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 http://www.gosymposium.org AND LOOK FOR THE BUTTON OR GO DIRECTLY TO http://www.gosymposium.org/broadcast.html
SCHEDULE

A = Attending Congress
S = Skype presentation

Saturday Aug. 4

9:00 Chen Zuyuan History S
The Evolution of Japanese Territory and Chinese Area Scoring Since the Tang Dynasty
9:45 Jacques Basaldua Computer S
Advances in M-eval: A Multivariate Evaluation Function for Opening Positions in Computer Go
10:30 Peter Schumer Teaching A
Design of a College Go Course
11:15 Israel Rodriguez Nava Culture S
Cultural Considerations in the Spread of Go in Western Countries

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00 Bill Spight Go Theory S
How to Estimate Territory: Research into the Influence of Immortal, Partially Immortal, and Dead Stones, and the Estimation of Territory on the 3x3 Board
1:45 Francois van Niekerk Computer S
New Work on MCTS Parallelisatio
2:10 Peter Shotwell History
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
2:15 Peter Shotwell History
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
2:30 Dalsoo, Kim History A
A Study of Flower (Star) Points in Go and Other Games
3:15 Kyle Blocher Go Theory A
The Value of Moves: Sente, Gote, and Combinatorial Game Theory
4:00 Ichiro Tanioka History
The Origin of 19×19 Go-boards in China
4:45 Dae-won Suh Greeting

7:30 Nolan Bushnell Keynote Speech
Peter Armenia
Paul Celmer
Peter Freedman
Moving Go From the Cultural Backgrouond to Center Stage




Sunday August 5

9:00 Thomas Wolf Go Theory S
Basic Seki in Go
9:45 Chen Zu-yan Poetry S
The Art of Black and White: Weiqi in Chinese Poetry
10:30 Roxanna Duntley-Matos Education and Community Organization A
"Playing Under and Pushing Through the Stones": Privileging Transnational Go Network Formation and Minority Leadership from Lower to Higher Education.
11:15 Peter Shotwell History
The Origins of Go Strategies in Classical Chinese Grammar

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:30 A Panel Discussion on Go in China Today:
Marc Moskowitz A
Wei Qi Wonders: Conversations About the Game of Go in China (Film)
and
The Challenges of Categorization for an Increasingly Globalized Game
Stephanie Mingming Yin (China 1-dan Professional) A
Experiences in Growing Up in the Profession and Observations on the Chinese Methods of Education Joshua A. Guarino (Go Congress Japanese-English Interpreter) A
Cross-cultural memoirs
Peter Shotwell (Go Historian)
Go in China 1985
2:30 Hotta Yumi A
Hikaru no Go creator – Interview
Paul Barchilon (Vice-President and Youth Coordinator, American Go Foundation: 2006 Teacher of the Year) A
Akane Negishi (Translator)
3:15 Terry Benson Rules/Attitudes A
Spreading Go - Rules and Attitudes Which Make That Hard
A Panel Discussion on Go on How to Start a Go Program in Your Community
Moderated by Roy Laird, PhD, LCSW-R (Program Director, New York City Children’s Aid Society)
Play Go and Grow: Why Every School and Library Should Have a Go Program A
Paul Barchilon (Vice-President and Youth Coordinator, American Go Foundation: 2006 Teacher of the Year)
Developing Youth Programs
Peter Freedman, PhD (Portland, Oregon Children's go organizer); 2011 Portland and Mexico Children’s Tournament) A
Teaching Children to Become Go Players
Siddhartha Avila (Program Director, Mexican Youth Go Community; Univ. of Michigan Cultural Ambassador Go Program) A
The Art of Go in Education and Presentation of the International Children’s Go Art Contest