IAVI:Seminar: investment training for real estate agents - investment in the stock market; economics of the property market; developments in investment products; personal finance and mortgages. Speakers: Brian O'Loughlin, financial consultant and author; Jim Power, FIAVI, economist, Friends First; John Lowe, Providence Finance. October 22nd, Clarion Hotel, Sligo; October 25th, Ferrycarrig Hotel, Wexford.
Seminar: Northern Ireland region seminar. Building client relationships - the personal touch. Speaker: Wendy McCulla, Harbinson Mulholland. October 17th, 7.30pm, Dunadry Hotel.
Lunch: president's lunch, October 26th, 1pm. Speaker: Sir Gerry Robinson. Burlington Hotel. Booking: Anna Dalton, 01-6611794 or e-mail anna@iavi.ie.
IPAV
Event: graduation for part-time students: educational awards ceremony to AIT graduates of IPAV's certificate in auctioneering and estate agency course. October 25th at 4pm. Athlone Institute of Technology.
Meeting: education advisory committee. November 3rd, 10am. IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6785685.
Meeting: national executive council. November 9th, 4.30pm. IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6785685.
RIAI
Lectures: RIAI/UCD lectures series. Two CPD modules available. Construction legislation - October 15th, 22nd and November 5th. Procurement and contracts - November 12th, 19th, and 26th, and December 3rd and 10th. Bookings: louise.bannon@ucd.ie.
Course: energy performance of buildings directive (EPBD). Part A: introductory half-day seminar. October 17th, 9am (registration, presentation begins at 9.15am) to 1.30pm.
National Irish Safety Organisation
Course: safe pass training programme every Wednesday and Friday. National Irish Safety Organisation, A11 Calmount Pk, Ballymount, D12; Artane Beaumont Recreation Centre, Kilmore Rd, Artane, D5. Price: €120 plus €23 FÁS registration fee (NISO member) or €130 plus €23 FÁS registration fee (non-member). E-mail bookings@niso.ie or www.niso.ie.
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Conference: planning and design for heritage and development, October 11th and 12th. Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire. Topics: Berlin Wall, green technology, historic landscapes, saving Italian hilltop villages and protected structures. Details: Tim Carey, heritage officer at 01-2054868. E-mail: tcarey@dlrcoco.ie or www.dlrcoco.ie/heritage/conference.
National Botanic Gardens
Exhibition: Sculpture in Context. Outdoor sculpture exhibition until October 20th, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, D9. Details: Ana Duncan at 087-6258258 or e-mail anaduncan@eircom.net.
Institute of Project Management
Course: project management passport. Starts Dublin, November 5th.
Course: project management framework. Dublin, November 19th and 20th.
Course: international certification. Details: 01 6614677. E-mail: info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.
Organic Centre
Course: tree seed collection - growing trees from seed. October 13th.
Course: grow your own mushrooms. October 21st.
Course: reed bed systems. October 27th.
Course: cooking and healing with wholefood. November 3rd.
Course: dying with natural colours. November 4th.
Course: natural paints - how to make and use them. November 10th.
Course: basket making - frame baskets. November 10th and 11th.
Course: introduction to micro hydro. November 11th.
Course: humanure workshop. November 17th.
Course: hedge establishment. November 24th.
All courses from 10am to 5pm and cost €85. Details: 071-9854338 or e-mail info@theorganiccentre.ie.
Dublin Civic Trust
CPD: maintenance, repair and replacement of traditional sash windows. October 16th.
CPD: timber decay - identification and treatment. Speaker: Dr Brian Ridout, consultant to English Heritage and author of Timber Decay in Buildings. October 23rd, Dublin Civic Trust, 4 Castle St, D2. Tel: 01-4756911 (contact Kerry for bookings). E-mail: info@dublincivictrust.ie.
Society of Chartered Surveyors
Conference: SCS annual conference where next for development - sustainable land use and urban development. November 8th, 8am to 1pm, Four Seasons Hotel. Details: Tony Smith, Chief Executive, SCS. 01 6765500. Email: tsmith@scs.ie or Sandra McDowell, 0402 21576 or email: mcdpr@indigo.ie
Dinner: annual dinner. November 23rd, 8pm, Burlington Hotel.
CPD: speaker Zoe O'Connor, SCS. Today, 6.30pm (tea and biscuits from 6pm). Davenport Hotel.
Seminar: arbitrations seminar. November 28th, UCD.
Irish Planning Institute
Conference: autumn conference 2007 best practice in development plan and development management - an introduction to the new guidelines. October 23rd, Gresham Hotel, O'Connell St, D1. Tel: 01-8788630 or e-mail info@irishplanninginstitute.ie.
Dinner: annual dinner, November 9th, Clarence Hotel, D2. E-mail: social@irishplanninginstitute.ie.
Irish Architectural Foundation
Event: open house Dublin 2007 - living architecture. October 19th until October 21st. See www.architecturefoundation.ie.
Irish Complementary Education Systems
CPD: property discovery programme. Four-week programme two-and-a-half hours per week. Certified for architects, engineers, planners, surveyors, managers, corporate directorate, accountants, solicitors, estate agents, auctioneers, valuers, mortgage, life insurance and pension brokers. October 18th: Springfort Hall, Mallow, Co Cork. November 8th: Grand Canal Hotel, D4. November 19th: Menlow Park Hotel, Galway. Programmes commence at 6.30pm. Contact: Darrell O'Dea at 087-2925067 or e-mail: darrell@theicesgroup.com.
Construction Industry Federation
Dinner: Master Builders & Contractors Association (MBCA) annual dinner. November 16th, Burlington Hotel, Dublin.
Seminar: Irish Home Builders Association (IHBA) business seminar. Plan Expo, RDS, November 8th.
Dinner: Irish Home Builders Association (IHBA) annual dinner dance. December 14th, Burlington Hotel, Dublin.
Dinner: Construction Industry Federation north-east branch dinner dance. December 7th, Trim Castle Hotel, Trim, Co Meath. Details: Cathal Lee 01-4066088.
Organisations should send entries to Mary Hetherington before noon on Thursday for inclusion the following Thursday. Telephone 01 675 8000; fax: 01 675 8037;
