Conference Host

Organizing Committee

Local Organizers

Cynthia Kempe-Schönfeld

Europäische Spielesammler Gilde

First president of the Europäische Spielesammler Gilde (until 2016), historian, former keeper and director of the Deutschen Spiele museums of Chemnitz.

Thomas Kempe

SIS - Saxon Institute for Play

Together with his wife Cynthia, in 2020 founded the Saxon Institute for Play, which promote studies and researches on the educational implications on games and play.

Remote Organizing Committee

Tiago Hirth

University of Lisbon -Ph.D. Student at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Tiago Hirth has helped organise various conferences and events, his main academic interests reside in maths, recreations and informal education.

Ilaria Truzzi

University or Reading

Ilaria is a Ph.D. candidate in classical archaeology at the University of Reading and her project focuses on gaming practices in Roman Spain.

Marco Tibaldini

University of Genoa

Subject Expert at the University of Genoa, department of Education; board member of Clio '92 and member of the pool of experts of the Observatory on History Teaching of the Council of Europe.

Scientific Comittee

Ulrich Schädler

Former Director of the Musée Suisse du Jeu

Ulrich Schädler is considered the greatest expert of graeco-roman board games.

Alex De Voogt

Professor at the Drew University

Associate professor at Drew University with a particular interest in Mancala games.

Thierry Depaulis

President of the International Playing Cards Society.

Studied playing cards and board games for long and currently is considered the greatest expert of playing cards and card games.

Jorge Nuno Silva

Former Professor at the University of Lisbon

Jorge Nuno Silva teaches mathematics at the University of Lisbon, but his contribution to Game Studies is not limited to this field.

Fatih Parlak

Cappadocia University

Assistant Professor at Cappadocia University (Türkiye), head of the department of English Literature and editor of the Board Game Studies Journal.