IOAI GAITE

The IOAI Global AI Talent Empowerment (GAITE) initiative is designed to assist countries and territories with limited International Science Olympiads (ISO) history as they work towards joining the IOAI community on an equal footing.

Goals

  • Promote STEM and AI among students globally.
  • Foster inclusivity.
  • Expand the IOAI community.
  • Assist countries / territories in developing their national STEM and AI Olympic culture.
  • Attract additional international partners.

Format

  • Align closely with the standard IOAI format, including team structure, timing, length, and topics, to prepare national teams for eventual transition; special syllabus for GAITE; help with the national selection process
  • Provide a training ground that is less challenging than the standard IOAI format to facilitate preparation.
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Eligibility

Open to any country or territory at their discretion.

Team selection

Flexible with a goal of establishing a national selection process by the end of the period. See NOAI guidelines here.

Team participation

Each country or territory can participate with 1 (one) team in GAITE. A country / territory can participate either in IOAI main competition or in GAITE.

Timeframe

The initiative is available for a maximum period of 5 years. Once a country or territory decides to transition from GAITE to the standard IOAI competition, there is no option to return to GAITE.

Awards

Alternative awards will be given that distinguish from ISO/IOAI medals, 

Fees

Please refer to the participation fees here.

Hubs

A country / territory can register to participate in IOAI GAITE via their regional hub. So far we have the following hubs:

Africa

Rwanda. Contact person: Esther Kunda, Rwanda Ministry of ICT and Innovation, Director General – Innovation and Emerging Technologies (ekunda@minict.gov.rw). The Rwanda hub is a collaboration between Rwanda Ministry of ICT and Innovation, Rwanda Ministry of Education and Smart Africa

South & Central America

Brazil, contact person: Daniel Fonseca Lavouras, engineer, teacher and education manager. Creator or co-creator of 12 scientific Olympiads in Brazil. (daniel.f.lavouras@gmail.com)

Asia-Pacific

China & Japan joint Hub. Contact: Dr. Yong Mao, Researcher, Entrepreneur, IOAI China Coordinator, IOAI Board Member (yong.mao@ioai-official.org), Kazune Sato, Researcher, IOAI Japan Coordinator (kzetudiant@gmail.com)

Adriatic Region

Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Kosovo, Croatia. Contact person: Dalibor Marinović, President, Serbian AI Association & Prof. Dr. Milena Ilić, Director, Information Technology School (ITS), Belgrade. Serbia HUB is recognised as the official Adriatic IOAI GAITE Hub. Contact email: aoai-official@its.edu.rs

All others

Contact: ioai2025@ioai-offical.org