Grant Wales

Faculty Advisor

JMMUN 2025 is the tenth year of the conference hosted and student-led by Senzoku Gakuen, and the contrast between our first conference and our expectations for our tenth couldn’t be starker. Our first conference invited three partner schools and began a roughshod process of trial and error that would see gradual refinement and growth over the subsequent decade. The leaders of this year’s iteration of the conference have purported as one of their primary goals the wish to smooth every rough edge and to create the most comfortable and polished conference experience so far. The dais hope, more than ever, to make themselves invisible, and to have prepared and encouraged delegates to take center stage and control their committees with thoughtful and charged debate. It is a continued honor that so many schools from Japan and abroad have put their faith in the professionalism of our student team. As an advisor, I have the pleasure each year of sitting back and seeing the effort and commitment of the chairs come together to make a memorable day for everyone, and I know our tenth year is going to be the best conference yet!