Diary

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 9th, Radisson Hotel, Limerick; October 22nd, Clarion Hotel, Sligo; October 25th, Ferrycarrig Hotel, Wexford.

Lectures: residential and land agency course lectures (first and second years). October 6th, DIT, Bolton St, D1 (King's Inn St entrance).

Lectures: BSc property studies course lectures (first, second, third and fourth years). October 6th, DIT, Bolton St, D1 (King's Inn St entrance).

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

Course: diploma in fine and decorative arts starts October (lectures three days a week). IPAV HQ, 129 Lwr Baggot St, D2. Tel: 01-6785685. E-mail: info@ipav.ie.

Course: certificate in fine and decorative arts (lectures one evening a week). IPAV HQ, 129 Lwr Baggot St, D2. Tel: 01-6785685. E-mail info@ipav.ie.

Seminar: members seminar - entitlement to fees and marketing challenges facing auctioneers and estate agents. Guest speakers: Fionnula Murphy of Orpen Franks Solicitors and Tom Brosnan, president of the Irish Marketing Institute. October 9th, 7pm, Malton Hotel, Killarney, Co Kerry.

Engineers Ireland

CPD: financial control in construction works. October 4th & 5th, Clyde Rd, D2.

CPD: organisational skills for engineers. October 9th, Clyde Rd, D2.

RIAI

Lectures: RIAI/UCD lectures series. Two CPD modules available. Construction legislation - October 8th, 15th, 22nd and Nov 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.

Course: certificate in occupational health and safety (submitted for HETEC accreditation level six). October 9th until November 27th (Tuesdays 2pm to 6pm).

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.

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.

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

Event: apple day, October 7th, 11am to 5pm.

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

CPD: conservation. Today, 6.30pm (tea and biscuits from 6pm), Davenport Hotel.

Conference: SCS annual conference where next for development - sustainable land use and urban development. November 8th, 8am to 1pm, Four Seasons Hotel.

Dinner: annual dinner. November 23rd, 8pm, Burlington Hotel.

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 Property & Facility Managers Association

Conference: the vertical boulevard - the future for mixed-use development. October 9th, 8.30am to 3.15pm, Croke Park. Fees: €200 for members and €240 for non-members. Bookings: Louise Caldwell - 01 6691 954 or email: info@ipfma.com

Organisations should send entries to Mary Hetherington before noon on Thursday for inclusion the following Thursday. Telephone 01 675 8000; fax: 01 675 8037;