THE GO SYMPOSIUM AT BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA, USA WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE SATURDAY AUG 4 9:00-5:00 AND SUNDAY AUG 5 9:00-8:30 USA EASTERN STANDARD TIME. IT WILL ALSO BE ARCHIVED LATER. GO TO <a href="http://www.gosymposium.org" target="_blank">www.gosymposium.org</a> AND LOOK FOR THE BUTTON OR GO DIRECTLY TO <a href="http://www.gosymposium.org/broadcast.html" target="_blank">http://www.gosymposium.org/broadcast.html</a><br>
SCHEDULE<br><br>A = Attending Congress<br>S = Skype presentation<br><br>Saturday Aug. 4<br><br>9:00 Chen Zuyuan History S <br>The Evolution of Japanese Territory and Chinese Area Scoring Since the Tang Dynasty <br>
9:45 Jacques Basaldua Computer S <br>
Advances in M-eval: A Multivariate Evaluation Function for Opening Positions in Computer Go<br>10:30 Peter Schumer Teaching A <br>Design of a College Go Course<br>11:15 Israel Rodriguez Nava Culture S <br>Cultural Considerations in the Spread of Go in Western Countries <br>
<br>12:00-1:00 Lunch <br><br>1:00 Bill Spight Go Theory S <br>How to Estimate Territory: Research into the Influence of Immortal, Partially Immortal, and Dead Stones, and the Estimation of Territory on the 3x3 Board<br>
1:45 Francois van Niekerk Computer S <br>New Work on MCTS Parallelisatio<br>2:10 Peter Shotwell History <br>A reading of the short version of "Historical Hypotheses and Facts About the Game of Go in Vietnam," a paper by Konstantin Bayraktarov of Bulgaria<br>
2:15 Peter Shotwell History <br>Some Notes on the Possible Origins in Ancient Greece and Rome (via Bactria) of the Tibetan Custodial Capture Game Mig Mang That Uses Go Stones and Boards <br>2:30 Dalsoo, Kim History A <br>
A Study of Flower (Star) Points in Go and Other Games<br>3:15 Kyle Blocher Go Theory A <br>The Value of Moves: Sente, Gote, and Combinatorial Game Theory<br>4:00 Ichiro Tanioka History<br>The Origin of 19×19 Go-boards in China<br>
4:45 Dae-won Suh Greeting<br><br>7:30 Nolan Bushnell Keynote Speech<br>Peter Armenia<br>Paul Celmer<br>Peter Freedman<br>Moving Go From the Cultural Backgrouond to Center Stage <br><br><br><br><br>Sunday August 5<br>
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9:00 Thomas Wolf Go Theory S <br>Basic Seki in Go<br>9:45 Chen Zu-yan Poetry S <br>The Art of Black and White: Weiqi in Chinese Poetry<br>10:30 Roxanna Duntley-Matos Education and Community Organization A<br>
"Playing Under and Pushing Through the Stones": Privileging Transnational Go Network Formation and Minority Leadership from Lower to Higher Education.<br>11:15 Peter Shotwell History<br>The Origins of Go Strategies in Classical Chinese Grammar<br>
<br>12:00-1:00 Lunch <br><br>1:00-2:30 A Panel Discussion on Go in China Today:<br>Marc Moskowitz A<br>Wei Qi Wonders: Conversations About the Game of Go in China (Film) <br>and<br>The Challenges of Categorization for an Increasingly Globalized Game <br>
Stephanie Mingming Yin (China 1-dan Professional) A<br>Experiences in Growing Up in the Profession and Observations on the Chinese Methods of Education Joshua A. Guarino (Go Congress Japanese-English Interpreter) A <br>
Cross-cultural memoirs<br>Peter Shotwell (Go Historian)<br>Go in China 1985<br>2:30 Hotta Yumi A<br>Hikaru no Go creator – Interview<br>Paul Barchilon (Vice-President and Youth Coordinator, American Go Foundation: 2006 Teacher of the Year) A<br>
Akane Negishi (Translator)<br>3:15 Terry Benson Rules/Attitudes A<br>Spreading Go - Rules and Attitudes Which Make That Hard<br>A Panel Discussion on Go on How to Start a Go Program in Your Community<br>Moderated by Roy Laird, PhD, LCSW-R (Program Director, New York City Children’s Aid Society) <br>
Play Go and Grow: Why Every School and Library Should Have a Go Program A<br>Paul Barchilon (Vice-President and Youth Coordinator, American Go Foundation: 2006 Teacher of the Year) <br>Developing Youth Programs<br>Peter Freedman, PhD (Portland, Oregon Children's go organizer); 2011 Portland and Mexico Children’s Tournament) A <br>
Teaching Children to Become Go Players<br>Siddhartha Avila (Program Director, Mexican Youth Go Community; Univ. of Michigan Cultural Ambassador Go Program) A<br>The Art of Go in Education and Presentation of the International Children’s Go Art Contest <br>
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