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Upcoming Global Youth Conferences 2026

International youth summits, leadership forums, research fellowships and internships for young people aged 18–35.

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About 600 young scientists from 80+ countries meet around 40 Nobel Laureates in physiology/medicine in Lindau, Germany (27 June–2 July 2027).
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Africa’s large youth empowerment summit returns to Kigali, Rwanda (25–27 November 2026) with about 5,000 in-person delegates.
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A fully residential Model United Nations at a five-star resort in Belek, Antalya (3–6 December 2026), for about 400 school and university
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One Young World’s 2026 global summit for young leaders in Cape Town, South Africa (3–6 November 2026). The Leading Scholarship offers a
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A four-day residential Model United Nations at a resort in Belek, Antalya (5–8 December 2026), expecting about 500 delegates.
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A three-day Model United Nations in Vienna (19–21 October 2026) for about 300 school and university delegates.
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An international university Model United Nations hosted in Oxford (30 October–1 November 2026) for about 200 delegates.
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A four-day international Model United Nations in Frankfurt (11–14 March 2027), run with Goethe University, for about 300 delegates.
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A five-day multilingual university Model United Nations in Geneva (1–5 February 2027) with about 200 delegates and visits to international organisations.
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Harvard’s travelling World Model United Nations comes to Riga, Latvia, in March 2027, bringing together university students from over 100 countries.
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One of Europe’s largest university Model United Nations conferences, in London on 19–21 February 2027, with around 1,000 delegates.
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The 10th Istanbul Youth Summit (from 25 January 2027) brings young people aged 15–40 to Türkiye for leadership, social impact and cross-cultural
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Graduate students enter the Global Ideas Competition; the top 100 are invited, fully funded, to the 56th St. Gallen Symposium in Switzerland
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A four-day international youth leadership and diplomacy forum in Paris (20–23 January 2027) for 250 participants, with visits to UNESCO and other
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The European Parliament’s flagship youth event returns to Strasbourg on 18–19 June 2027. The call for young people and groups to run
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An international convention for young leaders in Vienna, Austria (from 3 February 2027) on leadership, global governance, innovation and social impact.
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A two-week residential science forum in London (18–31 July 2027) for about 500 students aged 16–21 from around 90 countries.
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A four-day international youth summit in Paris (25–28 March 2027) on sustainable development, peace and diplomacy, ending with the Paris Youth Declaration
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A four-day international summit for emerging leaders in Barcelona, Spain (5–8 February 2027) focused on leadership, diplomacy and cultural exchange.
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A four-day youth forum in Geneva (14–17 December 2026) on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with workshops and an institutional visit in
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A four-day international leadership conference in Budapest, Hungary (26–29 April 2027) with 400 seats, around half of them scholarship places.
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A three-day Model United Nations in Brussels (10–12 February 2027) at the Hilton Conference Center for around 600 school and university delegates.
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A fully funded youth ambassador programme for sustainability leaders aged 18–30 from Global South countries, ahead of the Hamburg Sustainability Conference on
Model UNRegistration Open
A large Model United Nations conference in Paris (24–26 March 2027) for around 800 middle school, high school and university delegates.
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An Erasmus+ training course (30 November–4 December 2026, Turin TBC) for organisations planning DiscoverEU Inclusion projects for young people with fewer opportunities.
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A three-day English-language Model United Nations in London (28–30 April 2027) for around 500 school and university delegates from around the world.
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A long-term SALTO training course for youth organisations, with online workshops from November 2026 and a residential seminar in Chisinau, Moldova (15–20
Model UNRegistration Open
A Model United Nations conference at Nuremberg’s Imperial Castle (22–24 January 2027) for about 300 selected school and university students.
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A national university-level Model United Nations at Unicaf University in Lusaka, Zambia (5–7 November 2026) with about 180 delegates.
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A two-day Model United Nations at Madonna University, Okija Campus, Nigeria (5–6 November 2026) with about 195 delegate places.
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An English-language Model United Nations in Warsaw, Poland (26–28 March 2027) for about 200 university and school delegates.
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Germany’s long-running university Model United Nations, held in Berlin from 18 to 21 February 2027 for university students and delegations.
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A four-day international youth conference in downtown Toronto, Canada (12–15 May 2027), for about 300 participants, with fully and partially funded seats.
Model UNRegistration Open
The first Cairo edition of the Change the World Model United Nations (21–23 January 2027), with about 600 students and an opening
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A long-running Model United Nations in Rome (4–6 February 2027) for up to 1,500 middle school, high school and university students, with
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FAWE’s international conference in Nairobi (17–18 November 2026) on gender-transformative education and financing for African girls, with a dedicated youth track.
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Harvard’s Latin American Model United Nations in Panama City (11–16 January 2027), with about 500 high school and university delegates from 15+
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A large Model United Nations in central Rome (2–4 March 2027) with separate simulations for middle school, high school and university students.
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The Young African Leaders Summit (YALS) 2026 in Accra, Ghana (20–22 November 2026) on the theme “The Africa we want by 2040.”
Model UNRegistration Open
Canada’s largest collegiate Model United Nations, in downtown Montréal (28–31 January 2027), with over 1,000 university delegates.
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A four-day youth diplomacy assembly in Madrid, Spain (28–31 January 2027) on global governance, peace, climate and the 2030 Agenda.
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A four-day international youth leadership and policy assembly in Amsterdam (17–20 March 2027) with fully funded, partially funded and free seats for
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A four-day immersion summit in Nairobi, Kenya (15–18 December 2026) for young people working on climate action and environmental sustainability.

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