BPO4 - Announcement

4^th BALKAN PHYSICS OLYMPIAD 2022

Based on an initiative of the Balkan Physics Union Council taken in 2018, the first edition of a new competition in Physics addressed to the high school students was launched in 2019: the Balkan Physics Olympiad – BPO. The first edition was held in Thessaloniki (Greece) in July 2019.

The BPO4 contest will be held online, on October 7 – 9, 2022 in the capital of Cyprus Nicosia, with the Scientific Committee traveling to Cyprus, to carry out the necessary work, whereas the students will be participating online.

The main organizer is the Cyprus Physicists Society in Cyprus. This edition of BPO will also be held under the auspices of the Balkan Physical Union (BPU) and the European Physical Society (EPS). The competition is also supported by the Cyprus Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth and the Physics Department of the University of Cyprus.

THE COMPETITION

The competition will be held online, with the Scientific Committee traveling to Cyprus on October 6 – 10, to carry out the necessary work, whereas the students will be participating online. (If a member of the Scientific Committee can not travel to Cyprus he/she can be replaced by the team leader.)

EPS and BPU provide a fund for reimbursement of the flight ticket to Cyprus for each member of the Scientific Committee, whereas accommodation expenses will be fully covered by Cyprus as organizing Country.

DETAILS ON THE ONLINE COMPETITION

• Each country will be represented by a team composed by up to 4 high school students, born after January 1^st, 2005.

• The BPU member countries can officially participate in the contest. Those are: Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Greece, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Turkey. Other countries may also be invited as guest countries.

• The contest will consist in a unique test with 4 problems.

IMPORTANT DATES:

• July 25^th, 2022 –Scientific Committee to be announced.

• July 29^th, 2022 – Societies to announce if they will take part in BPO4.

• September 9^th, 2022 – Team leaders and deputy leaders to be announced. Team members’ names and necessary data to be sent to the organizers.