Thanks to the ASE community who helped in a variety of ways with the Conference, by organising sessions, putting together individual programmes, presenting, chairing and helping with the smooth running of the four days. This special issues gives you an overview of some the the take home lessons from the largest science education event in Europe. Including: - top tweets - lessons from our international day - what schools shared in the schools' exhibition - beyond the frontier expert lectures - practical sessions - snapshot of the exhibition - and lots more highlights!