Still in its infancy – at only seven months old – the merged Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland and the IAVI doesn’t have time for teething problems with its first annual conference coming up on October 21st entitled Pillars of Professionalism (at Chartered Accountants Ireland house on Pearse Street, Dublin).The aim of the conference is to give “a greater understanding of the current state of Ireland’s construction land and property industry”.

There are 14 speakers including Environment Minister Phil Hogan and UK Government Chief Construction Advisor Paul Morrell. I rish TimesEconomics Editor Dan O'Brien will talk about the state of the Irish economy and prospects for recovery and agricultural economist Mairead McGuinness will discuss land prices and global agrimarkets. Tickets from scsi.ie