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KantMUN

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KantMUN

Berlin, Germany · high-school

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Dates
Sep 17–2026 (day: 19)
Fee
TBD
Reg deadline
TBD
Delegates
TBD
Language
English
Format
In-person
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Summary

KantMUN is a high-school Model UN conference hosted in Berlin, Germany, bringing together delegates for a focused weekend of committee simulation. The conference uses the standard MUN format - committees, resolutions, moderated and unmoderated caucus - and pitches itself at students still building the core habits of research, position-paper writing, and floor discipline. For delegates outside Germany, KantMUN offers a chance to experience how German and continental European circuits run their committees, where the pace tends to favour structured negotiation over theatrics. The conference sits in the broader European MUN calendar that clusters around the start of the academic year.

Why this edition matters in 2026

Berlin is one of Europe's denser policy capitals - home to a major foreign ministry, a large think-tank ecosystem, and a student MUN scene that draws from across the German-speaking world. A high-school conference in this city sits inside a real diplomatic environment, which matters more than organisers usually advertise: delegates absorb, even passively, what it looks like when multilateralism is treated as routine work rather than spectacle. The conference also matters because of who it serves. High-school MUN is where most delegates form their first instincts about how committees work - whether they learn to chase speaker's-list time or to chase votes, whether they treat the resolution as a trophy or as a working document. KantMUN's compact format pushes delegates toward the second instinct, because there is no time to grandstand if a resolution has to clear committee in a weekend. For the European MUN circuit, conferences like KantMUN are the feeder layer. The delegates who learn their craft here are the ones who later show up at the larger university-hosted conferences in The Hague, Geneva, and beyond. That makes the quality of preparation at this level a quiet but real input into the standard of debate at higher-tier events.

How to prepare

Preparation for KantMUN should start with the basics that high-school delegates often skip: read the committee's actual mandate, read at least one real resolution it has passed, and write a position paper that could plausibly be read aloud by your country's actual representative. The conference's level signals that chairs will be patient with procedural learning - but they will notice delegates who clearly understand their country's policy. Because the conference runs over a weekend in early autumn, the working time inside committee is finite. Delegates who arrive with pre-drafted operative clauses, a clear sense of which two or three other countries they want to work with, and a realistic read on what their country would actually sign tend to dominate the second half of debate. The delegates who try to improvise everything from the chair's opening gavel rarely do. For international delegates, two practical notes. First, German MUN conferences often run in English but the social register around the conference can shift to German - travel with that in mind. Second, Berlin is straightforward to reach by rail from most of Western and Central Europe, which makes this a reasonable conference to attach to a longer travel plan rather than treat as a standalone trip.

Eligibility deep-dive

Level
high-school
Age
—
Team size
—
Country quota
Open

Schedule & deadlines

  1. Conference

    Sep 17, 2026 – Sep 19, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

  • Who is eligible to attend KantMUN?

    KantMUN is a high-school level conference, meaning it is aimed at secondary students rather than university delegates.

  • Where is KantMUN held?

    The conference takes place in Berlin, Germany, which sits at the centre of the German and Central European MUN circuit.

  • What format does the conference use?

    KantMUN runs as a standard in-person weekend MUN, with committees meeting in Berlin across the conference dates.

  • Is KantMUN a good fit for international delegates?

    Yes - as a high-school conference in Berlin, it is reachable by rail from much of Europe and offers exposure to the continental MUN style.

Last verified May 27, 2026 · Source: mymun.com

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