Orange County
May 2
International Academic Competitions is pleased to announce the 2026 Orange County Model UN Regional Conference, which will take place at Pegasus School in Huntington Beach, CA on May 2nd, 2026! This Conference will have both the Standard and Crisis Committee options, and is open to middle and elementary school students in grades 4-8, regardless of what state they are from, as long as they have not participated in an IAC Regional Conference in the 2025-2026 school year. Please read through the page here to learn more about how this conference is structured, and how to prepare for it.
To register, please fill out the form below. If you don’t receive a confirmation email within an hour, your registration may not have been processed and you should email ModelUN@iacompetitions.com as soon as possible.
- Preregistration closes on April 17th at 11:59 pm EST.
- No refunds will be given after April 17th at 11:59 pm EST.
For further information, please email the Model UN Coordinator, ModelUN@iacompetitions.com.
National Qualifying Exams (NQE)
At the Middle & Elementary School level, we offer 6 different National Qualifying Exams (NQEs), which are ways to qualify for other competitions at the Middle & Elementary School National Championships in May 2026. These include the following subjects:
- National Biology Bee
- National Citizenship Bee
- National Humanities Bee
- National Mathematics Bee
- US Geography Bee
- US History Bee
Middle & Elementary National Qualifying Exams have 35 multiple choice questions; students may take up to 3 of these exams at a Regional Model UN Conference. Each National Qualifying Exam costs $20.
Confirmed Schedule
The schedule as listed below is confirmed.
- 8:30 AM Doors open, Check-in Begins
- 9:00 AM Opening Meeting – Standard Committee Session
- 9:20 AM Standard Committee Session – Begin
- 12:30 PM Standard Committee Session – End
- 12:40 PM Award Ceremony
- 12:50 PM End of Morning Session
- 12:50 PM Lunch Break
- 1:05 PM In-Person Regional Qualifying Exams/National Qualifying Exams
- 1:40 PM Buzzer Quizzing Demonstration
- 2:00 PM Opening Meeting – Crisis Committee Session
- 2:15 PM Crisis Committee Session – Begin
- 4:25 PM Crisis Committee Session – End
- 4:35 PM Award Ceremony
- 4:45 PM End of Conference