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This year, the 19th edition of the Balkan Olympiad in Informatics, along with the 5th edition of the Junior Balkan Olympiad in Informatics, were both held in my home town – Bistrița, Romania. On behalf of Microsoft Romania, I was asked to talk about some of the new technology trends (the Cloud, Windows Azure and the Microsoft Web Platform) to the students and teachers present there. We had the session this Friday and along with Răzvan Rusu, who is a Microsoft Student Partner and he talked about the MSP program, Imagine Cup and DreamSpark - the session was held in the very highschool where I graduated 8 years ago, so it was a great opportunity for me to be able to visit it again.

The discussion was a very interesting one, and the audience was very excited about opportunities they didn’t even know existed until then. I also promised all the students I’ll publish the slides – so, without further ado:

.ME Registry is the gold sponsor of the 18th Balkan Olympiad in Informatics, which is taking place in Petrovac, Montenegro from Oct 31 – Nov 6, 2010. The event is the largest regional gathering of the most gifted students in the field of computer science and at the same time the unique opportunity for them to show the knowledge and skills in informatics. More than 30 contestants from nine countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, The Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia) will be competing for the most prestigious gold medal awards.

The competition consists of two rounds in two days. In both rounds the working time is five hours and the contestants will be given one to four problems to solve. Upon completion of tasks contestants prepare their solution for evaluation carried out by evaluator in accordance with organizers’ regulations.

Predrag Lesic, CEO of .ME Registry, shared his thoughts about the event: “The Balkan region has a lot of unexplored potential when it comes to the development of ICT community. By gathering the gifted students from the surrounding countries at one place we are presenting them with the opportunity to learn, exchange experiences and make friendships. Therefore, investment in the Olympiad is a direct investment in the future of the Internet in the Balkans”.

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