Luan Ngo - Secretary General of SiegMUN 2012

University of Siegen

In autumn 2012 the 21 year old German Vietnamese student will attend his 5^th semester in Business Administration at the University of Siegen. After his first MUN conference at SiegMUN 2011, Luan went to New York, Vilnius and Paderborn to either participate as a delegate or to help organizing conferences himself. For the last quarter of 2012, Luan will travel to Stockholm participating at the SMUN 2012 as a delegate, come back to Siegen to be in charge of SiegMUN 2012 as Secretary-General and attend HamMUN 2012, chairing the League of Arabs States. In his free time he spends a lot of time "doing things every 21 year old student does: reading, meeting friends and party.

Sebastian Borgert – Security Council

University of Siegen

Sebastian is currently studying the Master program Roads to democracy/-ies in Siegen. He got to know Model UN-conferences during his terms in Spain and Sweden and is since then participating at various MUN-events at the University of Siegen. Sebastian has attended MUN’s in Germany, Lithuania, Czech Republic and the United States and will for the first time change his role at the SiegMUN to be the Chair of the Security Council.

Florian Hagenbeck – Security Council

University of Mannheim

My name is Florian Hagenbeck. I was born and I grew up in Nürnberg. Since September 2011 I am a B.A. Student of Political Science and History at the University of Mannheim. Before going to university, I absolved an apprenticeship as chef and worked in the gastronomy for some years. After this I served in a hospital as civil servant before I started school again to gain my final degree. Especially during these years I have been able to gather experience in the areas of political youth-education and project management. 

At University I came in touch with Model United Nations and worked as conference-manager and chair. I am also engaged in the German United Nations Youth Association (UNYA) Network (“Junges UNO Netzwerk” JUNON).

Rahel Klein  – General Assembly  

University of Bonn

My name is Rahel, I`m 22 years old and I`m studying political science at the University in Bonn. The SiegMUN two years ago was my first contact with MUN. Confernces in Hamburg, New York and Vilnius (Lithuania) followed. Last year, I was head-chair of the Security Council in Siegen and this year I will be one of the chairs in the General Assembly. I hope, all of you will enjoy the days of the conference and I`m looking forward to interesting and fruitful discussions!

Leony Meis Perreira   – General Assembly  

University of Paderborn

Leony studies English, Spanish and French at the University of Paderborn. In 2009 while spending seven months in Seattle, WA, she heard of the concept of Model UN for the first time. Interested in that concept she joined the Model UN group PaderMUN after being back in Paderborn. Then in 2011, she attended her first conference: the NMUN in New York. Being totally overwhelmed and excited about her experiences at  the NMUN 2011, she decided to gain more MUN experience, in particular from different angles. So she attended the LahnMUN 2011 as the Head Delegate of the Delegation from Paderborn. Later in July together with Anke Riebau as SG, she organized her first own conference as Chief of Staff. At the SiegMUN 2011 she chaired the Human Rights Council as well as the General Assembly at the PrepMUN 2012 in Paderborn. Being the Vice President of PaderMUN at that time, she and Anke wanted to achieve more than simple participation at the NMUN. After a long preparation they took the Delegation from Paderborn to the NMUN 2012 as Head Delegates and were recognized as “Distinguished Delegation” but also won an “Outstanding Position Paper Award” within their own committee. Becoming the President of PaderMUN this year, she served as Secretary-General at the PaderMUN 2012. Leony is very excited about taking the next NMUN generation to Siegen as well as having the opportunity of being a Member of Staff of the SiegMUN 2012.

Svenja von Itter  –  General Assembly

University of Konstanz

My name is Svenja, I am 23 years old and just started the M.A. Program “Studies in European Culture” in Konstanz after doing my B.A. in “Literary, Cultural and Media Studies” in Siegen. In 2010 I was part of the first SiegMUN and attended MUN conferences in Hamburg and New York. Therefore I feel honored to be one of the chairs of the General Assembly in this years’ SiegMUN conference.

Anke Riebau  – Human Rights Council

University of Paderborn

During her study abroad in Chicago (USA) in the year 2009, Anke got to know the concept of a Model United Nations Conference. Back in Germany in 2010 she attended her first conference in Paderborn, as well as attending the National Model United Nations Conference in New York City. In 2011 she attended a couple of conferences in Germany, as well as serving as the President of SiegMUN’s ECOSOC committee and within the same year, served as Secretary-General at the PaderMUN Conference. At this time, being the President of Paderborn’s Model United Nations Group, she decided that there is more to achieve than a simple attendance at New York’s Conference, therefore she formed an organization board together with Leony, preparing Paderborn’s 2012 NMUN Delegation, by serving as Head Delegate, through workshops and Preparation Conferences. This lead to a huge success at 2012’s New York Conference, having the Delegation win three Awards (esp. “Distinguished Delegation”) and Anke winning an “Outstanding Position Paper” Award in her committee, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. She will, again, serve as Head Delegate of Paderborn’s Delegation and prepare them for attending the National Model United Nations Conference 2013, hoping it to be just as successful as last year’s conference by winning Awards again. Anke is very excited to be a Member of Staff at the SiegMUN 2012 again and is looking forward to a successful conference. 

Silvia Sporkmann – Human Rights Council

University of Paderborn 

Silvia attended her first conference in January this year and has since been thrilled to participate in more. She was part of the University of Paderborn’s delegation at the National Model United Nations Conference 2012 and contributed to the delegations “Distinguished Delegation” Award by attending the RIO+20 committee. Having recently been elected as PaderMUN’s Vice President, she has also been involved in the election process for Paderborn’s new NMUN delegation. In 2013 she will, again, be part of Paderborn’s delegation in New York City and is hoping to be able to continue the success the delegation reached this year. Silvia is excited to be a member of Staff at a MUN conference for the first time at the SiegMUN 2012. 

Miguel Wahle

University of Siegen

Stephan Dietz  

University of Siegen

He started his studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen with Biology, Social Science and Theological Science in order to become a teacher. After some time he noticed that this kind of work does not fit in his future plans so he moved to the University of Siegen and began his Bachelor in Social Science and Media Studies. Being interested in governmental use of media and his general affection for all kind of social media, advertisement and the use and development of those topics defines his plans for the future after he gained his master degree.
Participating in the Model United Nations Projects gives Stephan the possibility to get to know more different and new people, train his teamwork and organizing skills and to develop his communication skills.  

Jana Klein

University of Siegen

Pamela Lieb 

University of Siegen

Pamela is 24 years old and started attending the University of Siegen in the winter term of 2009/10. She chose Literature,Culture&Media Studies with Spanish and English as main subjects and is hoping to graduate this term. Participating as a delegate at the LahnMUN 2011 in Marburg was very inspiring for her. Unfortunately she was not able to attend the SiegMUN 2011, as she was doing a term abroad in Mexico. But now she is happy to be back and contribute to the organization of the SiegMUN 2012! 

Sebastian Nentwig

University of Siegen

Stephan Novak

University of Siegen

Claudine Ubutoni

University of Siegen

Verena Wolbring

University of Siegen

Carol Nehring 

University of Siegen

Carolina Nehring is a Master student of Political Sciences at the University of Siegen. She holds a Bachelor of Journalism from the “Universidade de São Paulo” (USP) in Brazil, where she also studied History. Apart from being interested in Communication and Social Sciences, she really likes Photography too. During her studies she did several internships as a journalist, research assistant and organizing events. She spent a couple of months working in the USA and then traveling in Europe. Since last year she has been actively engaged in ISiS 'International Students in Siegen' and in the International Office of the University of Siegen. Carol already participated in the media team of SiegMUN 2011, was a delegate in Lithuanian MUN and is now part of the organization team of SiegMUN 2012.