Hi, my name is Iswi Ev. I'm a 22 year-old German female, currently in Ilmenau, Germany. I have 38 friends around the world.

The International Student Week in Ilmenau (www.iswi.org) is a student conference open to students of all faculties around the world. With over 350 participants it is the largest international student conference in Germany. The aim of ISWI is to overcome global differences through personal contacts and mutual understanding. ISWI is a meeting platform for young people with different cultural backgrounds, it is a place to get to know each other, to become friends and to discuss various points of view. At the conference, which was established in 1993, participants from over 60 countries around the world discuss topics of global interest and experience a broad cultural range.

ISWI also stands for the name of the organizing organization, Initiative solidarische Welt Ilmenau e. V. which is a student, non-governmental, non-profit organization which aims to: “be an initiative for a more peaceful world - to promote mutual understanding and respect”.

The organization ISWI is also member of the Network SORCE