Chairman of Board, James Catty and President, William Hanlin have been invited by China Appraisal Society and United China, largest valuation firm in China to be honored guests at their grand celebration at the Great Hall of People.

After months of preparation, IACVA's Second International Conference was successfully held on December 2nd and 3rd in Seoul, Korea.  More than 200 attendees from around the world came to this conference.  IACVA’s Third World Council Meeting was held on the following day.  Representatives from charters shared developments from their countries.

In September of 2010, two of the directors from IACVA (William Hanlin and James Horvatch) were invited to attend the Fourth Annual Member's Conference by China Appraisal Society (CAS).  At the follow-on standards meeting jointly held by the Ministry of Finance and CAS, Mr. Hanlin was presented with the honor of the Advisory Member for country's valuation standard committee.

In August of 2010, IACVA headquarters hosted a group of senior valuators from China.  These valuators are chief valuator or senior managers from the major valuation firms. They spent 4 days with IACVA instructors on the newest development in the valuation theory and practices.

2009 Events

NACVA 14th Annual Conference was successfully held in Boston, Massachusetts from May 27th to May 30th, 2009. Despite the worldwide downturn of the economy, more than 60 international delegates and 700 domestic delegates joined this conference.

First credentialed CVAs in China received their certificates from Mr. Gongxia Yue, Vice Secretary General of China Appraisal Society. They are the first group of professionals who have received such honor. Following the certificate presentation, they attended the continuing education sponsored by IACVA China Charter in Shanghai.

On December 3, 2009, after a warm invitation, China’s Vice Minister of Finance, Xuedong
Ding welcomed IACVA’s President, William A. Hanlin at his Beijing office. Vice Minister Ding oversees the valuation profession in People’s Republic of China. He expressed thanks to IACVA for its continued efforts in educating professionals in China. IACVA and China Appraisal Society have established a long term working relationship. Both parties will continue the cooperation to bring best practices to Chinese professionals.

IACVA Headquarters and IACVA Taiwan Charter jointly sponsored the first IACVA International Conference in Taipei on November 26th and 27th of 2009. With the help of Taiwan Charter, IACVA organized the conference, with Taiwan Stock Exchange, Gre Tai Securities Market and Industrial Technology Research Institute as the Co-Organizers and sponsors to the Conference.

The Fifth Annual Conference sponsored by Germany Charter will be held in the beautiful historic city of Duesseldorf on November 10th and 11th.  In addition, Germany Charter is holding living seminars on: Valuation meets Tax and Accounting series throughout the year.