IOAA begins

First, I wanna tell you that two,three years ago Indonesia thinks that Internasional Astronomy Olympiad (IAO) is a prestigious competition in that era
Every smart people from Indonesia is selected from many kind of provinces to compete into that Olympiad (IAO)
But, that is a history for me ..Let's think about the future. I love thinks the future of everything.
Now...a new era has begun
From IAO , now IOAA (Internasional Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics)
become more prestigious for every country especially Indonesia..
Maybe from the quality of the problems or the atmosphere of the competition..
I hope Indonesia can join IAO and IOAA every year and win the gold medal.
Give more experience for the junior in this event , and encouraged the Senior to get the Absolute Winner..
Indonesia team...You can get that.. Good Luck Indonesia Team For IOAA 2nd in Indonesia this year.
I'm proud of you all....

The first International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics is to commemorate His Majesty the King's 80th Birthday and H.R.H. Princess Galyani Vadhana's 84th Birthday in the year 2007.

But it is sad that Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana, the beloved sister of His Majesty the King, passed away at 02:54 a.m. Wednesday, 2nd January 2008 after a lengthy illness at Siriraj Hospital, the Royal Houselhold Bureau has announced.

The purpose of IOAA is to promote interests and educations on astronomy and astrophysics of high school students. By participating in the competitions, students will have opportunities to meet fellow students of the same interests and make friends. This will lead to good understandings among countries and hence collaboration in future researches.

This year the second IOAA will take place in Bandung, Indonesia. Bandung is the capital of West Java province where the historical Asia Africa Conference was held in 1955. With an elevation about 700 m above sea level, Bandung is a bit cooler than other big cities in Indonesia and was originally designed as a resort city. Examination, Board and Committee meetings will be held at Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB). The opening and closing ceremony will be located at Sasana Budaya Ganesha / Sabuga (the Cultural Hall of ITB). Observational round will be held near the Bossca Observatory located about 15 km north of ITB at a height of 1300 m above the sea level. For more information about ITB, please open ITB’s website at http://www.itb.ac.id.
Source : http://www.ioaa2.itb.ac.id/ and http://ioaa.info/ioaa2007/