World figures often attend ISFiT and past speakers include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, former Director-General of the World Health Organisation Gro Harlem Brundtland and Nobel Peace Prize Laureates José Ramos-Horta, Professor Wangari Maathai and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu. Using modern technology, former U.S. President Bill Clinton has relayed his thoughts about the global significance of ISFiT to plenum ceremonies at the festival.
As students are the future leaders of the world, ISFiT believes that their voices should be heard and international networks among them should be established. Thus, the purpose of ISFiT is to be a meeting place for discussion and debate, an arena where ideas are born, friendships are made and valuable lessons are learned. The festival aims at fostering inspiration and being a starting point for international cooperation amongst students. ISFiT is a non-profit festival.
The ISFiT participants take part in different workshops, which highlight the festival theme in various ways. Several lectures and thematic meetings will be arranged, where well-known international speakers share their views with the participants and others. The ISFiT audience is also welcome to join a vast cultural programme of concerts, art exhibitions and performing arts.
In order to organize ISFiT, more than 350 students in Trondheim work voluntarily, making sure every detail goes as planned. ISFiT has been arranged in Trondheim every second year since 1990.
For more information about ISFiT, visit www.isfit.org.
