Siberian Federal University

«Student IQ-Ball 2010» was held in the Centre for Extreme Sports «SportEx» at the Otdyh Island (Krasnoyarsk, Russia) on March 16, 2010. This year the Ball was organized as a winning place for initiative students. More than thousand people participated in the Event including those students who had won different contests to get invitation ticket to the Ball.

The following groups of people got invitations to the Ball after taking part in the certain contests: laureates of prizes aimed at supporting the youth’s projects, initiatives of the Krasnoyarsk regional headquarters of Students’ Teams, prize-winners of the «Gold Personnel Reserve» Contest, prize-winners of the «Winners’ Forum», winners of the chess tournaments, students dance teams, the best young faculty members of the higher educational institutions of Krasnoyarsk, members of the Youth Government of Alternates of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and students passed competitive selection at the IQ-Ball Website.

«Student IQ-Ball 2010» united community of initiative young people. Lev Kuznetsov, the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory also took part in the Event and danced a waltz.

The plastic IQ-card was the invitation ticket to the Event this year. Students were able to earn intellectual currency or IQ-points and then exchanged them into goods and services available at the IQ-boutique. Lilit Manukyan, a student got the greatest amount of IQ-points and won the tour around Europe organized by the general partner of the Event.

There were lots of thematic grounds for participants around the Centre for Extreme Sports. For example, one could grow one’s own tree at the «Walkway-2010», attend some courses at the «Dance Department», play marimba and learn how to make sand drawings.

Students getting the greatest amount of points in the intellectual quiz at the IQ-Ball Website took part in the final of the game called «The smartest». The winner of the final had a splendid opportunity to join Anatoly Vasserman, the most intelligent person of the country in the final game and go on sightseeing with him around Krasnoyarsk.

13 dance teams competed in the traditional dance contest of the IQ-Ball. The SibFU team became the winner of the contest for the first time!

Pelageya, a Russian folk and folk-rock singer performed with a group also called "Pelageya" in the end of the Ball.