IMO 2021 Programme

DATE	TIME*	EVENT	LINK & COMMENTS
	*indicated when activities will start via Zoom, YouTube or will start publish in Instagram
18/07	12:00 UTC	OPENING CEREMONY	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpZnQuUI27Y Online parade of teams. Greet each other directly in the chat! Do not sleep / stay awake =)
19-20/07		CONTEST DAYS	Good luck to all contestants!
21/07		Tour of St. Petersburg in the official languages of the Olympiad	Find 30 sights of St. Petersburg! https://imospb.com/ Version for PC
		Russia. Photo presentation	Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/v.imo2021/
	07:00 UTC	Exclusive Interview of the Day – Andrey Raigorodsky Title: *Random graphs*	To participate, you need to register: https://forms.gle/DhPGKmhMf1AqdroJ8 more information here Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/v.imo2021/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/v.imo2021/
	12:00 UTC	Exclusive Interview of the Day – László Lovász Title: *Graphs and Geometry*	To participate, you need to register: https://forms.gle/kFnBV5S9CSWBzJSW7 more information here Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/v.imo2021/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/v.imo2021/
22/07		Tour of St. Petersburg in the official languages of the Olympiad	Find 30 sights of St. Petersburg! https://imospb.com/ Version for PC
		Russia. Photo presentation	Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/v.imo2021/
	07:00 UTC	Exclusive Interview of the Day – Nikolay Andreev Title: *Mechanisms by Pafnuty Chebyshev: from Watt’s problem to the approximation theory*	To participate, you need to register: https://forms.gle/BHvsgHKiWSJbgLed9 more information here Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/v.imo2021/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/v.imo2021/
	12:00 UTC	Exclusive Interview of the Day – Stanislav Smirnov Title: *Order and chaos and quadratic polynomiale*	To participate, you need to register: https://forms.gle/VYuiBGt8KrxJJf118 more information here Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/v.imo2021/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/v.imo2021/
	16:00 UTC	Exclusive Interview of the Day – Grant Sanderson Title: *Let’s go with “The unsolvability of the quintic”*	Attention, dear participants! We apologize, but tonight’s 4:00 pm UTC lecture with Grant Sanderson is canceling due to the lecturer’s illness. He wished all the participants good luck! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/v.imo2021/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/v.imo2021/
		IMO Chess Nations Cup	From July 22 to 23, the IMO Chess Cup will be held. The tournament will consist of 2 rounds (blitz and rapid) at the Lichess Arena (links will be provided later). The participants will be divided into 2 conferences (West and East), and you will be able to choose a convenient time for yourself by selecting the appropriate lobby. To participate, you need to register: https://forms.gle/8mpuTThRgDfpbCCM9 If you don’t have a Lichess account, you can create one here: https://lichess.org/signup If you have any questions, please contact us by email imo2021.chess@gmail.com
23/07		Tour of St. Petersburg in the official languages of the Olympiad	Find 30 sights of St. Petersburg! https://imospb.com/ Version for PC
		Russia. Photo presentation	Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/v.imo2021/
	10:00 UTC	Exclusive Interview of the Day – Daniil Musatov Title: *50 years of the P versus NP problem*	To participate, you need to register: https://forms.gle/vqgjQL8QVkQGnbPz7 more information here Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/v.imo2021/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/v.imo2021/
	15:00 UTC	Exclusive Interview of the Day – Lisa Sauermann	To participate, you need to register: https://forms.gle/yCW3RaZzAcib9Nmk9 more information here Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/v.imo2021/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/v.imo2021/
		IMO Chess Nations Cup	From July 22 to 23, the IMO Chess Cup will be held. The tournament will consist of 2 rounds (blitz and rapid) at the Lichess Arena (links will be provided later). The participants will be divided into 2 conferences (West and East), and you will be able to choose a convenient time for yourself by selecting the appropriate lobby. To participate, you need to register: https://forms.gle/8mpuTThRgDfpbCCM9 If you don’t have a Lichess account, you can create one here: https://lichess.org/signup If you have any questions, please contact us by email imo2021.chess@gmail.com
24/07	12:00 UTC	CLOSING CEREMONY	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHi_xjvLEbI Online parade of medalists. And all the best in IMO 2021. Greet each other directly in the chat! Do not sleep / stay awake =)