ISA Annual Conference - Assets 2017

The International Society fo Appraisers has opened registration and announced a preliminary program schedule for its annual conference, Assets 2017, scheduled for March 31- April 1, 2017 in Chicago.

With a long list of impressive past conferences, ISA has the past few years have taken their annual conferences to new and exciting levels with excellent programs, speakers and tours.  For Assets 2017 they also expanded the programs beyond Fine Art and Antiques, Residential Contents and appraisal theory and methodology to also include an additional track for generalist appraisers and appraisers who also provide estate sales services. This is in addition to the pre conference SEAK expert witness class. I have already registered for the SEAK program as space is somewhat limited for this excellent and well received course.

Early registration (through 11/25/2016) for ISA members is a bargain at $525.00, sister orgs at $600 and $675 for non-members.  This should be another conference which all appraisers from all orgs should try to attend. Chicago is centrally located and is not expensive to fly into.

ISA set records for all time attendance to its Assets conferences two years ago in Philadelphia, and then broke them again this past April in Fort Worth. It looks as if Chicago 2017 will be another record setting year.

ISA reports on the preliminary program

John Dorfman
Senior Editor
Art and Antiques Magazine

New to Assets in 2017:
New breakout sessions in addition to the Fine Art and Antiques and Residential Contents breakouts with topics for Generalist appraisers and those members who primarily conduct Estate Sales.

Behind the scenes experience with Fine Art, Decorative Art, Luxury Goods and Couture at Leslie Hindman Auctions, private tours at the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Photography and more!

How To Be an Effective and Successful Appraisal Witness, two day pre-conference conducted by SEAK. Limited Registration. Sign-up now for early bird savings!

Opening Day Speakers Include:

• Evan Beard, Lead of Deloitte’s Art & Finance Department
• Joshua Kaufman, ESQ., Art Law Expert, Venable, LLP, Head of Copyright and Licensing
• Laura Doyle, AVP - North American Fine Art &  Collections Specialist, Underwriting
• William Deitch, Attorney and Counselor at Law, The Estate Planning Law Group, Wheaton, IL
• Jennifer Draffen, Executive Director for Exhibitions and Registration at the Art Institute of Chicago
• Pip Deely, Entrepreneur and Art Advisor exploring impact of technology on the business of art.

Preliminary Outline

• March 30: 7HR USPAP Course
• March 30 and 31: SEAK Course
• March 31: Specialty Tours
• April 1: All day education
• April 2: All day education
• April 3: Half day education, program concludes at 1pm CST
• April 4-5: Requalification Course

Source: International Society of Appraisers