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
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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