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2020 Annual Conference Early Registration Open

Attendees interested in registering as an attendee or guest for the 2020 IAAO Annual Conference prior to December 31, 2019 may do so online. Hotel room reservations, single day registration, and purchase of Closing Banquet and other events will be offered beginning in March. Registration fees for members are $645 and $845 for nonmembers. Guest registration is $300.

Submit your presentation ideas for the conference!

Interested in presenting at the 2020 IAAO Annual Conference in Denver? The Call for Presentations is now open. The submission deadline is Jan. 31, but anyone interested is encouraged to submit presentation ideas as soon as possible. Registration discounts of up to $200 may be available to presenters. 

Verification and Adjustment of Sales Standard exposed for comments

The IAAO Verification and Adjustment of Sales Task Force recently completed the revisions to the draft Standard on Verification and Adjustment of Sales and the IAAO Board of Directors approved its released for exposure. The IAAO Standard on Verification and Adjustment of Sales (the "Standard") key principles discussed would enable a jurisdiction to conduct proper verification and adjustment of sales. Comments are due by January 28, 2020  and can be sent to Larry Clark at clark@iaao.org.

Esri, IAAO partner to offer software to new members

Esri and IAAO announced a partnership to allow new members of IAAO to have yearlong access to Esri’s ArcGIS platform. The partnership between Esri and IAAO will deliver ArcGIS for one year to every new member who joins IAAO until Sept. 31, 2020. The new members will have access to ArcGIS for use at home for noncommercial, personal use.

2020 Conference Registration Open

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Verification standard exposed for comments

Esri, IAAO partner to offer software to new members

Upcoming Meetings

Registration open for Emerging Leadership Summit

Registration is now open for IAAO's second annual Emerging Leadership Summit, set for April 2-3, 2020 in Chicago, IL. The Summit is designed to provide a powerful professional development opportunity for emerging leaders who have a desire to advance their careers in the assessment industry. Attendees will come away with a new network of peers and colleagues with a shared purpose who can support each other in their careers long after the summit is over. 

Early bird registration deadline is Jan. 14 for GIS/Valuation Conference, March 23-26 in Louisville

Registration is now open for the 2020 GIS/Valuation Technologies Conference, March 23-26 in Louisville, Kentucky. Formerly known as GIS/CAMA, the event was re-branded to take into account the abundance of technologies that, when integrated with GIS, make valuation and assessment more accurate, efficient and applicable for jurisdictions of all sizes. #GIS/ValTech2020 will feature an exhibition, pre-conference workshops, keynote speakers, and a substantial educational program.  

January webinar on Mass Appraisal Modeling & Spatial Analysis in R

This introductory webinar will introduce the features available in the free and open source software R. Set for Wednesday, January 29 at noon CST, this webinar will cover accessing and downloading R to your computer; importing, cleaning, and mapping sales data sets; creating and interpreting basic multiple regression analysis (MRA) models; validating models on holdout sales data using simple ratio studies; and plotting sales data and model performance on maps. To reinforce the concepts discussed during this webinar, attendees will receive links to both R reproducible scripts and real assessment data so that learning is translated into hands-on application back in the office.

Registration for International Research Symposium now open

Registration is now open for the International Research Symposium, May 13-15 in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the Copenhagen Marriott. The symposium will offer an exploration of the intersection of public policy and mass appraisal standards, guidance, and implementation challenges. The Symposium offers an exchange of knowledge and emerging technology trends for continuous improvement of land administration and property tax systems world-wide. 

Emerging Leadership Summit

2020 GIS/Valuation Conference

January webinar on Mass Appraisal Modeling and Spatial Analysis in R 

Registration for International Research Symposium open