Children's services leaders gathered at the Association of Directors of Children's Services annual conference to debate the key issues affecting children, young people and families, and hear from policy makers about their vision for the future.
Here are the main talking points from the event.
Improving the care system
Children and families minister Edward Timpson outlined what the government's key priorities will be over the coming parliament.
Although short on detail, Timpson told directors that key reforms to children's social care will be taken "to a whole new level" over the coming years.
On system reforms, Timpson said more needs to be done to speed up the adoption process and reduce delays to finding vulnerable children permanent homes.
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