This seminar is the second in a series which brings togetherpractitioners, researchers and policy-makers who are committed toenhancing the development of the teaching profession. After the successof the 2012 seminar on the Future of the Teaching Profession, theagreement to hold a second demonstrates a shared recognition thatsystem-wide teacher policies are vital to the success of education inevery country. The seminars are intended to strengthen the discourse onthe future of teaching and teachers and are held prior to theInternational Summits, whose focus is at a government and teacherorganization level. For this reason this year's seminar planning groupof Open Society Foundation, LfL: the Cambridge Network at the Universityof Cambridge, Education International, and the Organisation for EconomicCo-operation and Development also included representatives from theDutch Ministry which is hosting the 2013 Summit.