The third biannual Brathay Youth Conference focused on ways to help young people negotiate the key transitions in their lives and the role of informal and experiential learning in such strategies. This document summarizes speeches, workshops, and research reports presented at the conference. The speeches were (1) welcome and introduction (Steve Lenartowicz); (2) keynote speech on British government policies and programs supporting young people in transition, specifically the new Connexions Service (Ivan Lewis); (3) "Powerful Learning, Powerful Teaching and Powerful Schools" (David Hopkins); (4) "Learning beyond the Classroom" (Tom Bentley); (5) "Opening Up Learning Pathways: A Brain-Based Approach to Transitions" (Maggie Farrar); (6) "Fast Forward: A Video Made by Young People at the DfES Summer Activities Programme"; (7) "Young People at the Centre" (Gervase Phinn); and (8) "Learning To Learn in Practice" (Alistair Smith). Workshop topics included various adventure-based and experiential programs to promote youth development, support and empower young people in times of transition, and teach critical skills. Poster presentations of research focused on the influence of gender and body on young women's career transitions, effects of Outward Bound participation on underachieving secondary students, the chaotic transitions of disadvantaged school-leavers, young people's reasoning behind different transitional choices, and the links between educational outcomes and personal and social development during outdoor experiential learning. Appendices present background on Brathay, presenters' biographies, a list of attendees, and the conference program. (SV)