The Conferences Committee works as a large-scale event planning program and allows student members to gain unique opportunities and insights into the process of organizing and managing events from ideation to execution. Beyond providing students with hands-on experience in balancing a range of responsibilities — including scheduling, publicity, financial management, hospitality, and communications — that can be carried into a broad range of career paths, this committee places undergraduates at the forefront of these planning processes.

In past years, the Conferences Committee supported the IOP's engagement with the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention. Additionally, the Conferences Committee organizes the Bipartisan Program for Newly Elected Members of Congress where we invite the entire cohort of new representatives to come to Harvard for training in public service and policy; the Campaign Decision Makers Conference where we invite all the campaign leaders from different campaigns for President; and finally the Bloomberg Center for Cities Seminar for Newly Elected Mayors.
 

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