Programme

 

25th February 2009


9.30/10.00 Welcome Address

by prof. Roberto Rivello, President of the Piedmont Committee of Italian Chess Federation
by Ms. Giovanna Pentenero, Assessore all’Istruzione e alla Formazione professionale, Regione Piemonte, Piedmont Region
by Mr. Ali Nihat Yazici, (President of Turkish Chess Federation, FIDE Vice-President)
by Mr. Flavio Brugnoli, Coordinator of the institutional activities of the Compagnia di San Paolo
by Mr. Francesco De Sanctis, Direttore generale dell’Ufficio Scolastico Regionale del Piemonte, (Piedmont Scholastic Office)
by Mr. Luigi Saragnese, Assessore alle risorse educative, Città di Torino, (City of Turin)
by Giuliano Nozzoli, Dirigente del Comune di Torino
by Mr. Enrico Gallina, MSP – Piemonte

10.10/10.40 Introductive Remarks
by Mr. Gianpietro Pagnoncelli, President of Italian Chess Federation (FSI)
by Mr. Piero Angela, (Scientific Journalist – RAI) (video contribution from Rome)
by Prof. Uvencio Blanco H. (Chairman of the FIDE Committee on Chess in Schools)

PLENARY SESSION 1 – THE ROLE OF CHESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALITY
Time: 11.00 – 13.00
Chair: prof. Roberto Rivello (University of Turin, President of the Organizing Committee, Chairman of the FIDE Ethics Commission)
Keynote Speakers:
Ms. Marley J. Kaplan (Presidente e Direttore Generale della Commissione Scacchi a Scuola di New York) Rafforzare le capacità di successo nei bambini: gli Scacchi nelle scuole a New York
Mr. Ali Nihat Yazici (Presidente della Federazione Scacchistica Turca, Vice-Presidente della FIDE) Gli scacchi a scuola, il successo dell’esperienza turca.
Umberto Magnoni (Direttore di I.T.E.R. – Città di Torino), Gli scacchi a scuola, l'esperienza di Torino


PLENARY SESSION 2 – TEACHING CHESS IN SCHOOLS: A COMPARISON AMONG DIFFERENT METHODS AND EXPERIENCES – I
Time: 14.30 – 16.00, 16.30 – 19.00 (16.00 - 16.20: Coffee Break)

Chair: Damir Levacic (International Master, Member of the ECU Board, President of the Mediterranean Chess Association)
Keynote Speakers:
Mr. Goran Antunac (Maestro Internazionale, Federazione Scacchistica Croata), Mr. Milan Brigljevic (Federazione Scacchistica Croata), Gli scacchi e lo sviluppo della personalità.
Marcello Perrone (Italian Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Italian Experience
Jérôme Mauffras (Académie de Créteil - France), Chess in Schools, the French Experience
Graham Lee (Maestro FIDE, Federazione Inglese Scacchi), Chess in Schools, the English Experience
Alessandro Dominici (Italian Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Piedmont Experience
Paola Russo (FSI Instructor), Chess for very young Students: a Psicomotricity Experience
Damir Levacic (French Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the French Experience

26th February 2009


PLENARY SESSION 3 – THE ROLE OF CHESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COGNITIVE CAPACITIES
Time: 9.30 – 11.00, 11.20 – 13.00 (11.00/11.20: Coffee Break)

Chair: prof. Uvencio BLANCO H. (Chairman of the FIDE Committee on Chess in Schools)
Keynote Speakers:
Mr. Ali Nihat Yazici (Presidente della Federazione Scacchistica Turca, Vice-Presidente della FIDE)
prof. Fernand Gobet (Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Expertise at Brunel University, West London)
prof. Philippe Chassy (Researcher on Psychology – University of Toulouse)
Alessandro Spedale Assessore alla cultura di Cuneo
Alessandro Dominici (Italian Chess Federation), A software to teach chess
prof. Roberto Trinchero (Professor of Experimental Pedagogy at the Faculty of Forming Sciences of the University of Turin)
prof. Domenico Parisi (Chairman of the Italian Association of Cognitive Sciences, works at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the CNR - Rome)



PLENARY SESSION 4 – TEACHING CHESS IN SCHOOLS: A COMPARISON AMONG DIFFERENT METHODS AND EXPERIENCES – I
Time: 14.30 – 16.30

Chair: Damir Levacic
Keynote Speakers:
Walter Radler (President of the German Chess in Schools Foundation) Chess in Schools, the German Experience
Igor Glek (Grande Maestro, Segretario generale dell’Associazione degli Scacchisti Professionisti), I tornei di scacchi per i ragazzi e le ragazze nelle scuole: come rafforzare la motivazione ad imparare e a giocare a scacchi
Ms. Gihan El Sahhar (Egyptian Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Egyptian Experience
Rikard Medancic (Croatian Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Croatian Experience


TEACHING CHESS IN SCHOOLS: A COMPARISON AMONG DIFFERENT METHODS AND EXPERIENCES – III
Time: 16.45 – 19.00
Chair: Maurizio Perrone
Keynote Speakers:
Sebastiano Paulesu (FSI Instructor), The Ideographic Method
Carlo Alberto Cavazzoni (FSI Instructor), The Castle of Chess
Alexander Wild (FSI Instructor), Basic Chess Teaching
Carmelo Sgarito (Istruttore FSI), Gli scacchi e la scrittura creativa
Carmela Di Mauro (Istruttrice FSI)
Giuseppe Sgrò (Psicologo)

27th February 2009


CONCLUSIVE PLENARY SESSION
Time: 9.30 – 11.00, 11.20 – 13.00 (11.00/11.20: Coffee Break)
Chair: prof. Fernand Gobet (Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Expertise at Brunel University, West London)
Keynote Speakers:
Ms. Tian Hongwei (Chinese Chess Federation), Chess in Schools, the Chinese Experience
Mr. Lexi Ortega (Grandmaster, Cuba/ITA) Chess in Schools, the Cuban Experience
Mr. Olivier Letreguilly (FIDE Master, Director of the publishing house “Olibris”), Chess experience in La Réunion Island (Indian Ocean), Chess books as a support for progress for youth.
Ms. Marley J. Kaplan (President & Chief Executive Officer, Chess-in-the-Schools, New York), Chess in the schools in New York: Methodologies and Practice
Prof. Filippo Spagnolo (University of Palermo) – Mr. Giuliano d’Eredità (University of Palermo), Chess and Mathematics Education
Mr. Antonio Rosino (FIDE Master, Venice), Skill to do comes from doing
prof. Roberto Rivello, President of the Piedmont Committee of Italian Chess Federation
Dr. Franco Ferraresi (Dirigente Settore Sport Regione Piemonte), Sports and Chess in Piedmont Region

Conclusive Remarks: Fernand Gobet, Marcello Perrone, Uvencio Blanco, Roberto Rivello