RICS
Friday            25 August 2007       at 7.00pm
Subject -       RICS MATRICS MID-SUMMER WOOZY CRUISE, LOCH NESS
                       Open to all RICS as well as RICS matrics members, partners and friends.
Cost:              £35 + VAT
Contact:         Emma Ewart   0131 240 0837
                        RICS Events Development                    
E-mail:             eewart@rics.org

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November 2007

IHT
Friday             2 November  2007              6:30pm for 7:15pm      
Subject          Annual Dinner
Venue -          Drumossie Hotel, Inverness
Contact -        Alan Silver                 mail@silvermark.org

IHT  joint with AACE
Monday          5 November 2007                    
Subject          Transport Partnerships
                        140 Years of Aberdeen Railway Station
Speaker-        Keith Jones
Venue            Satrosphere Science Centre Aberdeen
Contact -        Alan Silver                 mail@silvermark.org

EI     joint with  IMechE
Thursday         8 November 2007      6.15 for 7.00 pm
(NOTE amended details)               
Subject            Pure Energy Centre – Progress Development & Activities
Speaker-          Ross Gazey, Engineering Director, PURE Energy Centre
Venue -            Thistle Hotel, Inverness
Contact:          Steve Kemp
e mail:              stevek50 @tiscali.co.uk
  Buffet available from 6.15 pm

Roadex III supported by IHT/ICE
Friday            9 November  2007       9.00am to 4:00 pm
Subject         Final International Seminar -
                        "Delivering  Affordable & Reliable Low Volume Roads"
Speakers        From the Project partners
Venue            Highland Council Chamber, Inverness
Contact         Richard Evans   01463 702500 
email               tecs@highland.gov.uk
Booking         by registration, free, with refreshments.
                        Limited numbers

IChC
Tuesday         13 November 2007
Subject           Chamber Business Breakfast
Venue             Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Inverness
Speakers         Derrick Thomson and Sean Duffy of STV
Contact            Paula Nicol  01463 718131
Email                 paula@inverness-chamber.co.uk
  

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CPD in Construction (H&I) THE JAMES ATTWOOD AWARD Shield Lecture
R Ae S 
Thursday       15 Nov 2007                                 6.30pm
Subject –        A Test Pilot Remembers
Speaker           Duncan Simpson OBE CEng FIMechE FRAes
Venue-            Town House,  Inverness
Former Chief Test Pilot, Hawker Siddeley Aviation,   vice-president of the Royal International Air Tattoo, and winner of many aviation awards. 
Duncan has many Inverness family connections, and  he brought the first jet aircraft to RAF Dalcross in 1951.

Members and Guests of All Institutions and the Public are cordially invited to attend.
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IET  
Thursday         15 November 2007                     6:30pm
Subject           New Nuclear Systems: International Options for the UK,
                           The Hunter Memorial Lecture 2007
Speaker           Dr Sue Ion, former BNFL Group Director of Technology
                            with chances to question Dr Ion on the future of nuclear energy
                         (For a synopsis of the presentation: www.theiet.org/events/2007/12753.cfm)
Venue             TBA, Inverness

IHT  joint with ICE
Tuesday         20 November 2007                     5:30pm for 6:00pm
Subject           Future Investment in the Highland Rail Network
Speaker           Frank Roach – Highland Rail Partnership
Venue             Greenhouse Inverness
Venue             Green House, Inverness
Contact           Bob Bryce 01343 559059
Email                bob.bryce@moray.gov.uk

IChC
Wednesday     21 November 2007                  12.30 for 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Subject             Nuts & Bolts of Business Training Workshop - Resolving Conflict
Speaker             Jeff Rodgers of Cirrus Highland
Venue                Fairways (Loch Ness Golf Course), Castle Heather, Inverness
Contact            Paula Nicol  01463 718131
Email                 paula@inverness-chamber.co.uk
 
CIOB
Thursday         22nd November 2007                 7:00 p.m.
Subject            CPD Evening  -  Modern Methods of Construction
Venue              Inverness College, Lecture Theatre G20      
Contact           Finlay Black     01463 701472 

IC/UHI
Tue& Wed     27th & 28thNovember               9.30am to 5.00pm
Subject           Inverness College - 'Taster Days' -"Pass on your Skills"
                         -a two day session for those in industry who may want to instruct a new generation
                           in a whole range of construction skills, whether trade or professional.
                        An opportunity for you to see what is involved, and have a brief try at  instruction.
Speaker           Organised by Lifelong Learning UK
Venue              Inverness College
Contact           LLoyd Roberts Tel 01667 404693 Mob 07771 882636
email               lloyd@professional-forecourt-services.co.uk

RICS
Thursday         29 November 2007             10.00am
Subject            CPD Day -  presentations on Red Book update, Landowner Considerations for
                            Wind Farm Developments, Dilapidations Risk Management, Sustainability/Low Carbon
                             Building Design advice, Legal Update.
Venue:              Drumossie Hotel, Inverness.
Cost:                 £70 + VAT (members),    £84 + VAT (non members)
Contact:           Joanne Noble   0131 240 0896
 E-mail:             jnoble@rics.org

CMI
Thursday         29 November 2007 6.00pm       (Refreshments from 18.00 speaker at 18.30)
Subject           Strength Deployment Inventory - An introduction
Speakers         Amanda Tickel
Venue             Thistle Hotel, Inverness
Contact            Ian Andrew
Email               ian.andrew@manager.org.uk


December 2007  

IET
Thursday        5th December 2007   7:00 p.m.
Subject           The Rescue of The Priz Submarine
Speaker:          Stuart Gold
                         -decorated by President Putin for his part in  the rescue of the  Priz mini submarine trapped 625 feet below the North Pacific
                         on the ocean floor off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula.
Venue:            Marriott Hotel, Kingsmills Road, Inverness
Contact          Hamish Little   01343 552978

CIOB
Thursday        6th December 2007   7:00 p.m.
Subject           CPD Evening  -  Fibre Reinforced Concrete
Speaker:          Stuart Neilson
Venue:            Inverness College, Lecture Theatre G20
Contact          Hamish Little   01343 552978

IOSH
Thursday       6 Dec 2007    7.00pm
Subject -        Learning experience and Nuclear Re-cycling
Speakers:        Kirsten Johnston & Morris McLeod of UKAEA’
Venue -           UHI Millennium Institute Executive Office
Contact -         John Howie
e mail:              john.howie@amecturner.mod.uk

IChC
Friday             7 December 2007  12.15 for 12.45pm - 2.15pm
Subject:         Chamber Charity Christmas Lunch
Speaker:         tbc
Venue:            Drumossie Hotel, Inverness
Contact            Paula Nicol  01463 718131
Email                 paula@inverness-chamber.co.uk
      
IHT                  joint with RTPI
Monday         10th December 2007                    7:30pm
Subject           Environmental Site Monitoring
Speaker           Dr. Mary Elliot  
Venue -           Alexandra Hotel Fort William
Contact -        Alan Silver                 mail@silvermark.org

CMI
Thursday         10 December 2007 6.30pm  (refreshments at 18.30 speaker at 19.00)
Subject           Rules for Revolutionaries - Lean Management in the Service Sector
Venue             Thistle Hotel, Inverness
Speakers         Stuart Corrigan, Vanguard Scotland
Contact            Ian Andrew
Email               ian.andrew@managers.org.uk

RAeS
Wed               12 Dec 2007                  7.30pm
Subject -        Journey Into Space
Speaker          Derek Clark
Venue -          Elgin Library
Contact -        Andy Fisher  01343 817445,
Email -             fisherr05b@15sqn.raf.mod.uk