First introduced in 2004, the IAMC Honorarium Program exists to introduce high profile corporate real estate executives to IAMC by awarding them a prestigious one-year membership, registration for a Professional Forum and travel and lodging costs for that Forum. New Honorarium recipients have recently been named.

The eyewitness accounts continue to pour in from the Spring 2005 Professional Forum in Charleston, S.C. And they all seem to confirm one thing:
This was the best one yet.


Charleston, S.C.

"When leadership expert Dennis Mannering spoke to IAMC Professional Forum attendees in Charleston, S.C., about "The Art of High-Impact Leadership," he might as well have been talking about IAMC itself," writes Ron Starner, executive director of IAMC. read more...

Ron Starner
Executive Director
IAMC

This month's Research and Resources links you to the usual selection of original sources whose reports, studies and policies shed additional light on what drives corporate real estate practice. Topics this month include institutional infrastructure, work force skills in the U.S. South, London's new manufacturing strategy, how to slow the offshoring of the U.S. semiconductor industry, financing urban development in China, Hispanic worker trends in the U.S., foreign direct investment trends in East Asia and the new U.S. trade rep's agenda.


Sometimes it’s more attractive just beyond the Bay Area. At least that’s been the unimpeded view of 34 percent of the corporate projects locating in San Joaquin County from 2000 through 2004. read more...

Driven by the value and the values they see embodied in IAMC, new members continue to join. Check out the latest additions here.

IAMC Professional Forum
Corporate real estate executive, get your calendar now and reserve October 8-12, 2005. Plug in "Real Estate's Contribution to the Corporate Bottom Line." That's the theme of IAMC's Fall 2005 Professional Forum in Corpus Christi, Texas. This Forum should be particularly valuable to you because of the many financial challenges facing corporate boards and top management today.