CHAIR: Kriti Garg

 

TOPIC A - Digital Colonialism and AI: Who Owns the Future?

As artificial intelligence systems become embedded in everything from public infrastructure to humanitarian aid, there’s growing concern over whose data, whose languages, and whose values are shaping these systems. This topic investigates how the development and deployment of AI technologies risk replicating colonial-era power structures -- through exploitative data labor, biased datasets, and exclusion of Global South voices in international standards-setting. I envision delegates debating proposals around consent-based data sourcing, equitable model development, regional AI coalitions, and the creation of global governance frameworks that actively include low- and middle-income countries. Countries like Kenya, India, Brazil, the U.S., and China will be key players in negotiating a more inclusive AI future.

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TOPIC B - The Politics of Statelessness in a Digitizing World

As governments around the world digitize identity systems, from biometric databases to blockchain-based citizenship registries, a critical question arises: who gets counted, and who gets erased? This topic explores how digital identity systems intersect with statelessness, displacement, and national belonging, especially for vulnerable populations like refugees, ethnic minorities, and nomadic groups. This committee would allow delegates to engage with cutting-edge debates around digital borders, biometric privacy, and statelessness in regions like the Rohingya crisis (Myanmar/Bangladesh), Palestine, and Sub-Saharan Africa. I would love to frame this committee as one that bridges humanitarian protections with technological governance.