Battle of the Giants, 2023:
The Big Tech Coalition
This committee will simulate the European Commission and Big Tech following the passage of the Digital Market Act. Delegates will be investigating the compliance period between September 6, 2023 and March 6, 2024, in which companies ruled as gatekeepers have to comply with obligations listed in the Digital Market Act passed by the European Commission in 2022. An informal coalition of tech companies, big and small aimed at trying to navigate the new realities of the digital market under the Digital Market Act. Represented companies will include Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft and several smaller companies.
Delegates from differing companies will attempt to increase stock prices, gather investors, and foster innovation. Amidst the changing market following the passing of the Digital Market Act, companies must look out for their personal interests without triggering further restrictions. In order to gain flexibility, Successful delegates will simultaneously promote relations with nations while also maximizing profit and projecting as a leader in the market. Rather than a war type committee, this JCC aims to expose more of the connection between business and government, international trade, supranational organizations, and how tech regulations can be nuanced and impacted by global events.
Chair: Jaskeerat Kaur Thakral
Crisis Manager: Sarah Chao
Jaskeerat Kaur Thakral is in Georgetown University’s College of Arts and Sciences Class of 2025. Jaskeerat is a Biology major on the pre-med track, and has minors in Medical Humanities and Science, Technology, and International Affairs. Growing up in Bangkok, Thailand, Jaskeerat is interested in a global perspective in healthcare and medicine, and hopes to further explore the liminal space between interdisciplinary fields like anthropology, psychology, international relations, and medicine. At Georgetown, Jaskeerat has staffed NCSC LI’s non-traditional Chipko Andolan committee and NAIMUN LXI’s International Organization on Migration. She is thrilled to serve as your chair for the Big Tech Coalition of the JCC: Battle of the Giants! Jaskeerat is incredibly excited to see the highly pertinent, interdisciplinary topics in this committee come to life, and witness the interactions and challenges between the Big Tech Coalition and the European Commission in their hunt for cooperation.
Sarah Chao is from Los Angeles, California, and in Georgetown University’s College of Arts and Sciences Class of 2027. She is majoring in Government and minoring in Tech, Ethics, and Society. At Georgetown, she travels with the Georgetown Model UN team and has also staffed NCSC LI and NAIMUN XLI. Outside of MUN, Sarah enjoys trying out new restaurants and cafes/boba shops, thrifting, going to concerts, writing poetry, and fencing. You can often find her exploring museums or hanging out with friends at the Georgetown Waterfront. She is very excited to welcome you all to Washington D.C. and serve as your Crisis Manager for the Battle of the Giants JCC: Big Tech Coalition.
Grand Crisis Manager: Ishan Datey
Ishan Datey is in the School of Foreign Service Class of 2025, majoring in Science Technology, and International Affairs and minoring Religion, Ethics, and World Affairs. He is from South Riding, Virginia, which is about an hour out from D.C. Ishan is a former NCSC USG (shoutout to JCC) and has staffed multiple conferences with Georgetown. Ishan spends most of his time grinding homework for classes (who isn’t), but outside of school you can find him at the many Dharmic/South Asian events on campus, hanging out at the library (pretending) to work with friends, and occasionally holed up in his room playing the latest video games.
USG: Michelle Giovinazzo
This committee is in the Joint-Crisis Organ, and your Under-Secretary General is Michelle Giovinazzo. Committees in this organ are small, interactive crisis committees with joint elements between two competing sides.
If you have any questions about your committee, please reach out to m.giovinazzo@modelun.org.