Calendar of events.

August

August 10-11--AFS Chapter Officers Conference, Schaumburg, Ill.

September

September 10-12--AFS Foundry Executive Management Conference, Silverado Resort, Napa Valley, Calif.

September 17-19--AFS 18th Environmental Health & Safety Conference, Sheraton Music City Hotel, Nashville, Tenn.

September 20-21--4th China International Coking Technology and Coke Market Congress 2006, Park View Wuzhou, Beijing, China.

September 28-29--International Foundry Forum, Hotel Cascais Miragem, Cascais/Lisbon, Portugal.

October

October 4-6--FundiExpo 2006, Banamex Centre, Mexico.

October 8-11--NonFerrous Founders Society Annual Meeting, Green Valley Ranch Resort, Las Vegas.

October 8-11--Australian Die Casting Assn. Die Casting & Permanent Mold Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

October 12-14--AFS East Coast Regional Conference, Lancaster Hotel, Lancaster, Pa.

October 17-18--AFS Marketing and Selling of Castings Conference, Hilton Garden Inn, Des Plaines, Ill.

October 22-25--Investment Casting Institute 54th Annual Technical Conference & Expo, Hyatt Regency, Milwaukee.

October 23-24--The Aluminum Assn. 73rd Annual Meeting, Silverado Resort, Napa, Calif.

October 23-25--EU International Lost Foam Conference, TBD.

November

November 3-10--National Safety Council 94th Annual Congress & Expo, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego.

November 13-14--AFS Advanced Foundry Environmental Seminar, The Crown Plaza Atlanta Airport Hotel, Atlanta.

November 16-18--Foundry Educational Foundation College Industry Conference, The Drake Hotel, Chicago.

CMI Courses

July 11-13        Introduction to             Schaumburg, III.
                  Metalcasting (01-07)

July 11-Aug. 8    Analysis of Casting         Internet
                  Defects (02-07)

July 11-Aug. 15   Gating and Riser            Internet
                  Design (03-07)

July 18-21        Gating and Riser
                  Design-Nonferrous (04-07)   Kalamazoo, Mich.

Aug. 1-3          Analysis & Reduction of
                  Casting Defects (05-07)     Schaumburg, Ill.

Aug. 1-29         Ductile Iron                Internet
                  Metallurgy (06-07)

Aug. 15-16        Geometric Dimensioning &
                  Tolerancing (08-07)         Schaumburg, Ill.

Aug. 15-18        Practical Metallurgy
                  of Gray & Ductile
                  Iron (07-07)                Cedar Falls, Iowa

Aug. 22-24        Permanent Molding
                  Aluminum--Tilt
                  Pour (09-07)                Hamilton, Ontario

Aug. 29-31        Analysis and
                  Reduction of Investment
                  Casting Defects (10-07)     Schaumburg, Ill.

Sept. 12-13       Computerized
                  Maintenance Management
                  Systems (11-07)             Schaumburg, Ill.

Sept. 13-15       Fundamentals of
                  Cupola Melting for
                  Operators (12-07)           Cleveland, Ohio