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WELCOME TO THE 27TH INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIAD IN INFORMATICS, ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN, JULY 26 – AUGUST 2 , 2015
Dear Contestants, Team Leaders,
Members of IOI International Committees and Guests!
We are very pleased to welcome participants of the International Olympiad in
Informatics in Kazakhstan!
We are sincerely thankful for your participation in the Olympiad. We hope that
the days, spent on the hospitable Kazakh land, and spirit of the southern capital of our
country – Almaty will make a deep impressions and great pleasure on you.
We are very grateful for supporting our initiative to host the 27th IOI in
Kazakhstan. Undoubtedly, holding of the high-level educational activities contributing
formation of intellectual potential is an important thing for country’s development.
From the very beginning of own history Kazakhstan making great investment in
human capital and to the newest educational technologies.
Today, the basic priority in education sphere has projects accumulating the most
advanced scientific and educational technologies, as Al-Farabi Kazakh National
University is the higher educational institution with rich traditions, with many years of
experience in educational and scientific areas.
The University has a huge educational, scientific, spiritual and educational, in-
novative and productive potential, which aimed for preparation specialists of higher
qualification, further integration in the world educational area, development of fun-
damental and applied research, their implementation in production.
We are proud that we have a chance to collect young intellectuals - young pro-
grammers in Almaty.
Dear friends! With all hearts we wish that Olympiad will held at a high scientific
level and think the people of Kazakhstan and Almaty are happy to do everything to be-
come a strong bond of friendship and your residence in Kazakhstan will be unforgetta-
ble.
Exchange ideas and develop your talents! We believe that you will become dis-
coverer of the new grandiose scientific theories and continue glorious intellectual and
spiritual traditions of the great scientists of the world.
Once again, we want to thank sincerely and warmly welcome you to Kazakhstan,
Almaty. We wish you victories and good luck!
Organizing Committee
CONTENTS
IOI2015 COMMITTEES
IOI INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES
ACCOMODATION
PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS & LEADERS & GUESTS
PARTICIPATING DELEGATIONS
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT KAZAKHSTAN
ALMATY IS THE SOUTHERN CAPITAL OF KAZAKHSTAN
EXCURSIONS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Sports ground
Beverages during the week
Check-in and check-out
IOI2015 information desks
Transportation
Seating plan at the opening & closing ceremony
The plan of the location of Conference Halls in the Hotel
Emergency numbers
Hotel and Campus receptions
ORGANIZER
Ministry of Education and Science
of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Republican Scientific and Practical center "Daryn"
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
SUPPORTED BY
Akimat of Almaty
Akimat of Almaty region
IOI 2015 COMMITTEES
Steering Committee
Aslan Sarinzhipov Minister of Education and Science, Chairman
Yessengazy
Imangaliyev
Vice-Minister of Education and Science, Vice-Chairman
Galymkair Mutanov Rector of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Sholpan Kirabayeva Director of the Republican Scientific and Practical
center" Daryn", Secretary
Members:
Akhmetzhan Yessimov Mayor of Almaty city
Yerbolat Dossayev Minister of National Economy
Tamara Duissenova Minister of Healthcare
Kalmukhanbet
Kassymov
Minister of Internal Affairs
Asset Issekeshev Minister of Investment and Development
Bakhyt Sultanov Ministry of Finance
Erlan Idrissov Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Host Scientific and Technical Committee
Bakhyt Matkarimov Nazarbayev University
Darkhan Akhmed-Zaki Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Artem Iglikov Kazakh-British Technical University
Mansur Kutybaev International Information Technologies University
Fuad Hajiyev ADA University, Azerbaijan
Georgiy Korneev ITMO University, Russian Federation
Nikolay Vedernikov ITMO University, Russian Federation
Gennady Korotkevich ITMO University, Russian Federation
Egor Kulikov Moscow State University, Russian Federation
Elena Andreeva Moscow State University, Russian Federation
Michael Mirzayanov Saratov State University, Russian Federation
Alexander Klenin Far-Eastern State University, Russian Federation
Zhanl Mamykova Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Natalya Surina Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Erbolat Kalaman Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Shyngyz Rabat Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Pavel Chekanov Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Askar Akshabayev Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Ali-Amir Aldan Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Azizkhan Almakhan Kazakh-British Technical University
Madyar Aitbayev Kazakh-British Technical University
Nurlan Zhussupov Kazakh-British Technical University
Askar Aitzhan Kazakh-British Technical University
Adilet Zhaksybai Nazarbayev University
Sergazy Kalmyrzayev Nazarbayev University
Ulugbek Adilbekov Nazarbayev University
Myrzakerei Miras Nazarbayev University
Yesskendir Sultanov Kazakh-British Technical University
Bektur Suleimenov Kazakh-British Technical University
IOI INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES
Krassimir Manev - President IOI, Bulgaria
Margot Phillipps - Executive Director IOI, New Zealand
Greg Lee - Host IOI 2014, Taiwan
Bakhyt Matkarimov - Host IOI 2015, Kazakhstan
Vladimir Kiryukhin - Host IOI 2016, Russia
Mohammad Ali Abam - Host IOI 2017, Iran
Seiichi Tani - Host IOI 2018, Japan
Valentina Dagiene - 2012 – 2015, Lithuania
Mārtiņš Opmanis - 2012 – 2015, Latvia
Ricardo Anido - 2013 - 2016, Brazil
Eslam Wageed - 2013 - 2016, Egypt
Benjamin Burton - 2014 – 2017, Australia
International Scientific Committee
Pangfeng Liu, Host IOI 2014, Taiwan
Artem Iglikov, Host IOI 2015, Kazakhstan
Pavel Mavrin, Host IOI 2016, Russian Federation
Hamid Zarrabi-Zadeh, Host IOI 2017, Iran
Martin Mareš, 2006 - 2015, Czech Republic
Richard Peng, 2014 - 2015, USA
Jakub Łącki, 2013 – 2016, Poland
Michal Forišek, 2014 – 2017, Slovakia
International Technical Committee
Martin Mareš, 2006 - 2015, Czech Republic
Stefano Maggiolo, 2015, Italy
Fredrik Niemelä, 2015, Sweden
Bernard Robert Blackham, 2015, Australia
Ling-Jyh Chen, 2012 – 2015, Taiwan
Mansur Kutybayev, 2015, Kazakhstan
Sergey Masyagin, 2016, Russian Federation
Kian Mirjalali, 2017, Iran
ACCOMODATION
Students & Guides
Students & Guides live in the Campus of Al-Farabi Kazakh Na-tional University.
Al-Farabi Kazakh National Uni-versity is the leading institution of the system of higher education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which was the first to pass the state certi-fication and which has justified its right to realize academic activity on all specialties and at all levels.
The university consists of 14 functioning faculties, 98 depart-ments, 20 scientific research insti-tutes and centers, a techno-park;
more than 2 000 professors, doctors, scientific candidates and PhD’s, more than 100 academicians of the largest academies, about 30 honored figures of the Republic of Kazakhstan, more than 30 laureates of State and nominal awards of RK and 40 lau-reates of the young scientists’ awards, 45 fellows of state scientific fellowships. More than 18 000 students and masters at the multilevel system of higher professional edu-cation study in the university.
71 Al-Farabi Avenue, Phone: 8 (727) 221-10-00, 8 (727) 221-10-10 Fax +7 (727) 377-33-44, http://3dtour.kaznu.kz
Leaders & Guests Leaders & Guests are settled
at the Atakent Park Hotel. The hotel is located in the city
centre and also the hotel is part of the largest exhibition centre in Ka-zakhstan and Central Asia - Atakent.
42 Timiryazev str. Phone: +7 727 355 4242 http://aphotel.kz/ All the Meetings, Q/A and
Conferences are held in the Conference Halls of Atakent Park Hotel and Al-Farabi Ka-zakh National University.
IOI International Committees & Invited Guests IOI International Committees & Invited
Guests live in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Esentai Tower, 77/7 Al-Farabi Avenue Phone: +7 (727) 332-8888
Opening and closing ceremony will
be held in the U. Dzholdasbekov Palace of Students
U.Dzholdasbekov Palace of Students is a concert hall within Al-Farabi Kazakh National University complex. It hosts public cultural and entertainment events, organize meetings of students and concerts with the artists, there are Amateur clubs.
The Contest Hall The contest will be held in the building of
the Al-Farabi Library of the University. http://3dtour.kaznu.kz/?page_id=331
PROGRAM OF THE 27TH INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIAD IN INFORMATICS
Venues of 27th IOI 2015: Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU)
Atakent Park Hotel (Atakent)
IOI Accomodation:
Contestants – Hostel of KazNU
Leaders and Guests – Atakent Park Hotel
IOI Commitees – The Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Note: Transfer from Ritz-Carlton Hotel to Atakent Park Hotel at 8:30
Google Map:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zTrq8q4F7UWs.k6nFR6SYXBzI&usp=sharing
Sunday, July 26
Time Contestants Leaders Guests
Entire day Arrival and Registration (KazNU, Al-Farabi Library, 1-st floor)
06:30-07:30
07:30-08:30
08:30-10:00
Breakfast (on a residence)
13:00-14:00
14:00-15:00
Lunch
(Cafeteria) Lunch (Atakent)
18:00-19:00
19:00-20:00
20:00-21:00
21:00-22:00
Dinner
(Cafeteria) Dinner (Atakent)
Monday, July 27
Time Contestants Leaders Guests
06:30-09:00 Breakfast (on a residence)
09:00-09:30 Breakfast GA 1 (Atakent,
Conference Hall) Excursion 1:
Central State
Museum
of Kazakhstan
09:30-10:00 Seating arrangements
10:00-10:30 Practice session
(Contest hall,
Al-Farabi Library)
Transfer to KazNU
10:30-12:00
Practice session
(Contest hall,
Al-Farabi Library)
12:00-12:30 Lunch (Cafeteria)
Transfer to Atakent Lunch (Atakent)
12:30-14:00 Lunch (Atakent)
14:00-14:30
Walk to U. Dzholdasbekov
Palace of Students with
guides
Transfer to U.Dzholdasbekov Palace of Stu-
dents
15:00-16:30 Opening Ceremony (U.A. Dzholdasbekov Palace of Students)
16:30-17:00 Free Time
GA 2
(U.Dzholdasbekov
Palace of Students)
Transfer to Hotel
Free Time
17:00-17:30 Discussion of practice session
17:30-18:00
Dinner (Cafeteria)
Transfer to Hotel
Dinner (Atakent) 18:00-19:00 Dinner (Atakent)
19:00-20:00
Quarantine
Dance club /
Entertainment
GA 3, 4 (Atakent, Con-
ference Hall) Excursion 2:
«Koktobe» park
20:00-21:00
21:00-23:00
Tasks Translation
(Atakent, Conference
Hall)
Tuesday, July 28
Time Contestants Leaders Guests
06:30-08:30 Breakfast
(Cafeteria)
Breakfast (on a residence)
08:30-09:00 Seating
arrangements
09:00-14:00 Contest day 1
(Contest hall,
Al-Farabi Library)
Q/A and
IOI Conference 1
(Atakent, Conference
Hall)
Excursion 3:
The Big
Alma-Arasan
Gorge
–
Nursery “Sunkar”
13:30-14:00 Transfer to KazNU
14:00-15:30 Lunch (KazNU)
15:30-17:00 Results and discussion
17:00-17:30 Sports
Competition –
IOI CUP
Transfer to Atakent
17:30-18:00 GA 5 (Atakent, Confer-
ence Hall)
18:00-20:00 Dinner (Cafeteria) Dinner (Atakent)
20:00-22:00
Sports
Competition –
IOI CUP.
Awarding
Free Time Free Time
Wednesday, July 29
Time Contestants Leaders Guests
06:30-08:00 Breakfast (on a residence)
08:00 Excursion 1 :
09:00-10:00
10:00-11:00
11:00-12:00
High-mountain sports complex “Medeu”
12:00-13:00 Lunch box
13:30-14:30 Transfer from «Medeu»
15:00-17:00 Kazakh State Circus
17:00-17:30 Transfer to KazNU Transfer to Atakent
17:30-19:00 Dinner
(Cafeteria) Dinner (Atakent)
19:00-20:00
Quarantine
Dance club /
Entertainment
GA 6, 7
(Atakent,
Conference Hall)
Free Time
20:00-21:00
21:00-23:00
Tasks Translation
(Atakent,
Conference Hall)
Thursday, July 30
Time Contestants Leaders Guests
06:30-08:30 Breakfast
Breakfast (on a residence)
08:30-09:00 Seating
arrangements
09:00-14:00 Contest day 2
(Contest hall,
Al-Farabi Library)
Q/A and
IOI Conference 2
(Atakent, Conference
Hall)
Excursion 4:
Kazakh aul "Huns"
13:30-14:00 Transfer to KazNU
14:00-15:30 Lunch (KazNU)
15:30-17:00 Results and discussion
17:00-17:30 Chris Peterson: How
to apply to MIT (and
other USA colleges)
Transfer to Atakent
17:30-18:00
GA 8
(Atakent, Conference
Hall)
18:00-20:00 Dinner
(Cafeteria) Dinner (Atakent)
20:00-22:00 Intellectual games
with guides Free Time Free Time
Friday, July 31
Time Contestants Leaders Guests
06:30-08:00 Breakfast (on a residence)
08:00 Excursion 2:
09:00-10:00
10:00-11:00
11:00-12:00
12:00-13:00
Turgen gorge
13:00-14:00
14:00-15:00 Lunch
15:00-16:00
16:00-17:00
Acquaintance with
National customs and traditions
17:00-18:30 Transfer to KazNU Transfer to Atakent
19:00-21:00 Dinner (Cafeteria) Dinner (Atakent)
21:00-22:00 Free Time Free Time Free Time
Saturday, August 1
Time Contestants Leaders Guests
06:30-08:30 Breakfast (on a residence)
Breakfast (on a resi-
dence)
08:30-09:00 Excursion 5:
09:00-10:00
Activity
GA 9
(Atakent, Conference
Hall)
Park of 28 Guardians
of Panfilov’s division,
Saint Ascension
Cathedral,
Ykhylas Museum
of Folk Musical
Instruments
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:30
11:30-12:00 Transfer to
Atakent
12:00-13:00 Lunch (Cafeteria) Lunch (Atakent)
13:00-13:30
Walk to U.A. Dzhold-
asbekov Palace of Students
with guides
Transfer to U.A. Dzholdasbekov Palace of
Students
13:30-14:30 Taking photos of Teams
(U.A. Dzholdasbekov Palace of Students, 2nd floor)
15:00-18:00 Closing Ceremony (U.A. Dzholdasbekov Palace of Students)
18:00-18:30 Transfer to Atakent
19:00-21:00 Farewell Dinner (Atakent)
21:00 Transfer to KazNU Transfer to Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Sunday, August 2
Time Contestants Leaders Guests
Entire day Departure
06:30-07:30
07:30-08:30
08:30-10:00
Breakfast (on a residence)
13:00-14:00
14:00-15:00
Lunch
(Cafeteria) Lunch (Atakent)
18:00-19:00
19:00-20:00
Dinner
(Cafeteria) Dinner (Atakent)
THE 9TH IOI CONFERENCE July 28-30, 2015, Atakent Park Hotel, Conference Hall
Agenda OLYMPIADS IN INFORMATICS website: http://ioinformatics.org/oi_content_v9.shtml
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
09.15-09.30 Opening. V. DAGIENE
09.30-10.00 S. COMBÉFIS, A. PAQUES. Informatics: A Review of Selection Process-es, Trainings and Promotion Activities
10.00-10.30 S. MAGGIOLO. An Update on the Female Presence at the IOI
10.30-10.45 A. FUADI. Introducing tcframe: A Simple and Robust Test Cases Gen-eration Framework
10.45-11.00 A. MAIATIN, P. MAVRIN, V. PARFENOV, O. PAVLOVA, D.ZUBOK. The Estimation of Winners’ Number of the Olympiads’ Final Stage
11.00-11.15 M. OPMANIS. Math Contests: Solutions without Solving
11.15-11.30 M. DIMA, R. CETERCHI. Efficient Range Minimum Queries using Bina-ry Indexed Trees
11.30-11.45 R.I. HADIWIJAYA, M.M.I. LIEM. Metamorphic Testing and DSL for Test Cases & Checker Generators
11.45-12.00 Coffee break
12.00-12.15 M. FORIŠEK. Towards a Better Way to Teach Dynamic Programming
12.15-12.30 L.H. CHÁVEZ. libinteractive: A Better Way to Write Interactive Tasks
12.30-12.45 A. ALNAHHAS, E. ALAZAB. Selecting and Training Students with No Suitable Informatics Background for Informatics Olympiads – The Case of Syrian Olympiad in Informatics
12.45-13.00 T. CAN, I.O. SIGIRCI, O. ABUL, M.F. DEMIRCI. Informatics Olympiads in Turkey: Team Selection and Training
13.00-13.15 S. HALIM. VisuAlgo – Visualising Data Structures and Algorithms Through Animation
Thursday, July 30, 2015
09.15-09.30 M. SYZDYKOV, M. UZBEKOV. Ant Colony Optimisation Applied to Non-Slicing Floorplanning
09.30-10.00 B. KOSTADINOV, M. JOVANOV, E. STANKOV, M. MIHOVA, B. RISTESKA STOJKOSKA. Different Approaches for Making the Initial Selection of Talented Students in Programming Competitions
10.00-11.30 Report and discussion on the IOI Workshop “Creating an international informatics curriculum for primary and high school education”. Mod-erator M. JOVANOV.
11.30-12.30 Workshop: S. MAGGIOLO. Q&A on the CMS contest management sys-tem
IOI 2015 TEAM LIST – 84 Teams, 324 Contestants
Team Leader Deputy Leader Contestant Observer
Argentina (ARG) Mariano Maluf Agustín Santiago Gutiérrez Ariel Santiago Nowik Román Agustín Castellarin Maximiliano Redigonda Gianni Georg Weinand
Armenia (ARM) Vahram Dumanyan Armen Andreasyan Albert Gevorgyan Eduard Grigoryan Martin Mirakyan Mushegh Shahinyan
Australia (AUS) Robert Newey Joshua Lau Michael Chen Ishraq Huda Jerry Mao Declan McDonnell
Austria (AUT) Helmut Achleitner Johann Fellner Simon Lehner-Dittenberger Florian Leimgruber Peter Ralbovsky Gary Ye
Azerbaijan (AZE) Ramin Alinazim Mahmudzade Ismayil Sadigov Sharif Afandi Rustam Aghayev Kamal Eyubov Elgun Jabrayilzade
Bangladesh (BGD) Mohammad Kaykobad Mohammed Eunus Ali Imran Hasan Bhuiyan Hasib Al Muhaimin Labib Md Rashid Nur Muhammad Shafiullah
Belarus (BLR) Iryna Kirynovich Aliaksei Tolstsikau Barbara Kuskova Ilya Medyanikov Nikita Sazanovich Aliaksei Vistiazh
Belgium (BEL) Damien Leroy Joachim Gabriël M. Ganseman Mattéo Couplet Nico Ekkart Damien Galant Robin Jadoul
Bolivia (BOL) Gustavo Tantani Mamani Mauricio Wilde Monasterios Diego Alejandro Angulo Ramirez Ronaldo Franco Jaldin Miguel Angel Ortiz Merida Marcelo Alejandro Zeballos Guzman
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) Haris Gavranovic Rijad Muminović Jan Ahmetspahic Armin Ašimović Elvir Crnčević Fahrudin Halilovic
Brazil (BRA) Cláudio Leonardo Lucchesi Daniel Tressoldi da Cunha Mateus Bezrutchka Murilo Corato Zanarella Lucca Morais de Arruda Siaudzionis Arthur Pratti Dadalto
Bulgaria (BGR) Emil Stoykov Kelevedjiev Mladen Denev Manev Daniel Raykov Atanasov Encho Ivanov Mishinev Kristiyan Lyudmilov Tsaklev Hristo Veselinov Venev
Canada (CAN) Troy Vasiga John-Paul Pretti Jacob Jackson Yi Kuan Li Farbod Yadegarian Yixiao Zhang
Chile (CHL) Jorge Perez Nicolás Lehmann Benjamin Aguilar Leandro Cerna Nicolás Mosnaim Javier Oliva
People’s Republic of China (CHN) Hui Sun Hong Wang Yuhao Du Yanyi Liu Xiaochen Lu Hengjie Zhang
Colombia (COL) Mario Vicente Cruz Soriano Diego Said Niquefa Velasquez Juan Camilo Bedoya Malagon Juan Sebastian Chaves Ramirez Andres Ricardo Perez Rojas Roger David Trujillo Ibañez
Croatia (HRV) Kresimir Malnar Gustav Matula Domagoj Bradac Ivan Lazaric Mihael Liskij Tonko Sabolcec
Cuba (CUB) Francisco José Hernádez González Alexander Bestard Rivera
Cyprus (CYP) Pavlos Pavlikas Panayiotis Eracleous Giorgos Gavriil Evripidis Papaevripidis Angelos Pelecanos Adamos Ttofari
Czech Republic (CZE) Pavel Töpfer Tomáš Pitner Filip Bialas Dalimil Hájek Matěj Konečný Václav Rozhoň
Denmark (DNK) Jørgen Erik Grønbek Nielsen Knud Fjeldsted Sebastian Sørensen Blunt Carl Andreas Dybdahl Markus Krabbe Larsen Oscar Rindel Peulicke
Dominicana (DOM) Pedro Taveras Roberto Abreu Michael José Gonzales Bardales Alejandra Martinez Jimenez Manuel David Sanchez Suero
Egypt (EGP) Gamal AbdElMagid Nouran AbdElAziz Moaaz Fathy Mohamed Ibrahim ElDe-frawy Youssef Ibrahim Ahmed Morsy
Estonia (EST) Targo Tennisberg Konstantin Tretyakov Oliver Nisumaa Simmo Saan Toomas Tennisberg Andres Unt
Finland (FIN) Antti Laaksonen Topi Talvitie Sami Kalliomäki Tuukka Korhonen Henrik Lievonen Kalle Luopajärvi
France (FRA) Mathias Hiron Ismael Belghiti Arthur Léonard Arnaud Robin Thomas Sepluchre Théophane Vallaeys
Georgia (GEO) George Mandaria Zaza Gamezardashvili Giorgi Kldiashvili Elene Machaidze Georgy Skhirtladze Alexander Tskhovrebov
Germany (GER) Wolfgang Karl Wilhelm Pohl Patrick Klitzke Felix Bauckholt Julian Alexander Dörfler Anan Schütt Philip Harry Peter Wellnitz
Greece (HEL) Michael Chatzopoulos Nikolaos Papaspyrou Konstantinos Agiannis Panagiotis Kostopanagiotis Emmanuil Michalainas Aristofanis Rontogiannis
Hong Kong, Special Administrative Re-gion of China (HKG) Ying-Shun Liu Law Yan Ming Billy Ngan Hang Ho Kam Chuen Tung Wai Pan Yik Tsz Fung Yu
Hungary (HUN) Gyula Horváth László Zsakó Márton Erdős Tamás Bence Schwarcz Ambrus Weisz Álmos Zarándy
India (IND) Madhavan Mukund Narayan Kumar Krishnan Malvika Raj Joshi Kushagra Juneja Tanay Nilesh Kothari Arjun Pitchanathan
Indonesia (IDN) Rully Soelaiman Julio Adisantoso Muhammad Ayaz Dzulfikar Agus Sentosa Hermawan Stacia Edina Johanna Michael Wibawa
Iran (IRN) Mohammad Mahdian Saeed Ilchi Ghazan Ali Behjati Ali Haghani Peyman Jabbarzade Ganje AmirKeivan Mohtashami
Ireland (IRL) Gary Conway Ximo Planells Teofil Camarasu Noah Donnelly Áron Hoffmann Daniel Mulcahy
Israel (ISR) Jonathan Ron Mosheiff Nir Lavee Aviel Boag Jonathan Gal Liran Markin Nir Jacob Yaron
Italy (ITA) Giorgio Audrito William Di Luigi Filippo Gianni Baroni Marco Donadoni Francesco Milizia Dario Ostuni
Japan (JPN) Kazuhiro Hosaka Shogo Murai Takuya Inoue Takahiro Masuda Akio Matsuzaki Yuta Takaya
Jordan (JOR) Mowaffaq Rifaie Hanandeh Ashraf M Ahmad Mohammad Osama Abuaboud Mohammad Zuhier Abuejheisheh Sami Amjad Daoud Jood Ibrahim Hajeer
Kazakhstan (KAZ) Yerzhan Utkelbayev Lyailya Yelekenova Nazarbek Altybay Bekzhan Bekbolatuly Daniyar Maminov Meirambek Omyrzak
Korea (KOR) Sung Ryul Kim Inbok Lee Sunghyeon Jo Hanpil Kang Jaehyun Koo Jeehak Yoon
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Zamira Makieva Guldana Stamkulova Azret Kenzhaliev Erkin Matkaziev Kadyrbek Narmamatov Zarlyk Zhusubaliev
Latvia (LVA) Rihards Opmanis Kristaps Čivkulis Aleksejs Popovs Ingus Jānis Pretkalniņš Aleksejs Zajakins
Libya (LBA) Majdi Ashibani Mohamed Abdulali
Lithuania (LTU) Jūratė Skūpienė Vytis Banaitis Domantas Jadenkus Ignas Kancleris Andrius Ovsianas Emilijus Stankus
Luxembourg (LIE) Jean Reckinger Jean-Marie Jans Sami Bosch Nicolas Jacques Brauch Gilles Englebert Jo Pletsch
Macao, Special Administrative Region of China (MAC) Teng Lam Kuo Meng Sun Kam Fai Chan Hou Tin Chau Si Weng Lam Pui Chun Ng
Macedonia (MCD) Mile Jovanov Emil Stankov Dimitar Bajraktarov Hristijan Gjorshevski Kliment Serafimov Boris Tanchovski
Malaysia (MAS) Shien Jin Ong Mark Chang Kai Hsien Boo Justin Lim Kai Ze Jia Jen Ng Jen Khai Yew
Mexico (MEX) Enrique Lira Vargas Marcel Stockli Contreras Emmanuel Antonio Cuevas Carlos Galeana Hernández Angel David Ortega Ramírez Juan Carlos Sigler Priego
Moldova (MDA) Angela Prisacaru Sergiu Corlat Marcel Bezdrighin Mihai Chihai Valeriu Motroi Mihail Tarigradschi
Mongolia (MNE) Tsedevsuren Danzan Khuder Altangerel Batjargal Altangerel Battulga Enkhbayar Bat-Orshikh Gombojav Akjarkyn Tumurkhan
Montenegro (MNE) Goran Šuković Velibor Došljak Dejan Todorović
Netherlands (NLD) Eljakim Schrijvers Martinus Johannes Maria Kock Johannes Heuseveldt Max Meijer Ludo Niels Pulles Tom Jacob Smeding
New Zealand (NZL) Ronald Ping Man Chan Philip Ross Anderson Christopher Richard Peter Brown Byung Hoon Cho Jonathan Boo Hann Khoo Norway (NOR) Geir Kokkvoll Engdahl David Narum Valentin Plotkin Michal Sládeček Håvard Terland Johan Sokrates Wind
Nigeria (NGA) Oluchi Jennie Bamidele Victor Zwalmak Rimdans Emmanuel Oriolowo Niyi Chibuoyim Faith Wilson Ogbonna Victoria Tamuno-Miebaka Okumgba Fodunbosade Abisodun Ologunde Philippines (PHL) Peter Martin Dy Gomez Kevin Charles Ventura Atienza Aldrich Ellis Catapang Asuncion Ian Vincent Relova Palabasan Matthew Ryan Ang Tan Robin Christopher Cham Yu
Poland (POL) Krzysztof Marian Diks Lech Duraj Maciej Hołubowicz Przemysław Jakub Kozłowski Jarosław Tymoteusz Kwiecień Konrad Jan Paluszek
Portugal (POR) Pedro Manuel Pinto Ribeiro Miguel Ângelo Nogueira Ferreira José Rafael Cabral Correia Fábio Iuri Gaspar Colaço João Carlos Oliveira Lago Gonçalo José Reis Bento Paredes
Romania (ROU) Adrian Panaete Marius Nicoli Rareș Darius Buhai Valentin-Marius Hărșan Andrei Popa Alexandru Velea
Russian Federation (RUS) Marina Tsvetkova Pavel Kunyavskiy Nikolai Budin Mikhail Ipatov Vladislav Makeev Mikhail Putilin
Serbia (SRB) Marko Savić Dimitrije Dimić Dimitrije Erdeljan Nikola Jovanović Marko Stanković Dušan Živanović
Singapore (SGP) Steven Halim Wai Liang Lai Jiahai Feng Choong Yin Howe Wen Yuen Pang Jacob Por Loong Teo
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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT KAZAKHSTAN
The Republic of Kazakhstan is a unitary state with a presidential form of government.
According to the Constitution, the state proclaims itself a democratic, secular, legal and social state whose highest values are an individual, his life, rights and freedoms.
Kazakhstan gained independence on December 16, 1991. The capital is the city of Astana. The state language is Kazakh. The Russian language has the status of a lan-guage of interethnic communication. Monetary unit - tenge.
Kazakhstan is located in the centre of the Eurasian continent. Its territory is as large as 2 million 724,9 thousand square kilometres and accordingly it occupies the ninth place in the world by its size. By its administrative-territorial structure the country is divided into 14 regions and 2 cities of republican significance.
The population of Kazakhstan as of June 1, 2012 was 16 million 760 thousand people. National Flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan
National Flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan is a piece of right-angled cloth of sky-blue colour with a picture of a golden sun with its 32 rays in the centre, with a soar-ing steppe eagle beneath. Flagstaff has vertical line with national ornament. The picture of sun, its rays, eagle and ornament are of golden colour. Width/length ratio of the flag is 1:2.
National Emblem of the Republic of Kazakhstan The central element comprising the main concept of the Na-
tional Emblem of the Republic of Kazakhstan is a picture of a shanyrak (the cupola of a yurta), from which uyks (body brack-et) like sun rays are being radiated in framing of wings of mythi-cal horses. The image of a shanyrak in the National Emblem of the Republic of Kazakhstan implies an image of a common house of all people living in Kazakhstan. The happiness there depends on welfare of everyone, just like the strength of shanyrak de-pends on reliability of its uyks (body brackets). In the National Emblem there is a picture of Tulpar, a mythical horse with
wings. The same horses decorate the helmet of Issyk Golden Man. The wings symbolize a dream of building a strong, prosperous state. They are also an evidence of clear in-tentions and striving for the improvement and achievement of harmony within the community, with the nature and the world civilization. In the National Emblem of the republic there are depicted two mythical horses, as if thy guard the shanyrak from both sides. They also vividly express an idea of serving to the common house, the fa-therland. To cherish the fatherland as an apple of eye and devotedly serve it, it is one of the important leitmotifs designed in the image of mythical horses. In colour picture the National Emblem of the Republic of Kazakhstan are of two main colours: golden and sky-blue. The first one stands for a bright, clear future. The blue sky is single for all nations in the world. Its colour in the National Emblem stands for Kazakhstan’s desire for peace, agreement, friendship, and unity with all nations in the planet.
ALMATY IS THE SOUTHERN CAPITAL OF KAZAKHSTAN
Today’s Almaty is the Kazakh-stan's largest metropolis, scientific and educational, cultural and historical, economic and financial, banking and in-dustrial center of the country.
Almaty is located in the south-east of Kazakhstan, at the foot of the northern of Tien Shan ridge - Zaili Alatau.
In 1997, by decree of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of the Repub-
lic of Kazakhstan, the country's capital was moved from Almaty to Astana. The Law on the special status of Almaty was passed the fol-lowing year, on July 1, 1998. The city is a ma-jor transportation hub in Kazakhstan; it has food processing, light and heavy industry en-terprises operating on its territory. The spe-cial status is also granted to Almaty because the headquarters of the largest Kazakh banks and subsidiaries of multinational financial in-
stitutions and companies are located in it. Modern Almaty is a world-
renowned sports center. Almaty won the international recognition thanks to such prestigious events as “Asian Games 2011”, World Boxing Championships, stages of World Cup in judo and ski jumping, a stage of world “Grand Prix-2013” in vol-leyball and professional cycling race “Tour of Almaty”
Almaty will host the World Winter Universiada of 2017. By the opening of the Universiada, the city will have a sports vil-lage, new ice palace and many other modern facilities built in its territory.
The climate in the city is sharply continental, with considerable fluctuations in temperature not only in different seasons but also between day and night. From a height of 500 me-ters the city climate is closer to the steppe and semi-deserts, coming close to the hot Kaskelen Moyunkuins. In the southern areas, at an altitude of 1520-1750 meters above sea level, in the Medeu Tract and the Kamenski Plateau, you can feel the breath of “Arctic mountains”.
Average annual wind speed is twice as little as in Moscow. Average temperature of July is the same as on the islands of Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Kalimantan (Borneo), or Ja-va. Average temperature of January can be compared with that in the north of Norway.
The period of sunshine is long, up to 1596 hours a year; there are up to 151 frost-free days. The air temperature fluctuates at different heights: at the ascent
of over 1400 meters above sea level, the average an-nual air temperature drops by 0.66° every 100 me-ters.
Rich and diverse is the animal and vegetable kingdom of the Trans-Ili Alatau. The Almaty pre-cincts are part of the Ili-Alatau National Park in the territory of which nature reserves and wildlife are arranged. They are the habitat of many rare birds and
animals listed in the Red Book of Kazakhstan. Among them is the snow leopard, now embellishing the emblem of Almaty.
At the foothills of the moun-tains grain, melon and gourd, and
tobacco plantations and vineyards are interchanged by orchards and berry fields. It was here where fa-mous “aport” Almaty apple breed
was first cultivated. Once this very apple became not only the city’s symbol but also gave it its name ("al-ma" is the Kazakh for "apple").
Higher in the foothills grow wild apples, haw-thorn and apricots. In the mid-mountains, deciduous trees and shrubs give place to the shapely Tien Shan firs. Still higher, the mountains are covered with sub-alpine and alpine meadows, splendid summer pas-tures ("jailau") turning into mountain tundra and fi-nally into the kingdom of rocks and eternal ice.
Gardens and parks, public gardens and boule-vards occupy over 8 hectares of the city territory. Among the green tracts, you can see exotic plants brought from North America, Crimea, Caucasus, Siberia, and Russian Far East. The envi-rons of Almaty can boast rare representatives of the local endemic flora, such as juno, anemone, haw-thorn, and oxitropis, etc.
EXCURSIONS
Central State Museum of Kazakhstan is one of the biggest museums in Central Asia. Its history began in 1930s of the 19th century in Orenburg, when “The Museum of Orenburg Region” was founded in the Neplyev Military Academy.
The first hall consists of the paleontology and archaeology collections.
In the second hall you can see items of traditional Kazakh culture, life and house-
hold. Collection of the third hall is devoted to the history and culture of various ethnicities
that have lived in the Kazakhstan territory. The forth hall is named “the Modern Kazakhstan” and represents the history of the
Kazakhstan republic since 1991, when the country became independent. The fifth hall is called “Open Fund” – “Archaeological Gold of Kazakhstan”. The exhi-
bition consists of unique artefacts from various regions of Kazakhstan: original items made of gold dating back to early nomads era (Saks, Savromats, Usuns).
The sixth hall – “the Museum of Anthropology” is the only one in Central Asia. The seventh hall is a collection of artwork by H.G. Khludov (1850-1935) a distin-
guished Russian painter, ethnographer and historian, a member of Turkestan group of archaeology aficionados, founder of Semirechye department of the Russian Geographic Society, who moved to Kazakhstan in 1879.
«Kok-Tobe» Park
Kok-Tobe ("Green Hill") is the Kok-Tobe Mountain which is the highest point of Almaty city. It is also the name of a popular recreation area on top of the mountain. The mountain's height is 1100 meters above sea level. Kok-tobe is one of the main landmarks in the city, and it is very popular among visi-tors and tourists of Almaty.
The Kok-Tobe recreational area has a va-riety of amusement park type attractions and restaurants. It is connected to downtown Almaty by a cable car line. The City Terminal is located near Hotel Kazakhstan. Also, there is a 372 meters tall TV Tower at the foot of the mountain. The tower can be seen from most parts of the city. The Big Almaarasan Gorge – Nursery “Sunkar”
The Alma-Arasan gorge located 15 km from the city lays. In it there is a hydrogen sulfide spring (the famous sanatorium – Alma-Arasan
resort). It is the most popular place for rest of Almaty population. In winter you can sledge and in summer horse-riding routes are interesting.
Nursery “Sunkar” is a unique nursery of rare species of birds. The nursery was organized in 1989. It has grown up 1060 individuals and has gratuitously let out in the nature of 360 Baloban falcons. Also in the nursery are reared the breeds of hunting dogs: “Basins” race, the Central Asian sheep-dog.
During a spectacular performance of free-flying birds of prey guide will tell you about the traditions and history of falconry.
Kazakh aul "Huns" Kazakh aul “Huns” offers
you staying in yurts with the internal facilities of the nomad-ic era. Guests expect taste Ka-zakh national food and an eth-nographic horse riding show and acquaintance with national customs and traditions.
Kazakh State Circus The Kazakh State Circus manages to combine the
two skills in a stunning display. Clowns, trapeze art-ists, tumblers, the circus has it all! Showtimes and dates are posted on notices around Almaty.
The Park of 28 Panfilov Guardsmen occupies the area
of 18 hectares. It was founded in the 70-s of the XIX century. The Park is a monument of history, architecture and landscape art.
Ascension Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church is located in the center of the Park. This is a unique wooden structure has the height of 54 meters.
Museum of Folk Music Instruments named after Yihlasa organized in 1980. The building which occupies the Museum (former House of officers meeting), was built in 1908. The Museum Fund contains more than 1000 units, more than 60 types and varieties of folk musical instruments.
HIGH-MOUNTAIN SPORTS COMPLEX “MEDEU”
The ice skating rink Medeu located at the altitude of 1,691.2 meters above sea level is world-known. It was built in 1972. The ice sur-face occupies 10.5 thousand sq.m., which al-lows to conduct contests in skating sport, hockey and figure skating.
Medeu Soft climate in the gorge, optimal level of solar radiation, not high atmos-pheric pressure, gentle breeze and clean glacial water – all this provided high-mountain skating rink with wide popularity.
More than 120 world records were established here by famous sportsmen.
The mountain valley was named in honor of Medeu, a wanderer who lived in the last century and established own aul in this picturesque site.
High-mountain skating rink is beauti-ful in any weather. You can admire its beau-ty from the high point to which you will be raised by the popular stairs of ascension built at the flank of hill Mohnatka. At the beginning of the last century the monastic grotto was located here.
The system of artificial ice freezing does not have analogs worldwide and allows to maintain the ice surface of the skating rink during 8 months per year. Skating in days off during long years has already become a good tradition not only for city in-habitants but also for guests of Almaty.
Anti-mudflow dam Medeu is located in 25 km from Almaty city at the altitude of 173 3 meters above sea level. It was erected for city protection against mudflow form-ing on peaks of the Western Tien Shan.
The dam has 3 successive altitude levels. Special water reservoir allows to hold about 6 million cubic me-ters of water.
Stairs known to city inhabitants and tourists con-sisting of 842 steps leads to the dam. Contests on ascen-sion along this unique stairs are regularly carried out.
TURGEN GORGE Turgen Gorge (90 km from Almaty)
is an ideal place to enjoy the beauty of the nature. The gorge has hot springs, a trout farm, waterfalls and lots of woods. Rich in coniferous and mixed forests, alpine and sub-alpine meadows, lakes and springs, medicinal herbs and berries, he gorge plunges 44 km to the vast Assy plateau (2,560 m).
The Turgen gorge is famous for its seven waterfalls. The Medvezhy (Bear) Falls drop 30 meters in a beautiful setting amidst overhanging cliffs and green fir trees, while the Bozgul Falls are known for the force of the water, which has worn away an entire tunnel in the rock. The earthquake-damaged cliffs in the gorge still preserve traces of the pre-Ice Age
vegetation. Another notable feature of the gorge is the relict
Chin-Turgen mossy fir forests, which cover the ground and form a thick carpet of trees. The most popular stop in the Turgen Gorge is Botan, the hunting base. Here, where three rivers meet, the gorge is
at its deepest – 920 meters. There is an observatory in the
plateau. Ancient burial mounds and rock drawings are dotted along the Asy River. There are quite a few Sacae and Usun graves in the gorge dating back to 500 BC – 3—BC. The small mountain lakes above the Sinegorye are wond erful for bathing and fishing, while lower down is a trout farm where you can fish and to cook the delicious fish-meal po-tsarski for supper.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A SPORTS GROUND There is a sports ground of the host University at the student campus. Participants may play different sport games with guides at their free time. BEVERAGES DURING THE WEEK There will be served water with the meals during the IOI week. CHECK-IN AND CHECK-OUT The hotels and hostel may request a copy of passport during check-in. Supplemen-tary expenses must be settled with the hotel before leaving. IOI2015 INFORMATION DESKS There will be IOI desks at the hotels and at the University hostel. The opening hours can be found on boards by the desks. The daily program and newspaper can be found on these boards as well. TRANSPORTATION All students must stay close to their guides in all time. The guides know the daily program and will make sure that all students are at the right place at the right time. Leaders, observers and visitors must be aware that the busses leave when they are full. It is the leaders, observers and visitors own responsibility that they arrive at the announced times (as announced at the Program IOI2015 & Information Desks).
SEATING PLAN AT THE OPENING & CLOSING CEREMONY IOI2015
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EMERGENCY NUMBERS Fire Service 101
Police 102
Ambulance 103
Rescue Service in an emergency 112
HOTEL RESEPTIONS 24h Atakent Park Hotel Phone: +7 727 355 4242
Fax: +7 727 355 4243
IOI Office - KazNU Hostel Phone: +7 701 222 0193
IOI Office – Atakent Park Hotel Phone: +7 777 374 9545