1999 International Physics Olympiad
Padua, July 18-27

 

INFORMATION CIRCULAR No 1

This circular is being sent via e-mail to all the leaders and observers who were at the XXIX IPhO in Reykjavik and to those leaders who, though weren’t present there, took part in the International Physics Olympiads in 1997 and/or in 1996, and lastly to those people who have contacted us in the eventuality of their country participating in the IPhO.

INVITATIONS
The official invitation letters will be sent out by the Italian Educational Board by the end of December. To this purpose and in order to ascertain the list of the addresses to which we will send the subsequent circulars and the information brochure for those who were not present in Reykjavik, we will kindly ask you to collaborate with us by filling and sending as soon as possible the enclosed form.

TRAVEL
We highly recommend you to organize your journey to Venice airport as soon as possible. The accommodation for the Olympiad in Padua will not be available before the 18th of July 1999. We will be pleased, however, to give help to those delegations who wish to arrive in Padua in advance in order to recover from the jet lag effects and visit the Veneto region at their leisure. In our country in July there are many tourists, therefore, it will be necessary to arrange reservations well in advance in case of any delegations arriving prior to the starting date of the Olympiad.

The leaders of the delegations taking part in the XXX IPhO will have to make sure that all of the members of their team have the necessary medical and travel insurance. The organizers of the XXX IPhO cannot provide any insurance for the participating delegations.

FEE
Italy has decided to keep the fees the same as the ones required last year.
Visitors, who will be asked to pay a fee of 1,000 US$, are welcome to all the official cerimonies, trips and leisure and cultural activities of the XXX IPhO; they will not be allowed to take part in the International Jury, which is reserved for the leaders and the observers only. Moreover, observers, who are required to pay a fee of 1,100 US$, will receive all the official materials which will be distributed in the course of the Olympiad.
At the IPhO in Italy 65 Countries are likely to be represented: being very proud of this, we will make every possible effort to make sure that all the Countries that have already asked to take part in the contest for the first time will be able to.
The increase in the number of the Countries taking part in the IPhO has unfortunately made the relative costs heavier and heavier for the Country hosting the Olympiad and much more difficult to get the funds to cover the expenses. For this reason the delegations are asked to make a voluntary contribution of 500 US$ for each team leader and 400 US$ for each student: a total contribution of 3,000 US$ for a whole delegation. We have worked out our budget on the basis of the voluntary contributions paid by the delegations in Reykjavik. This sum is only a fraction of the total budget, but it is absolutely necessary to enable us to guarantee the project IPhO 1999 to take place.

COMPUTERS
For word processing needs, each delegation will have access to an IBM compatible computer. Delegations which have special font needs are requested to e-mail the fonts they wish to use to olifis@no.sctrade.it. The fonts must be true type or bitmapped fonts for use on a DOS/Windows computer. We will have also several printers available for connecting to laptop PC computers.

COMMUNICATIONS
Please reply, preferably via e-mail, to Giuliana Cavaggioni to the following address:

SEGRETERIA DELLA XXX IPHO
c/o ITIS "Pacinotti"
via Caneve 93
30173 Venezia Mestre
Italy

TEL: +39-041-5351826
FAX: +39-041-5351826
E-Mail: olifis@no.sctrade.it.

Further information on the XXX International Physics Olympiad can be found at the web address:

http://mac88d.ts.infn.it/Olifis/welcome.htm


Fill please this form and send it, not after December the 1st,
by e-mail or fax to the previous address.

 

COUNTRY ____________________

THE OFFICIAL INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE XXX IPHO IS TO BE SENT TO:

NAME _____________________ SURNAME __________________________

TITLE: _____________________

ORGANIZATION BODY: __________________________________________

POSTAL ADDRESS: ______________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

FAX: ____________________________

THE CONTACT PERSON TO WHOM ANY SUBSEQUENT INFORMATIVE CIRCULAR ARE TO BE SENT IS:

NAME: ___________________ SURNAME: ___________________________

TITLE: ___________________

ORGANIZATION BODY: __________________________________________

POSTAL ADDRESS: ______________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

TELEPHONE: ________________________

FAX: _______________________________

E-MAIL: _____________________________

WE WOULD LIKE THE SUBSEQUENT CIRCULARS TO BE SENT:

VIA E-MAIL

THROUGH REGULAR POSTAL SERVICE:

Thank you for your help.


Executive secretary
A.I.F.
Italian Association
for Physics Teaching