The International Go Symposium kicks off a full schedule of presentations on the history and culture of the game of go at 9a (EST) 
Saturday morning in Washburn Hall at the US Go Congress in Black Mountain, NC. The Symposium – sponsored by the International Go Federation, the American Go Foundation and the American Go Association — will also be streamed live online. Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, the first computer game maker, will deliver the event’s keynote speech at 7:30p. photo: Symposium organizer Peter Shotwell (in flowered shirt) and Symposium Videographer Terry Benson (in cap) setting up Friday; photo by Chris Garlock
International Go Symposium Schedule for Saturday, August 4 (the second and final day is Sunday, August 5); A = Attending Congress; S = Skype presentation
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 IsraelRodriguez Nava Culture S
Cultural Considerations in the Spread of Go in Western Countries
12:00-1:00 Lunch break
1:00 Bill Spight Go Theory S
How to EstimateTerritory: Research into the Influence of Immortal, Partially Immortal, and Dead Stones, and the Estimation of Territory on the 3×3 Board
1:45 Francois van Niekerk Computer S
New Work on MCTS Parallelisatio
2:10 Peter Shotwell Culture
A reading of the short version of “Historical Hypotheses and Facts About the Game of Go inVietnam,” a paper by Konstantin Bayraktarov of Bulgaria
2:15 Peter Shotwell Culture
Some Notes on the Possible Origins in Ancient Greeceand 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 inChina
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
