Welcome to the Chess in the Schools and Communities International Conference
University of Aberdeen
Kings College Conference Centre
August 30th – September 1st 2007
The University of Aberdeen’s School of Education, Aberdeen City Council and Scottish Junior Chess, in alliance with a number of National Chess Federations, are hosting this international conference which will explore and share ideas emerging from recent academic and practitioner research, project evaluation and policy in the field of chess development in education.
The main aims of the conference will be to explore the particular contribution of chess play within the school and home environment to the development of thinking skills, health and well being and the creative imagination of children and young people.
Keynote Speakers:
• Susan Polgar, (Chess Grand Master) The first woman in chess history to break the gender barrier, founder of the Susan Polgar Foundation for chess education for young people of all ages, especially girls, and Executive Director for SPICE at Texas Tech University.
• Jonathan Rowson, (Chess Grand Master) British Chess Champion and Doctoral Student at the University of Bristol
• Marley Kaplan, Chief Executive Officer, Chess in the Schools, New York
• Virginia Morrow, Reader at the Institute of Education, University of London
• Dr Kate Philip, Senior Research Fellow with the Rowan Group, University of Aberdeen
• Dr Steve Tobias, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
• Janet Shucksmith, Professor in Public Health at the University of Teesside and Associate Director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
• Prof. Fernand Gobet, Professor in Public Health at the University of Teesside
• Fernando Moreno NCC, NCSC, LCADC, Bilingual Counselor. Broad Acres Elementary School MCPS
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I’m looking forward to this conference. I think it help create many good ideas.