing - how to enter a working group, how to offer language, how to disagree without burning a partnership. At a community-scale event, these habits are visible to chairs and tend to drive recognition more than dramatic speeches. Finally, delegates should treat the conference as a feedback instrument. Chairs' comments, blocs that formed and dissolved, and clauses that survived voting are all data points worth carrying into the next conference of the season.

Eligibility deep-dive

Level: high-school
Age: —
Team size: —
Country quota: Open

Schedule & deadlines

Conference
Oct 9, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Who is this conference designed for?
South Florida ModelUN is aimed at secondary school delegates, including both middle-school and high-school students, primarily from Broward County, Miami-Dade, and the surrounding South Florida communities.
Where does the conference take place?
The conference is hosted in Pembroke Pines, in the South Florida region of the United States, making it a regionally accessible event for local school programs.
When is the conference held?
It runs across a weekend in the autumn, positioning it as an early-season event in the North American Model UN calendar.
How large is the conference?
It is a community-scale event, with a delegate cohort sized for an intimate weekend rather than a major national circuit conference in Pembroke Pines.
Is this a good fit for first-time delegates?
Yes - the high-school and middle-school level focus and the regional scope make it well suited to delegates building their first conference experiences close to home.

Last verified May 27, 2026 · Source: mymun.com

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