attendance. As such, the conference will also hold committee sessions at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. Like many Model United Nations simulations, HMUN offers committees in four main categories: The General Assembly (GA) The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), including an NGO Program Regional Bodies, like the African Union Specialized Agencies (SA), which include unique standing committees like the Security Council and also include crisis committees (centered around a developing crisis) and the Press Corps. Delegates may be tasked to represent countries or role-play famous individuals and cabinet members, and must work to solve problems through debate and compromise to achieve policy-making goals while still representing the interests of their assigned role. Staff The HMUN 2017 conference had a staff of 235 Harvard undergraduates. Staff members are organized into three groups: the Secretariat, the Senior Staff, and the Junior Staff. Secretariat The Secretariat consists of the top-level officers of Harvard Model United Nations who oversee all branches and activities of the conference. There are nine Secretariat members: the Secretary-General, who is responsible for the conference as a whole, the Director-General, who is the administrative head of the conference, the Comptroller, who is responsible for conference finances, and six Under-Secretaries-General in the various branches of the conference: administration, business, Innovation & Technology, and the three substantive organs, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council & Regional Bodies, and the Specialized Agencies. The DG, Comptroller, Administration, and Business organs comprise the executive organs, and Innovation and Technology are both a substantive and an executive organ. The Secretary-General is elected annually in March by the Board of Directors of the IRC and the outgoing staff of the previous conference. He or she is traditionally a member of the past year's Secretariat, along with the Director-General. The remaining Secretariat members are appointed by the Secretary-General in coordination with the Secretary-General of HNMUN. For HMUN 2018, Andrew R. Chang will serve as Secretary-General and Marija Jevtic will serve as Director-General. Senior Staff The senior staff, like the secretariat, includes both executive and substantive staffers. On the executive side, senior staff are the direct deputies of their respective USG. Each organ has several senior staff filling various responsibilities: Director-General Organ: Deputy-Director-General: General assistant to the DG on hotel and tech-related issues. Officially in charge of the conference when the Secretariat is in meetings or otherwise unavailable. Senior Director of Security: Manages security staff and operations.