Euro-Asian Astronomical Society
The International Astronomy Olympiad

XIV International Astronomy Olympiad

Hangzhou (China), November 8-16, 2009.

Information before the Olympiad

• Introduction to the International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO)

• Past three International Astronomy Olympiads

  The 11^th IAO, Bombay, November 10-19, 2006.

  The 12^th IAO, Simeiz, September 29 - October 7, 2007.

  The 13^th IAO, Trieste, October 13-21, 2008.

• Hangzhou

  • Web-site of Local Organizing Committee in Hangzhou

  • General information about Hangzhou

• Climate and weather of Hangzhou

  • Climate of Hangzhou - overview

  • Weather forecast for Hangzhou that seems to be the most detailed and reliable (in Russian):

    1-3 days, 3-5 days, 5-7 days, 12 days, 2 weeks

• Deadlines

  • Pre-application. Short reports.
    As an obligatory preparing for the application a short report of National Olympiad of the current year has to be presented by the applicating team (see the necessary actual points of the report, its form and examples in the Supplementary Instructions N 10). The report with texts of all problems used during all-national stages (including ones during the possible preparing camps) of the National Olympiad should be done in one of the official languages of the Olympiad (Russian or English). The final minutes (protocols written in Latin or Cyrillic) of the Olympiad (evaluating of solutions of the students participated in the last stage of the Olympiad) should be included as well.
    For the countries, starting their activity at the International Astronomy Olympiad (see the Supplementary Instructions N 3), the requirements for the short report are not strong.
    According to the IAO-regulations the report to be presented 5 weeks before the application. Pre-application is desirable together with the short report.
    According to the information above the regular deadline for receiving the short reports of Nationals Olympiads of the current year (with a set of all problems used on the National Olympiads) is defined as 13 plus 5 = 18 weeks before the Olympiad:

    July 04, 2009.
    (The first requirement for regular accommodation fees.)
    E-mail for sending the reports.

    Resolution.

    Not later than in five weeks after receiving the report (as usual - earlier, see timetable) the Chairman of the Olympic Advisory Committee will issue resolution about possibility for the country to send full (or not full) team to the IAO (i.e. solution about the representation quota: according to # 5.2.1. or to # 5.2.2. of the Statutes/Regulations the team may be form). In cases the decision for some team is not clear the Chairman organizes discussion in the Olympic Advisory Committee for the common issue.

    After receiving the resolution ANRAO may send application.

    Applications. Personal data for visas.

    • The regular deadline for receiving by LOC all application documents and personal data of proposed participants and leaders (maybe with some extra persons for reserve) for asking valid for Chinese Consulates invitations (i.e. invitations for visas) 13 weeks before the Olympiad:
      August 08, 2009.
      (The second requirement for regular accommodation fees.)
      E-mails for sending applications with the data. Please, use all four e-mails.
    • Special case 1 deadline. It will be quite senselessly for the teams to send the application documents and personal data of participants and leaders for asking valid for Chinese Consulates invitations i.e. invitations for visas) later than 9 weeks before the Olympiad:
      September 05, 2009.
      (A little larger accommodation fees.)
      E-mails for sending applications with the data. Please, use all four e-mails.
    • Special case 2 deadline. The last deadline to send the application documents and personal data of participants and leaders for asking valid for Chinese Consulates invitations i.e. invitations for visas):
      September 30, 2009.
      (Larger accommodation fees.)
      E-mails for sending applications with the data. Please, use all four e-mails.

• The main points for formation of the teams

  • 4.5.1. The Olympiad participants are not supposed to study at any institutions of higher education (university or school which can be considered technical colleges). Students who finished their school examination in the year of the Olympiad cannot be members of a team even if they did not start university studies.
  The (age) groups are defined by rules 4.5.2-4., i.e.:

  • 4.5.2. The junior group (conjunction of all points):
    • 4.5.2.1. Students, never participated in IAOs before.
    • 4.5.2.2. Participants not older than 15.00 years on January 1, 2009 (i.e. born in 1994 or later).
    • 4.5.2.3. The last Form educating student cannot participate in the junior group.
  • 4.5.3. The senior group:
    • 4.5.3.1. For the students never participated in IAOs before: Participants not older than 18.00 years on January 1, 2009 (i.e. born in 1991 or later).
    • 4.5.3.2. For the students one time participated in IAOs before : Participants not older than 17.00 years on January 1, 2009 (i.e. born in 1992 or later).
    • 4.5.3.2. For the students participated in IAOs more than one time: Participants not older than 16.00 years on January 1, 2009 (i.e. born in 1993 or later).
      Note: It is recommended for the countries' internal rules to restrict for every participant the participation in IAOs by two times.
    • 4.5.3.4. The last Form educating student may participate only in the senior group.
  • 4.5.4. Participants of the both groups must be not younger than 14.00 years on December 31, 2009 (i.e. born in 1995 or earlier).
  National representation quota at IAO-2009 is (up to) 5 students and 2 team leaders: not more than 3 participants for the younger group, not more than 2 participants for the senior group. Observers are welcome as well.
  In the case of absence of a National team from a country, the regions, cities and towns or individuals of this country state are responsible (by a special permission) to take part in the 14^th IAO.

  National Astronomy Olympic Committees and interested organizations are welcome to ask more about the 14^th International Astronomy Olympiad.

• For those who want to send a team to the next Olympiads

• The next International Astronomy Olympiad

• The Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO)

Dr. Michael G. Gavrilov, Founding Chairman and Coordinator of the International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO)
ISSP of Russ. Acad. Sci., Institute street 2, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow region, Russia.

URL: http://www.issp.ac.ru/iao/2009/
e-mail: gavrilov@issp.ac.ru
fax: + 7-(496-52)-49-701

Updated 03.06.2009.