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The 12th PAQS Congress is to be held in Edmonton, Canada from 16 to 18 June 2008. The PAQS Annual Board meeting will be held prior to the Congress, on 15 June 08. The Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (CIQS) are the hosts for these events and details can be found on their website at http://www.ciqs.org Excellent technical and social programs will be offered by the CIQS and this is a great opportunity for members of PAQS institutes to visit a most beautiful and interesting country.

Members can also attend the International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC) 6th World Congress in Toronto, Canada from 29 June to 2 July 08. This is being hosted by the AACEI in conjunction with their annual conference. Details can be found at the AACEI website at http://www.aacei.org/ or ICEC website at http://www.icoste.org.

A very successful 11th PAQS Congress was held in Auckland New Zealand from 10 - 12 June 2007 at the Skycity Grand Hotel. Over 300 delegates attended the excellent technical and social programs hosted by the NZIQS. We congratulate the NZIQS for their excellent management of the Congress and associated meetings. A full report on the Congress will be included in the next PAQS newsletter.The PAQS Committees and Board met on 9 and 10 June prior to the opening of the Congress on the 11th and reports on these meetings will also be published later. The PAQS Golf tournament was held on Friday 8 June 07.

The 10th PAQS Congress was held in Singapore from 21-24 May 2006 at the Marina Mandarin Hotel and the Proceedings of the Congress are available for purchase from the SISV - see the contact details for the SISV on the Membership page. An excellent social and technical program ensured that the 170 delegates had a memorable event. About half the total number of delegates were from some 12 countries making this a truly international Congress. The PAQS Board meeting was held prior to the Congress and further progress was made in the PAQS research, international promotion and accreditation activities. PAQS interim accreditation was granted to the University of Technology Sydney.