Conference Programme

To view the full conference programme and to access a number of key note speeches delivered at the conference please click on the relevant attachments.

Conference partners were delighted that so many high profile speakers attended this year's event. Please see below for the full list of speakers:

- Rhian Huws Williams, CEO, Care Council for Wales
- Peter Ridsdale, Chairman, Cardiff City Football Club
- Rt. Hon. Rhodri Morgan AM, First Minister, Welsh Assembly Government
- Gwenda Thomas AM, Deputy Minister for Social Services, Welsh Assembly Government
- Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Children, Education, Life Long Learning and Skills, Welsh Assembly Government
- Mario Kreft, CEO Honorary, Care Forum Wales
- Yvonne Rogers, Director, Barnardo's Cymru
- Neelam Bhardwaja, President, ADSS Cymru

Conference partners would also like to thank those who took part in the safeguarding children panel and also the social services political question time panel:

- Robert Pickford, Chief Inspector, CSSIW
- Keith Ingham, Director of Children's Health and Social Services Policy, Welsh Assembly Government
- Gerry Evans, Director of Workforce Regulation and Standards, Care Council for Wales
- Keith Towler, Children's Commissioner for Wales
- Cllr. Meryl Gravell OBE, Presiding Officer and Spokesperson for Health & Social Services, WLGA
- Gwenda Thomas AM, Deputy Minister for Social Services, Welsh Assembly Government
- Andrew R. T. Davies AM, Spokesperson for Health & Social Services, Welsh Conservative Party
- Peter Black AM, Spokesperson for Health & Social Services, Welsh Liberal Democrats Party
- Helen Mary Jones AM, Deputy Leader, Plaid Cymru, and Chair of the Children & Young People's Committee