Dates for your diary.
IPAV
Meeting: education advisory committee, 10am, June 24th, IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2.
Meeting: board of directors of the Confederation of European Estate Agents, June 30th, Berlin, Germany.
Course: certificate in auctioneering and estate agency. Enrolment now taking place for part-time certificate in auctioneering and estate agency course. Venues: institutes of technology Cork, Waterford, Tallaght and Galway. Application forms: www.ipav.ie or contact 01 678 6585.
Course: certificate and diploma in fine and decorative arts. Enrolment now taking place for full-time diploma course and part-time certificate course in fine and decorative arts. Application forms: www.ipav.ie or 01 678 6585. IPAV Headquarters, 129 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2.
IAVI
Course: international property specialist course (CIPS) - one-week intensive course focusing on property markets and methodologies in different regions around the globe. June 23rd till June 28th, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Contact: Valerie Bourke at valerie@iavi.ie or www.iavi.ie.
Seminar: update on the retail market, July 9th, 5.30pm. Speaker: Larry Brennan, FIAVI, Savills HOK, 38 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
Course: urban development and investment appraisal course, July 24th, 25th, 31st and August 1st, 9am to 1pm. Course facilitator: Dr Brendan Williams. Details: Julie Creedon. Email: julie@iavi.ie.
Irish Property Owners Association
Course: professional training in aspects of residential property rental in Ireland. Details: 01-8276000, e-mail info@ipoa.ie or www.ipoa.ie.
RIAI
Course: health and safety - designing for safety. Details: Teresa Harte at tharte@riai.ie or 01 6691 472.
Institute of Project Management
Course: diploma in applied project management starts Dublin, Cork - September 2008.
Course: project management passport. Starts: Dublin, Limerick - September. Cork - October.
Course: international certification. Details: 01-6614 677, e-mail info@projectmanagement.ie or www.projectmanagement.ie.
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Irish Branch
Course: mediation accreditation training and assessment. Training: June 19th, 20th, 21st, 27th and 28th. Assessment: July 4th and 5th. Details: e-mail: ciarb@arbitration.ie or 01 465 9760.
Achill Archaeological Field School
Course: digital survey, mapping and CAD for archaeologists, July 12th and 26th.
Course: introduction to maritime archaeology, August 11th to 15th. Details: 098 43564, e-mail info@achill-fieldschool.com or www.achill-fieldschool.com.
Course: bare bones. Intensive course in excavation and recording procedures on site plus one day tour of archaeological sites on Achill Island or nearby Clare Island in Clew Bay. August 11th.
Course: introduction to Irish archaeology. July 21st for one week. Details: 098 43564, e-mail info@achill-fieldschool.com or www.achill-fieldschool.com.
Organic Centre
Course: learn how to live the good life - organic gardening, growing and using herbs and fruit, cheesemaking, baking and wholefood cooking, jam making, etc. July 21st to 25th. Fee: €690. Details: 071 9854338 or e-mail info@theorganiccentre.ie or www.theorganiccentre.ie.
Irish Complimentary Educational Systems
Workshop: property masterclass, September 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, October 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th.
Irish Architectural Archive
Exhibition: North by North West - the life and work of Liam McCormick. Till July 4th. Tuesday to Friday 10am to 5pm.
Construction Industry Federation
Conference: FIEC (Federation de lIndustrie Europeenne de la Construction) international construction conference and congress. June 19th to 21st. Details: 01 295 8181 or www.fiecdublin.com.
Dublin University Construction Law Alumni
Seminar: the four criteria of risk allocation in construction contracts, June 25th, 7.30pm. Davis Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Speaker: Dr Nael G Bunni. Open to Alumni members and non-members.
European Network for Housing Research
Conference: Shrinking cities, sprawling suburbs, changing countrysides, July 6th to 9th, UCD. Keynote speakers from Ireland, Europe, North America and Australia to address the conference. Details: www.enhr2008.com.
National Irish Safety Organisation
Course: manual handling basic, June 24th, Marino Institute of Education, D9.
Course: health and safety for the non-safety specialist, July 1st and 8th, Marino Institute of Education, D9.
Course: VDU/DSE assessor course, July 7th and 9th, NISO, Ballymount, D12.
Course: Safe Pass, July 2nd, Marino Institute of Education, D9.
Royal Town Planning Institute
Exhibition: Towns and Villages 1977-2007, exhibition of photographs taken by Edward Cassidy, BArch MRTP (former chief planning adviser, Department of the Environment) until June 27th, 2008.
Business to Art
Exhibition: 10,000 to 50 - contemporary art from the members of Business to Art at the Irish Museum of Modern Art until August 4th, www.businesstoarts.ie.
Dun Laoghaire College of Further Education
Course: architectural technology and design, furniture design and manufacture and construction technology, FETAC awarded full-time courses commencing September 2008. Details: 01-2809676 or www.dlcfe.ie.
Organisations should send entries to Mary Hetherington before noon on Thursday for inclusion the following Thursday. Telephone: 01-675 8000; fax: 01-675 8037; e-mail mhetherington@irish-times.ie
