March 12–14 2026

March 12 – Thursday, 2026

Venue: Sala Lisboa, Pestana Casino Park

08:00 – Secretariat opens – Participant registration
09:00 – Performative moment
09:15 – Official opening session

10:30 – Keynote Lecture
Rhoda Bernard (Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education, USA)
Arts Education, Accessibility and Inclusion in Contemporary Education

11:30 – Coffee break

12:00 – Keynote Lecture
Helena Caspurro (University of Aveiro)
Ecologies of artistic creation germinated in music: Paluí in the construction of transdisciplinary practices between education and society

13:00 – Lunch break

Venue: Conservatory – School of the Arts of Madeira

14:00 – Parallel paper presentation sessions
15:30–17:00 – Workshops – Session 1
17:00–18:30 – Workshops – Session 2
18:30 – End of activities

March 13 – Friday, 2026

Venue: Sala Lisboa, Pestana Casino Park

08:00 – Secretariat opens
09:00 – Performative moment

09:30 – Keynote Lecture
Teresa Eça (President of APECV; Researcher at the Arts, Community and Education Research Group – GriArCE)
Towards participatory democracy: building communities of affection through artistic practice

11:00 – Keynote Workshop
Helena Caspurro (University of Aveiro)
Ecologies of artistic creation germinated in music: Paluí in the construction of transdisciplinary practices between education and society

13:00 – Lunch break

Venue: Conservatory – School of the Arts of Madeira

14:00 – Parallel paper presentation sessions
15:30–17:00 – Workshops – Session 3
17:00–18:30 – Workshops – Session 4
18:30 – End of activities 

20:30 – Congress Dinner (registration open – HERE)*
*Limited to 60 participants (Price: €17)

March 14 – Saturday, 2026

 

Venue: Conservatory – School of the Arts of Madeira

08:30 – Secretariat opens
10:10 – Performative moment

10:30 – Round Table: 50 Years of Autonomy and its Impact on Education in Madeira

12:00 – Performative Moment
13:00 – End of congress 

18:00 – Concert – Junyan Chen, Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias (Madeira Music Festival)
Special price: €15 – subject to seat availability (not counted towards training hours)
Registration HERE – tickets must be paid for and collected at Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias by March 12.