LONDONCHESSCONFERENCE2015

ChessandSociety

5&6December2015

HotelHiltonOlympia380KensingtonHighStreet

LONDONW148NL

www.londonchessconference.com@londonchessconf

CONFERENCEPROGRAMME

The London Chess Conference provides guidance to thescholasticchesscommunitythroughsharingevidence-basedbest practice and encouraging international co-operation.

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ChessandSocietyWelcome to the thirdLondonChessConference!The conference has evolvedsignificantly since it launched in2013. Initially itwasaboutresearchonschoolchessandtheexchangeofbest practices. In 2014, under thetheme Chess and Mathematics, weexplored mathematical games andpuzzles as well as any games thatcouldbeplayedwiththechessboardand pieces, and we learned thattheseareavaluableadditionifchessis being taught for educationalmotives.This year our theme is Chess andSociety.While chess in education isstill our focus, we are givingrecognition to a growingmovementusing chess for social goals. Socialentrepreneurs are pioneering chessin new contexts. Social projects arebecoming more significant whenconventional approaches lackresults.Onlyafewchessfederationshave embraced this developmentyet, but many will follow as sportssubsidies are decreasing and otherfunding sources are becomingavailable. It could well be that thesocial chess entrepeneurs of todaywill lead the chess federations oftomorrow.

Even more than in the first twoeditions, we are emphasising theneed for co-operation. This is whywe have reduced the plenaryelement and have extra workshops.Round tables and panels give allparticipantstheopportunitytoshowand share their expertise and toidentify common projects. Theprogramme also features sevendebates in the lively "World CaféFormat". A record number ofattendees,fullhouseat140,isasignthatweareontherighttrack.The programme includes hands-onworkshops on topics like chesscamps, lobbying and businessmodels for school chess. It breaksgroundontheroleoffamiliesaswellaschessandaddiction.Itreflectsoncurrent affairs with workshops onchess for refugees and for theprevention of dementia. And itextendsonthepriorconferencewithworkshops on chess andmathematics and on the didacticchallenges of education oriented"scholasticchess".Weareveryexcitedaboutthesetwodays, andwe hope that you get themostoutthem!JohnFoleyStefanLöffler

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Saturday5thDecember

10.00-11.00 REGISTRATION&REFRESHMENTS11.00 CONFERENCEOPENINGandWELCOMEPembrokeSuite

MalcolmPein ChiefExecutive,ChessinSchoolsandCommunities,UKJohnFoley StefanLöffler ConferenceDirector ProgrammeDirector

11.15-12.45 CHESSANDSOCIETY:anOverview

Chair: JohnFoley

KenClarkCouncillor,LondonBoroughofNewhamTheNewhammodelforChessServicesJonathanRowsonDirectoroftheSocialBrainCentreattheRoyalSocietyofArts WhatchesstaughtmeaboutbeinghumanLeontxoGarcíaChessauthorandpopulariser,SpainExtremadura,thecradleofsocialchessREFLECTIONS:Whatchessdidforme

ChrisRoss BrailleChessAssociation JulianWay ChessandRecovery 12.45-14.00 LUNCHBREAK14.00 PARALLELSESSIONS

(1) SchoolsChess:NewHorizons PembrokeSuite

Chair: JohnFoley

JesperHall(Sweden)Chairman,EducationCommission,EuropeanChessUnionTheDevelopmentofChessinEuropeanCountriesAmandaAldercotteSocialPyschologist,UniversityofCambridgeThinkingAboutChessasaMechanismforExecutiveFunctionDevelopmentGiovanniSalaPsychologist,UniversityofLiverpoolMeta-analysisoftheimpactofschoolchessonmathematics

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(2) ChesswithRefugees WarwickRoom

PhilippeVukojevic(moderator)Linguist,ChessTrainer,BelgiumChessCo-ordinator,Refugees,RedCrossNielsvanderMarkDoetinchemChessClub,NetherlandsChessco-ordinator,asylumseekersDijanaDenglerCo-ordinator,MunichChessAcademyandFoundationChessteacherfordisadvantagedandspecialneedschildren.

(3) ChessforSeniors NapierRoom

CraigPritchett(moderator)InternationalMaster,Author,ScotlandParticipantWorldSeniorChessChampionships

KarelvanDelft LeontxoGarcíaPsychologist,Netherlands Chessauthorandpopulariser,SpainChessandAgeing ChessforOldPeople

(4) InternationalExchanges HollandRoom

StefanLöffler(moderator)ConferenceProgrammeDirectorInternationalco-operationadvisor,Germany

BalazsKecskemeti SureshTimothyShankerBallysillanPrivateSchool,BelfastClaremontPrimarySchool,ManchesterErasmusPlus eTwinning

15.00 PARALLELSESSIONS

(1) ChessinPrisons PembrokeSuite

LeontxoGarcíaChessauthorandpopulariserTeachingchessinamaximumsecurityprisoninMexico

KajetanWandowicz CarlPortmanPrisonsco-ordinator,CSC Manager,ChessinPrisons,EnglishChessFederationChessforeducationinprisons Thebeneficialimpactofchessonprisoners

(2) YouthCounselling WarwickRoom

FernandoMoreno TalGraniteCounsellor,JoAnnLeleckElementarySchool ChessInstituteofCanadaMaryland,USA SettingpersonalgoalsChess-mediatedcounselling

AkeDrottSocialWorker,Gothenburg,SwedenChesswithunaccompaniedchildren

KinekeMulder

TrainofHopevolunteer,Vienna RailwayStationChessforRefugees

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(3) RoleofFamilies NapierRoom TeresaParr ClinicalPsychologist,USA Manager,MauriceAshleyTrainsChampions Encouragingparentalinvolvement

WendiFischerAmericanFoundationforChess“TheChessLady”Outreachingtoparents

PeterHugDieSchulschachprofisSchoolChessProfessionals,SwitzerlandWorkingwithparentsasvolunteers

16.00-16.30 REFRESHMENTSBREAK

16.30 PARALLELSESSIONS

(1) ChessintheCommunity PembrokeSuite

Chair: JohnFoley

PaulMcKeownFounder,FulhamJuniorChessClubCreatingcentresofexcellenceLuisBlascoClubVillalba64,MadridSettingupsocialchessprojectsCraigPritchett

FormerSchoolsChessDevelopmentDirectorforChessScotland Challengesfacingcommunityprojects

(2) IntegrationandInclusionthroughSchoolChessWarwickRoom

Chair: StefanLöffler

JohannaValentinUtsiktstornet(ObservationTower),SwedenDijanaDenglerMunichChessAcademy,Germany

(3) ChessCamps HollandRoom

Chair: OlgaDolzhikova,WGM StormesterandStormester,Norway

JayStallings TimKettCaliforniaYouthChessLeague TSKChess,Wales

ValeofGlamorganChessCamp

PhilippeVukojevicCommunicatingthroughchess,Belgium

ErzsébetSarlós PipacsvirágPrimarySchool,Hungary

ReachingouttoRomachildren

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(4) LobbyingforSchoolChess NapierRoom

Chair: ChrisFegan,CSC

JohnAdamsAustralianChessFederationJerryNashNationalChessEducationConsultant,USAWendiFischerAmericanFoundationforChess

17.30 WORLDCAFÉDEBATES

WheretoInvestPublicMoneyinChess?JohnAdams(Australia)ChrisFegan(CSC)

WhatistheEarliestandLatestAgestoStartLearningChess?

OlgaDolzhikova(Norway)LeontxoGarcía(Spain)

Let´sMakeChessClubsMoreFriendly!

StephenMoss(TheGuardian)LeoHovestad(Netherlands)

WhyDoBoysDominateSchoolChess,AndWhatShouldBeDoneAboutIt?

SandyRuxton(CSC)MagdalenaZielińska(Poland)

DoesChessNeedToBeMoreInclusive?

ChrisRoss(Braille)MalolaPrasath(EnhanceInstituteofChessExcellence)

DoWeTeachTheWrongChessInSchools?

StefanLöffler(Germany)

DoWeNeedAnAlternativeVersionOfChess?

GabrielBobadilla(Spain)

18.30 ENDOFFIRSTDAY

MarisavanderMerweMini-Chess,SouthAfrica

LeontxoGarcíaExperiencesfromSpainandLatinAmerica

GeirNesheimNorwegianYouthChessAssociation

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Sunday6thDecember09.00–10.15 PARALLELSESSIONS

(1) Psycho-MotorSkillsdevelopment PembrokeSuiteKevinO´Connell(chair)FIDEChessinSchoolsCommission LuisBlascoCastleProject,Erasmus+,SpainNicolòNapoliCastleProject,Erasmus+,Italy

(2) SocialOpportunitiesforNationalFederations

LondonRoomJesperHall(chair)Chairman,EducationCommission,EuropeanChessUnionJohannaValentinTrainer,ChessSocialProjectsBootcampPhilEhrFormerCEO,EnglishChessFederation

(3) TUTORIAL:TeachingLifeSkillsThroughChess

WarwickRoomFernandoMorenoSchoolCounsellor

(4) ChessandMathematics NapierRoom

JohnFoley(chair) DirectorofEducationandTraining,CSCTanjaPflug(Germany)KinderschachinDeutschlandCombattingDyscalculiaVieraHaraštová(Slovakia)ChessandMathematicsTeacher,SkalicaElementarySchoolMathematicalDidacticalGamesInterpreter:FrantišekJablonický,PresidentSlovakChessFederationGiovanniSala(Italy)Psychologist,UniversityofLiverpoolTheimpactofchessonlearningmathematics

ErzsébetSarlós(Hungary)Author,ChessandLogicCurriculum

(5) TUTORIAL:OnlineChess HollandRoomMikeKleinchess.com/chesskid.com

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10.15-10.30 REFRESHMENTSBREAK10.30-12.00 PARALLELSESSIONS

(1) ChessandFootball PembrokeSuiteRobWillmoth(chair)ChessCoachingServicesLtdMakingfootballerssmarterSimenAgdestein(Norway)Grandmasterandprofessionalfootballer

(2) TrainingTeacherstoTeachChess LondonRoom

TeresaParr(chair)

Curriculumdeveloper,MauriceAshleyTeachesChess

JayStallings(USA)ScholasticCouncilforUSChessJerryNash(USA)ChessEducatoroftheYearAward,UniversityofTexas,Dallas,2015

(3) ChessforADHD NapierRoom

TeodorAbrèu(chair)ProjectManageratUtsiktstornet,StockholmChessasamethodforspecialeducationLuisBlascoClubVillalba64,MadridMarisavanderMerwe(SouthAfrica)FounderandCEO,MiniChess

(4) Tutorial:SettingGoalsinChessandLifeHollandRoomTalGraniteChessWorldcurriculumdeveloperImplementinggoal-settingintoacurriculum

12.00-13.00LUNCHBREAK13.00-15.00 LONGSESSIONSINPARALLEL

(1) EarlyYearsChess PembrokeSuite

OlgaDolzhikova(chair)

RadislavAtanassovNationalSportsAcademy,BulgariaPhilippeVukojevicChessConsult,Belgium

RobertoSchenkerChess4Kids,Switzerland

JankaPallagi,LearningChess.net,HungaryKarelvanDelftSchaakacademieApeldoorn,Netherlands

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(2) ChessagainstAddiction HollandRoomFrom13.30-15.00

SabineVollstädt-Klein(chair)CentralInstituteofMentalHealthandUniversityofHeidelbergChessasanInterventionAgainstAddictiveDisorders?MikeKlein(USA)chess.comDealingwithchessaddiction

13.00-14.00 PARALLELSESSIONS

(1) ChessandEconomics LondonRoom

JohnFoley(chair) JohnAdams AustralianChessFederationTheRoleofChessinthe21stCenturyEconomy

(2) ScholasticChess WarwickRoom

StefanLöffler(chair)ErzsébetSarlós Chessforeducation

14.00-15.00 PARALLELSESSIONS

(1) ExcellenceinTeachingChess LondonRoom

JohnFoley(chair) AlexanderKostyevHeadofChessChair,RussianStateSocialUniversityChessandUniversities

(2) BusinessModelsforSchoolChess WarwickRoom

StefanLöffler(chair) JesperHall(Sweden)

SverigesSchackförbund

WendiFischer (USA) MarisavanderMerwe(SouthAfrica)AmericanFoundationforChess MiniChessJánosPallagi(Hungary) PeterHug(Switzerland)Learningchess.net SchoolChessProfessionals

15.00-15.30 REFRESHMENTSBREAK15.30-17.30 PLENARYSESSION PembrokeSuite

SocialChessProjectCompetitionFinalPitchtoaudienceandvoting

Chair:StefanLöffler

BjörnFrankProfessorofBehaviouralEconomics,KasselUniversity,GermanyHowcoolarechessplayers?

KevinO´ConnellFIDEChessinSchoolsTeachercertificationJayStallingsCertifyingchesscoaches

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ReviewandOutlook:Socialinvestinginchess Chairs:JohnFoley StefanLöffler

17.00 ENDOFCONFERENCE

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FestivalDirector MalcolmPeinConferenceDirector JohnFoleyProgrammeDirector StefanLöfflerConferenceOrganiser TerezaPribanovaEventassistant AgnieszkaMilewskaWebsite AlexisHarakisConferencephotographer JohnUphamConferencevideographer KarelvanDelftHiltonConferenceManager IreneLucena

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