Margaret Sutherland was a Keynote speaker at the International conference, Potential Development and Gifted Education on 1 November 2013 at the Behavioural Science Institute and the Center for the Study of Giftedness, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, a partner of the University of Glasgow within the International Research Universities Network. She spoke of how countries across the globe are considering how to provide education for all. In 2000 the Dutch Government published a policy document called Education in Place: Power and Creativity for the Knowledge Society. At the same time the Standards in Scotland’s Schools Act (2000) talked about ‘the development of the personality, talents and mental and physical abilities of the child or young person to their fullest potential’.  Such initiatives would seem to offer a good starting point for catering for the gifted and talented. Her presentation considered some of the national documentation that has developed in both the Netherlands and Scotland since the start of the new millennium. She argued that while strong policies are vital it is also crucial that educators have knowledge and understanding about inclusive education if we are to ensure that meeting the needs of all, including the gifted and talented, become a reality in our schools.