09:00-09:50                            Registration 

10:00-11:00                            Opening Ceremony

• Speech – Mr. Armen Ashotyan, Minister of Education and Science of RA

• Speech – Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, FIDE President

• Speech – Mr. Smbat Lputyan, President of Chess Academy of Armenia

11:00-11:30                            Coffee Break

                                               *Visit to N71 or N20 Schools

11:30-13:30                                           PLENARY SESSION REPORTS – Part 1

RUBEN AGHUZUMTSYAN (Armenia)

PhD in Psychology, Professor, Head of Chair of Psychology of Management, Public Administration Academy of RA

COAUTHOR

SONA POGHOSYAN (Armenia)  

Junior Researcher, Public Administration Academy of RA

“The impact of chess lesson on formation and development of the students” - (15 minutes)

KRISTINE TANAJYAN (Armenia)
Lecturer, Faculty of Psychology and Social Pedagogy, Armenian   State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan
COAUTHOR
NELLI MELKONYAN (Armenia)
Lecturer, Faculty of Psychology and Social Pedagogy, Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan

COAUTHOR

SIRARPI MOVSISYAN

Faculty of Psychology and Social Pedagogy, Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan

“Chess as a social value” - (15 minutes)                 

RADISLAV ATANASSOV (Bulgaria)

National Sports Academy, Assistant Head Professor, In Charge of the Chess Sector, President of Chess at Schools Committee at Bulgarian Chess Federation

“Study of the influence of chess training on mental development of students” - (15 minutes)

SAMVEL MISAKYAN (Armenia)                    

Methodologist, Professor of the Chair of Chess and Sports, Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan

COAUTHOR

HEGHINE KHACHATRYAN (Armenia)

Associate professor, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of Preschool Education, Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan

“Teaching chess in Elementary Schools” – (15 minutes)

13:30-15:00                          Lunch

15:00-16:45                          PLENARY SESSION REPORTS – Part 2

FERNANDO MORENO (USA)

NCC, School Counselor, JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres ES

“C.H.E.S.S. “Chess helps every student succeed”. Developing socio-emotional skills for all students not only the tournament players” - (15 minutes)

JESPER HALL (Sweden)

FIDE Senior Trainer and Project leader Chess in Schools Sweden, Swedish Chess Federation

“The most important player in a school chess tournament is the one who scores least!” - (15 minutes)

MALOLA PRASATH (India)

Director for Research, Foundation for Learning Research in Chess, FIDE Secretary, Higher Education & Research, CiS

“Rethinking the opportunity of chess-in-schools in the context of global innovation in education” - (15 minutes)

VLADIMIR KARAPETYAN (Armenia)

Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan 

COAUTHOR

ARMINE KHACHATRYAN (Armenia)

Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Lecturer of Chair ″Age and Pedagogical Psychology″, Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan,Chess Research Laboratory  

COAUTHOR

ANGELA SARGSYAN (Armenia)

Lecturer of Chair ″Age and Pedagogical Psychology″, Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan, Chess Research Laboratory

“The study of chess activity strategic projects as an experimental platform for the dynamic development of education system” (part 1), “Chess Research Laboratory” (part 2) - (15 minutes)

YERVANT ZORIAN (Armenia)

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, Founder and President of Armenian Virtual College

“Online chess learning and teaching programs at AGBU Armenian Virtual College” - (15 minutes) 

TATYANA OGNEVA (Russia)

Teacher, Chess School “ETUD”

“Important aspects for preparing chess program for children”- (15 minutes)

16:45-17:00                                      Coffee Break

17:00-18:00                                      Questions and Answers

18 October, 2014

10:00-11:00                                      PANEL DISCUSSIONS – Part 1

ROBERTO TRINCHERO (Italy)

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Education, University of Turin

COAUTHOR

ALESSANDRO DOMINICI (Italy)

Federal Instructor, Member of the Italian Chess in Schools Commission

“Chess in school can improve math ability? Differences between instructor training and teacher training from an experiment in Italian primary schools. ”- (15 minutes)

MAGDALENA ZIELIŃSKA (Poland)

Coordinator of the Project, Polish Chess Federation

“Education through chess in school-introduction and teachers' training program”- (15 minutes)

MADS JACOBSEN (Denmark)

MA, Secretary General, Danish Scholastic Chess Federation

COAUTHOR

JAKOB RATHLEV (Denmark)

PhD, President, Danish Scholastic Chess Federation

“The Danish model of scholastic chess - now in 20% of all schools” - (15 minutes)

11:00-11:30                            Coffee Break

11:30-13:00                            PANEL DISCUSSIONS – Part 2

 KOSTANTINOS GIOUVANTSIOUDIS (Greece)

Member of Greek Chess Committee of School Chess, FIDE Instructor, International Arbiter, Candidate Master

“The playful activities” - (15 minutes)

 WALTER RADLER (Germany)

President of the German Chess in Schools Foundation

“8 x 8 = 64 School chess ideas from German” - (15 minutes)

ALEXANDER KOSTYEV (Russia)

Deputy Chairman of CIS, President ISCU, Director of International Center of Chess Education in RSSU/PhD

“Research in the field of chess pedagogics and organizational forms of developing chess in the schools” - (15 minutes) 

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - (45 minutes)

13:00-14:30                            Lunch

14:30-16:30                            Discussion Sessions in 4 Groups:

• Organizational Activities/Sociological Research
• Psychological Research
• Chess Research Laboratory

• Distance/Virtual Teaching and Teacher Training

16:30-17:00                             Coffee Break

17:00-18:00                             Questions and Answers

18:45                                       Gala Dinner