A perspective on the International Olympiad in Informatics for CS educators

At the 2008 International Olympiad in Informatics held in Cairo, the Australian and New Zealand teams had their best ever performances. This talk will give details of the Informatics competition, and how teams are supported in Australia and New Zealand. Some sample informatics problems will be described. We argue that Informatics is an excellent basis for Computer Science at University and consequently it is important for CORE educators to understand and engage with the high school competition