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The Future of Chess in Education th London Chess Conference Irish Cultural Centre, Black’s Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 9DT 6 8th & 9th December 2018 The Future of Chess in Education Conference Programme www.londonchessconference.com @LondonChessConf #LondonChessConf Conference Director: John Foley Programme Director: Stefan Löffler Organised by ChessPlus www.chessplus.net SATURDAY 8 DECEMBER 10.00 Registration Opens 11.00 Opening Plenary Session Chair John Foley Main Hall Education Visions John Claughton Development Officer, International Baccalaureate Schools Association Jesper Hall Chair, Education Commission, European Chess Union Bachar Kouatly President, French Chess Federation Malcolm Pein CEO, Chess in Schools and Communities Graeme Gardiner Researcher, University of Queensland Giulio Frasson Human Abilities Advocate, Centro Studi Podresca 13.00 Lunch 14.00 - 15.00 World Café Debates Main Hall 14.00 - 18.00 14.00- 16.30 D1 Should after-school chess be taught by volunteers or professionals? CHAMPS Software Boris Bruhn/School Chess Foundation/Germany Carey Fan/ChessKid Project Demos D2 What is the future of chess clubs? Mezzanine Room 2 Vince Negri / Paul Barasi / UK 2pm Learning Chess D3 How should we relate to parents and teachers? 2.30 Chessable 3pm ChessKid Graeme Gardiner / University of Queensland / Australia 3.30 Lichess 4pm DecodeChess D4 Do schools teach the right subjects? Kerry Turner / University of Hull / UK D5 What can table top computers add to the chess classroom? Stefan Löffler / ChessPlus / Germany Alexis Harakis / Webmaster 15.00-16.00 Workshop 1 Main Hall 15.00-16.00 Workshop 2 Board Room Chess in Communities Chess in Education - Strategy I Sean Marsh / CSC / Teesside / UK (chair) Kerry Turner / University of Hull / UK (chair) Jérôme Maufras / Académie de Créteil / France Boris Bruhn / German School Chess Foundation Roberto Schenker / Chess4Kids / Switzerland Alessandro Dominici / Alfiere Bianco / Italy 16.00 Coffee 16.30-18.00 Workshop 3 O'Donovan Room 16.30-18.00 Workshop 4 Board Room Chess in Prisons Chess in Education - Strategy II Carl-Fredrik Johansson / Sweden (chair) Jesper Hall / ECU-EDU / Sweden (chair) Carl Portman / Caissa Chess Consulting Bachar Kouatly / French Chess Federation Erik Grindbakken / Norwegian Chess Federation Jerry Nash / Education Consultant, USA David Smerdon / University of Queensland Luis Blasco / Villalba 64 / Spain 18.00 Close Day One 20.00 Irish Ceili (ticketed event at venue) ChessPlus Conference Team: Conference Director John Foley Programme Director Stefan Löffler Deputy Director Sean Marsh Administrator Leila Raivio Videographer Etienne Mensch Webmaster Alexis Harakis Registrar Olivera Marjanovic Marshall James Foley SATURDAY 8 DECEMBER : Embeded Erasmus+ Multiplier Event CHAMPS - Chess and Mathematics in Primary School 14.00 -16.00 Mezzanine Project Overview Štefan Marsina, Slovak Chess Federation Chess-Maths Exercises John Foley, CHAMPS project co-ordinator Experiences at Schools Skalica Primary School, Slovakia Viera Haraštová Velka Ida Primary School, Slovakia Stanislav Vlček Eszterházy University, Hungary Mark Szavin 16.00 Coffee 16.30 -18.00 Mezzanine Teacher Training and Certification John Foley Solving Problems Rita Atkins Teaching Mathematics Jorge Silva, Ludus, Portugal Discussants: Jérôme Maufras / Académie de Créteil, France (chair) Éva Gyarmarthy / Academy of Sciences, Hungary Josep Serra / University of Girona, Catalonia Marta Amigo Vilalta / Sant Ramon de Pla Primary School, Catalonia CHAMPS PROJECT PARTNERS: Slovak Chess Federation, Chess in Schools and Communities, University of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Ludus, University of Lisbon, Portugal. 18.00 Close Erasmus Multiplier Event ECU-Accredited Teacher Training After the Conference: Monday & Tuesday 10/11 December School Chess Teacher Certificate Leader: Jesper Hall Chairman, ECU Education Commission bit.ly/ECUSchoolTeacherChessCourse Learn how to teach chess for educational impact using the Smart Method developed from the best practice in Europe in recent years. Wednesday 12 December Chess and Mathematics Leader: Rita Atkins Director of Mathematics Education, C+ bit.ly/ECUChessandMathsCourse This new course works through a series of classic problems revealing the surprising connections between chess and mathematics. Suitable for maths enrichment lessons for children 9+ or for spicing up your chess coaching. SUNDAY 9 DECEMBER 09.30 Parallel Workshops 9.30 - 11.00 WS5 Large-scale School Chess Events Main Hall Boris Bruhn / German School Chess Foundation Jesper Hall / Swedish Chess Federation Sarah Longson / UK Chess Challenge Alexander Kostyev / Russian Chess Federation Sophia Rohde / K-12 Nationals / live from USA 9.30 - 11.00 WS6: Business Development for School Chess Projects and Professionals Board Room Neil Dietsch / Chess in Schools, Alabama, USA 9.30 - 11.00 WS7: The Learning Spiral: a New Way to Teach and Study Chess Mezzanine Kevin Cripe / Chess for Children, Panama 10.00 - 11.00 WS8: Teaching Computer Programming Skills through Chess Room 2 Boris Raguet / French Chess Federation 11.00 Coffee 11.15 - 12.45 Keynote Plenary Session Chair: Carl-Fredrik Johansson Main Hall David Smerdon / Economist / University of Queensland What an Economist Can Learn from Chess Mark Price/recent UK Minister of Trade Chess and 21st Century Skills: A Personal and a Political Perspective Fernand Gobet / Cognitive Scientist / University of Liverpool Chess and Intuition 12.45 Lunch 13.45 - 15.15 Parallel Workshops WS9: Early Years Chess Main Hall Roberto Schenker / Chess4Kids, Switzerland (chair) Philippe Vukojevic / ChessConsult, Belgium Alexander Kostyev / Russian Chess Federation Carmelita di Mauro / primary school teacher, Italy WS10: Promoting Social Skills through Chess Mezzanine Pep Suarez / Spanish Chess Federation (chair) Erik Grindbakken/ Norwegian Chess Federation Kevin Cripe / Chess for Children, Panama Giulio Frasson / Centro Studi Podresca , Italy WS11: Making Chess Research More Relevant Board Room David Smerdon / University of Queensland, Australia (chair) Graeme Gardiner / University of Southern Queensland, Australia Fernand Gobet / University of Liverpool, UK Éva Gyamarthy / Academy of Sciences, Hungary Seyhan Nişel/ Istanbul University, Turkey 15.15 Closing Plenary Summaries and Reflections Chair: Stefan Löffler Main Hall Jérôme Maufras / Académie de Créteil, France Jerry Nash / Chess Education Consultant, USA Sean Marsh / CSC / UK 16.00 Close of Conference 14.30 - 20.30 Round 1 London Chess Classic FIDE Open, Olympia Conference Centre CONFERENCE SPONSORS Thanks to our generous sponsors who have made this event possible: Chess in Schools and Communities, Erasmus+ CHAMPS Project, European Chess Union .
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