Apply — The Global 60

Apply for the Founding 60.

Five short parts. Written answers are read by people, so keep them in your own words.

The Global 60

Application

Founding Class · New York

21 – 24 April 2027

Part IParticularsWho you are, as it should appear on your credentials.

First name

Surname

Your email

Create your portal password (at least 10 characters)

For your delegate portal: status, payment, schedule and messages. Activate it from the confirmation email.

Date of birth

Country of residence

Languages you work in (optional)

Part IIAcademic standingExperience is welcome, never required. First-time delegates are admitted every round.

School or university

Level

Model UN experience

Part IIIThe agendaThe questions the General Assembly will negotiate in New York.

Agenda of the General Assembly Governing Artificial Intelligence: Safeguarding Humanity, Bridging Global Divides, and Shaping Our Shared Future. No background in technology or policy is expected; we read for judgement and clarity, not jargon. Read the study guide first.

Which of the five policy pillars would you most want to shape?

This tells us where your interest lies. Country assignments are made after admission.

The Assembly will negotiate shared principles for artificial intelligence. Propose one principle every nation should accept, and state the strongest objection a sceptical government would raise. (up to 150 words)

Delegates represent a country, not their own views. Choose a country whose interests in AI differ from your own country's, and set out its position in two or three points. (up to 100 words)

Part IVThe cohortSixty delegates, one room. What you would bring to it.

Why do you want to join the Founding Global 60 Cohort? (up to 150 words)

Describe a time you changed someone's mind, or had yours changed. What would that experience bring to a cohort of sixty? (up to 100 words)

The Founder Lab starts with problems, not products. What problem would you bring to it? (optional, up to 100 words)

Part VYour placeTier, guardian and declaration. The academic programme is identical on every tier.

Tier

Prices in US dollars, per delegate. Early bird until 20 December 2026, then $800 more. Tiers change the room, transfers and hospitality only. Compare the tiers.

Parent or guardian name (required under 18)

Parent or guardian email

Nomination or referral code (optional)

I declare that the written responses in this application are my own work and that the information I have given is accurate.

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Founding Class.

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Delegates

Faculty advisors — accommodation and transfers arranged by Youth Impacts, $1,500 each; advisors may also make their own arrangements at no charge

Applications for theFounding Class.

No gavelsrequired.

Apply for the Founding 60.

Delegates

Faculty advisors — accommodation and transfers arranged by Youth Impacts, $1,500 each; advisors may also make their own arrangements at no charge

Applications for the
Founding Class.

No gavels
required.