Construction Conferences in October 2009

Salam and dear all, Alhamdulillah, the following conferences, all held at IIUM and attended by some 150 participants (Malaysians and international) have been successful: 1. 1st Conference Construction in the Muslim World, 21st Oct 2009. In all 7 papers addressing the state of construction in the 57 countries of the muslim world (OIC), construction education and training and shariah compliant in construction procurement were presented. 2. 5th International Conference on Multi-national Joint Venture for Construction Works, 21st and 22nd Oct 2009. In all 23 papers addressing various issues, challenges, strategies and future prospects were discussed. It has been decided that the 6th conference will be in Kyoto Japan sometime in Oct 2010. 3. 2nd CLECAP Conference, 23rd October 2009. A total of 5 papers, all addressing various issues, challenges and training related to construction law and economics in the Asia and Pacific Rim were discussed. The 3rd CLECAP conference will be held in Kyoto Japan in Oct 2010. In conjunction with the conferences, a book entitled 'Collaborative efforts in international construction management' edited by Khairuddin, Kobayashi, Omoto, Preece and Hasan was published. The book contains all the papers presented plus others accepted but were not presented during the respective conferences. In my next posting I will present my welcoming remarks to the conferences. Thank you all for attending, presenting and for assisting me in organizing the conferences. Wasallam.