Participants meet, caucus, prepare policy papers, debate issues, draft, and then vote on resolutions. Usually, a conference is designated as a middle school conference, a high school conference, or a university conference. If you are a student ask your principal or social studies teacher if your school has a Model United Nations team. If a team exists at your school, find out what you need to do to be on the team. Check out the listing for Model United Nation Conferences outside the state of Indiana on this web site.
Most conferences charge a fee for each school and each delegate attending the conference.
Of course, the location of the conference will dictate the travel and lodging costs. In order to participate in a Model United Nations conference you must be a member of a Model United Nations team. However, you would be surprised how easy it is to get a team started. Many students from all backgrounds enjoy Model United Nations and some schools have more than one team. College students can contact one of the area conferences and get involved there.