Saturday 2nd December 2017
12.00 Registration and Refreshments
13.00 Conference Opening London Room
John Foley (GBR)
Conference Director
Welcome and Conference Overview
Mads Jacobsen (DEN)
Secretary-General, Dansk Skoleskak
What is Scholastic Chess?
Jesper Hall (ECU)
Chair, Education Commission, European Chess Union
A European Strategy for Scholastic Chess
Jakob Rathlev (DEN)
Head of Division, Danish Evaluation Institute
What Everyone in Scholastic Chess Should Know about Evaluation
William Bart (USA)
Professor of Educational Psychology, Thinking Skills Lab, University of Minnesota
Making School Chess Research Relevant
Ebenezer Joseph (IND)
Principal Investigator, Department of Science and Technology
Thinking Outside the Box – Enhancing Creativity with Chess Instruction
☕ 15.00 – 15.30 COFFEE BREAK ☕
15.30-16.30 World Café Debates Attend two 30 minute debates
Karel van Delft (NED) London Room
Chess Coach and Writer
What Separates Scholastic and Competitive Chess?
Jesper Hall (SWE) London Room
Manager of Junior Chess, Swedish Chess Federation
Does Scholastic Chess Need a Code of Conduct?
Yonne Tangelder (NOR) Bedford Room
Project Assistant, Chess in Schools, Norwegian Chess Federation
What is the best age for Scholastic Chess?
Stefan Löffler (GER) Bedford Room
Conference Programme Director, Journalist
How should the Scholastic Chess Movement Organise Itself?
Sabine Vollstädt-Klein (GER) Melbury Room
Research Group Leader, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg
How can Chess Promote Intrinsic Motivation in the Classroom?
Tal Granite (CAN) Melbury Room
Director, Chess Institute of Canada
What are the Social Benefits of Scholastic Chess?
16.30-18.00 Parallel Workshops Session
Chess and Primary School Mathematics London Room
Rita Atkins (GBR) Chess and mathematics educator, ChessPlus
Jorge Nuno Silva (POR) Professor of Mathematics, University of Lisbon
Carlos Santos (POR) Vice-President, Ludus IM
Evaluating School Chess Projects Bedford Room
Jakob Rathlev (DEN) Board Member, Dansk Skoleskak
Alessandro Dominici (ITA) President, Alfiere Bianco
Anna Harazińska (POL) Co-ordinator, Chess in Schools, Polish Fed.
Brian Kisida (USA) Professor of Economics, University of Missouri
Communicating Scholastic Chess Melbury Room
Roberto Schenker (SUI) Educator, Chess4Kids
Michał Kanarkiewicz (POL) Chess Coach, First Move, Polish Chess Fed.
Luis Blasco (ESP) Director, Madrid Chess Academy
18.00 CLOSE OF FIRST DAY
Sunday 3rd December 2017
9.00-10.30 Parallel Workshops Session
Establishing Standards in Chess Teacher Training London Room
Jesper Hall (ECU) Chair, Education Commission, European Chess Union
John Foley (GBR) Co-developer, ECU School Chess Teacher Certificate
Pep Suarez (ESP) Spanish Chess Federation / FIDE-CiS
Leontxo Garcia (MEX) Kasparov Chess Foundation for Ibero-America
Research Co–operation Bedford Room
Fernand Gobet (SUI) Professor of Psychology, University of Liverpool
William Bart (USA) Professor of Educational Psychology, U of Minnesota
Carme Saurina Canals (ESP) Professor of Economics, University of Girona
Reinaldo Golmia Dante (BRA) University of Cambridge
Sabine Vollstädt-Klein (GER) International Society for Applied Chess
New Methods and Games Melbury Room
Olga Dolzhykova (NOR) Game Designer, PlayMagnus
Sebastiano Paulesu (ITA) Chess educator, Alfiere Bianco
Mark Szavin (HUN) Chess Teacher, Let’s Go! Private School, Budapest
Philippe Vukojevic (BEL) Freelance chess coach, ChessConsult
☕ 10.30 – 11.00 COFFEE BREAK ☕
11.00-13.10 Chess in the Curriculum (chair: Rita Atkins) London Room
František Jablonický (SVK) President, Slovak Chess Federation
and Stefan Löffler ChessPlus (GER)
The CHAMPS Erasmus + Project
Brian Kisida (USA) Professor of Economics, University of Missouri
and Maurice Ashley (USA) Grandmaster, Chess Commentator and Educator
School Chess, Research and Curriculum Development at St Louis Chess Club & Scholastic Center
Sunil Weeramantry (USA) Chess Coach and Teacher
A Blended Learning Chess Course
Leontxo García (ESP) Journalist, Chess populariser
Chess Across Subjects
Tal Granite (CAN) Director, Chess Institute of Canada
Chess in the Hidden Curriculum
13.10-14.00 LUNCH (sandwiches)
14.00-16.00 What have We Learned? (chair: Stefan Löffler) London Room
Fernand Gobet (SUI) Professor of Psychology, University of Liverpool
Chess and Intelligence – Lessons for Scholastic Chess
Round Table: What Have We Learned?
William Bart (USA) University of Minnesota (USA)
Jesper Hall (SWE) European Chess Union Education Commission
Anastasia Sorokina (BLR) / Belarus Chess Federation
16.00 END OF CONFERENCE