Thank you for registering to attend the 2026 AHH / BHS Drayton Manor Conference!
We are running 4 different workshops in the 2026 event.
How will it work?
The workshops will all be run once on Saturday and once on Sunday in parallel sessions - so each delegate can attend one from the four on each day.
The workshops are included in the ticket pricing - there is no extra charge for attending these.
How to book
Please enter your email address below (this must be the email address that we contacted you about booking these workshops) and select which workshop you'd like to book for each day.
The maximum number of participants for each workshop is 25, so book in early to get your first choices!
The closing date for booking workshops is Monday 16th March.
Workshops:
Exotics Vet Q&A
Great opportunity to chat with an exotics qualified Vet
Dr Marie Kubiak of Evolution Exotics will lead an open Q&A session about reptile health and wellbeing - a great opportunity to direct your questions to an exotics specialist veterinarian
Herp Lighting Lab
Gain some hands on experience in herp lighting set ups!
Tom Griffiths of Tomaskas will lead this popular interactive workshop where teams will have the chance to build a lighting rig for a surprise reptile or amphibian. Learn about lighting layouts, lamp choices, and thermostat use, through a bit of fun!
A great way to engage in CPD for stores and zoo workers, and to get feedback from a Professional Lighting Consultant. Some individuals will need to use a drill, but there's absolutely no experience necessary. Suitable for beginners and experts alike!
Sunlight Power Density
Catch up with the latest thinking and techniques in this emerging topic!
Roman Muryn will again lead this workshop on the importance of lighting energy to captive herptiles, covering methods of measurement and application:
A practical use of the sunlight Power Density meter (ISM 400) demonstrating measuring sunlight light, then finding data on the web, and applying that knowledge to an enclosure
"We shall take a reading outside, chase it up on the web. We will compare what we measured with what we forecast and then make decisions on how we would set up lighting intensities in a vivarium based on best practices. On the day we could extend the idea for a Bearded Dragon or any animal.
There will be technical content such that keepers with animals knowledge gaps can add to their data armoury when they get home or to their collection.
A tool has been developed that enables readings to be mapped on a pc and an iso-irradiance/illuminance charts to be produced and shared easily - this will be shared."
New data and information gathered in 2025 will be presented together with a new keeper-friendly guidance chart.
Rock Work with Aquatect
Opportunity for hands on experience creating rock themed backgrounds for vivaria!
James Dale, Director of Aquatect will be running a rock theming workshop. You will learn how to create realistic rock themed backgrounds for your vivariums and enclosures using concrete and a range of techniques to texture and colour it.