The British Herpetological Society

2024 Drayton Manor Conference on Reptile and Amphibian Care and Breeding

A late News posting but important ....the combined efforts of the BHS and AHH teams resulted in another very successful conference back in March. This has now become firmly established as a major, international event with speakers and delegates typically coming from mainland Europe and the U.S. as well as the UK.

We tried a new format for the conference - tables laid out in the room 'cabaret' style - which was positively received by everyone but does limit the room attendance to 180 maximum.....and we were close to that this year. Overall, the venue facility works very well for us with sponsors having a dedicated , large room adjacent to the main one where the talks take place.

A report on the event is included in the latest Natterjack edition, link here: Natterjack

We were very fortunate to have Jerry Fife from the U.S. as our keynote speaker this year - Jerry gave two great talks and also created a video about the conference which can be seen here: Conference Video

Link to the event program is here: 2024 Conference Program

Huge thanks to all our wonderful speakers and also of course to all our sponsors who helped make the conference possible:

Drayton Manor Resort

ZooMed

ExoTerra

Reptile Systems

Arcadia

Peregrine

PALS

Safe4

Grieg Smith Travels

Reptile Zone

Snakes n Adders

 

The 2025 Conference is planned for the weekend of March 15th / 16th - the website event page is here: 2025 DM Conference

The organising team are hard at work booking speakers and securing sponorship - details and booking options will be added to the page as soon as they become available - in the meantime, save the date!