ISCF CCA Conference: Smart Moves Americas – Governments That Think Ahead

🧠 ISCF CCA Conference – Smart Moves Americas: Governments That Think Ahead

📅 12 August 2026
📍 Cariari Country Club, Heredia, Costa Rica

A high-level ministerial and institutional conference held within the FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship 2026 – American Continental Stage, bringing together government leaders, education authorities, international organizations, chess federations, schools, and academic institutions to advance chess as a public policy for education.

🌎 8+ countries represented, including Costa Rica 🇨🇷, United States 🇺🇸, Guyana 🇬🇾, Barbados 🇧🇧, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴, El Salvador 🇸🇻, Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, and Spain 🇪🇸, with additional international delegations to be announced.

The programme includes:

• 🏛️ Ministerial and institutional panel discussions
• 🎤 Keynote presentations by international experts
• 🤝 High-level networking and policy dialogue
• ✍️ Regional cooperation initiatives and memorandum signing
• ♟️ Exchange of best practices in Chess in Education

Hosted by the International School Chess Federation (ISCF) and the Confederation of Chess for the Americas (CCA) in cooperation with FIDE.

🎟️ Registration is open. Places are limited.