The Lisbon session of the national seminar "40 Years of the Basic Law of the Education System: Between Legacy and Possible Futures" took place on 14 and 15 October at the Agostinho da Silva Auditorium, under the High Patronage of the President of the Republic, and brought together around 100 participants.

The opening session featured the Orquestra Geração and addresses by António Teodoro, Director of CeiED; Amélia Lopes, President of the Portuguese Society of Educational Sciences; and José de Bragança Miranda, Rector of Universidade Lusófona. The plenary conference, on the process and outcomes of drafting the 1986 Basic Law, was delivered by Bártolo Paiva Campos, rapporteur of the parliamentary subcommittee that prepared the legislation. The programme also included three panels and ten paper sessions over the two days, with the participation of political and institutional leaders, among them the President of the National Education Council (CNE), António Pedro Barbas Homem.

Promoted by CeiED, CIE-UMa (University of Madeira) and CIEP (University of Évora), the seminar continues with the following sessions:

• 19 October, Funchal: regional autonomy, European integration and the teaching profession
• 29 October, Évora: curriculum, culture and challenges of the education system
• 30 October, Porto: education, qualification, social justice and governance