Costa Rica
Name: Technicians in Laboratory Tests for Fresh Concrete
Limited Spaces
Date: 3rd to 25th April, 2008
Place: San José, Costa Rica
Information: adriana_meneses@iccyc.com
Argentina
Name: Inter-jointed Pavement Construction Seminar
Date: 23 April
Information: www.icpa.org.ar
Guatemala
Name: 6th Construction Industry International Fair ?Our Meeting Point
Date: 30th April to 4th May 2008
City: Guatemala-Parque de la Industria
Information: http://www.construguate.com/futuros.php
United States
Name: ASBI Grouting Certification Training
Date: 14th ? 15th April
City: Austin, Texas
Information: American Segmental Bridge Institute
9201 N. 25th Avenue, Suite 150B
Phoenix, Arizona 85021
Ph: (602) 997-9964 n Fax: (602) 997-9965
Web: www.asbi-assoc.org n Email: asbi@earthlink.net
http://www.asbi-assoc.org/grouting/registration/index.cfm May
Argentina
Name: Workforce destined for housing construction with Concrete Blocks and Cobbles Training Workshop
Date: 21st May
Information: www.icpa.org.ar
Guatemala
Name: Industrialized Housing International Seminar
Date: 26th and 27th May
City: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Information mail: xsapon@iccg.org.gt
Ph: 502 24133565 extension 4003
Name: Premixed Concrete Inter-American Federation Assembly
Date: 28th and 29th May
City: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Web: http://www.hormigonfihp.org/
United States
Name: 2008 Concrete Bridge Conference
Date: 4th ? 6th May
City: Hyatt Regency, St. Louis, Missouri
Information: Shrinivas B. Bhidé, SE, PE, PhD
Bridge Program Manager
Portland Cement Association
5420 Old Orchard Road
Skokie, IL 60077-1083
847.972.9100
sbhide@cement.org
Chile
Name: ExpoHormigón ICH 2008
Name: XXXIII Structural Engineering South-American Journeys
Date: 26th ? 30th May
Organizer: Universidad Central de Chile
Information: jornadas2008@ucentral.clEscuela de Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civileshttp://ingenieria.ucentral.cl/oocc/jornadas2008/inicio.htm - http://ingenieria.ucentral.cl/oocc/jornadas2008/ June
Mexico
Name: Ciclo Internacional de Infraestructura de Concreto
Date: 2-10 June
Place: Mexico D.F
Argentina
Name: Workforce destined for housing construction with Concrete Blocks and Cobbles Training WorkshopDate: 11th to 14th JuneInformation: www.icpa.org.ar
Name: Concrete Blocks Masonry Workshop.
Date: 25th June
Information: www.icpa.org.ar
Costa Rica
Name: Technicians in Laboratory Tests for Aggregates and Harden Concrete
Date: 5th to 27th June, 2008
Place: San José, Costa Rica
Information: adriana_meneses@iccyc.com
Colombia
Name: III Seminario Internacional de Suelo Cemento
Date: 18 y 19 de junio
Place: Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
Chile
Name: XXIII UIA World Congress Torino 2008 - Transmitting Architecture - 23rd International Union of Architects World Congress
Date: 29th June to 3 July
Organizer: Universidad Central de Chile
City: Turin - Italia
Information: International Union of Architects - Worldwide Community of Architects
Contact E-mails: info@uia2008torino.org
http://www.uia2008torino.org/ July
El Salvador
Name: 5th National and 1st Central-American Housing Forum
Date: 9th to 12th July
City: San Salvador, El Salvador
Information: www.iscyc.net
August
Costa Rica
Name: FICEM-APCAC Concrete Masonry Award
Date: 7th and 8th August
City: HoPh San José Palace, San José de Costar Rica
Information: www.iccyc.com
Name: Concrete Masonry International Seminar and II Concrete Masonry Buildings Contest
Date: 7th and 8th August
City: HoPh San José Palace, San José de Costar Rica
Information: www.iccyc.com
Name: Technicians in Laboratory Tests for Concrete Masonry
Date: 7th to 28th August, 2008
Place: San José, Costa Rica
Information: www.iccyc.com
Argentina
Name: Workforce destined for housing construction with Concrete Blocks and Cobbles Training Workshop
Date: 20th August
Information: www.icpa.org.ar
Brazil
Name: Concrete Show 2008
Date: 27th-29th August
City: Sao Pablo, Brazil
Information: www.concreteshow.com
September
Panama
Name: XXV FICEM-APCAC Technical Conferences
Date: 8th, 9th and 10th September 2008
City: Panama City
Information: Xiomara Frías
E-mail: xfrias@ficemapcac.org
Argentina
Name: Inter-jointed Pavement Construction Seminar
Date: 24th September
Information: www.icpa.org.ar
October
Mexico
Name: 18th FICEM-APCAC General Assembly and Congress
Date: 15th, 16th and 17th October
City: Cancun, Mexico
Information: www.ficem.org
Argentina
Name: Workforce destined for housing construction with Concrete Blocks and Cobbles Training Workshop
Date: 22nd October
Information: www.icpa.org.ar
Dominican Republic
Name: Cement Production Seminar 2008
Date: 27th ? 31st October 2008
City: Dominican Republic
Information: Ms. Dina Wanamaker
FLSmidth, Inc.
Sr. Coordinator Training
Ph: 610.264.6223
Fax: 610.264.6031
E-mail: dina.wanamaker@flsmidth.com
November
Argentina
Name: Concrete Blocks Masonry Workshop
Date: 18th November
Information: www.icpa.org.ar
Name: Workforce destined for housing construction with Concrete Blocks and Cobbles Training Workshop
Date: 19th November
Information: www.icpa.org.ar
Spain
The Federación Interamericana del Cemento FICEM-APCAC, 
The Costa Rican Cement and Concrete Institute (ICCYC) and FICEM-APCAC with the purpose of facilitating the communication of technology, process, and products addressed to satisfy the construction and infrastructure area needs in the region, invite to The Concrete Masonry International Seminar in San Jose, Costa Rica. August 7th ? 8th, 2008. The Experts Richard Kligner from United States, Alvaro Poveda from Costa Rica, Timoteo Gordillo from Argentina, and Juan Carlos Rincón from Colombia, and others will expound the last advances in Masonry standardization, design, and construction in the region.
The Federación Interamericana del Cemento FICEM-APCAC is glad to invite you to the XXV Technical Congress to be held from 8th to 11th September 2008, in the Playa Bonita Resort in Panama. The latest experiences, advancements, and achievements in technical matter in regarding the cement production in the region, as well as the presentation of new technologies, parts, equipments, and industry suppliers' services, will be the axis of the event. 
FICEM-APCAC invites you to the first Inter-American edition of ?FICEM-APCAC Masonry Concrete Award? on august 8th, during the International Concrete Masonry Seminar in Costa Rica. The goal is to recognize the professional capacity, the technical and creative efforts of the construction industry's professionals or companies in the region who have designed outstanding projects in each of FICEM-APCAC country members and in which masonry concrete use predominate. 
