To kick off the new decade, on Friday, January 8, we are hosting a live panel discussion among Society committee chairs about the critical intangible asset issues we will face in the '10s. Each of our chairs working in a different segment of the intangibles market will share their ideas on the most important issues. Our panel includes Scott Childers, Walt Disney Company; Marc Lucier, Deutsche Bank; David Hetzel, Motorola; Jon Low, Predictiv; Cathy Reese, Fish & Richardson; David Gould, Buchanan Ingersoll; Andy Gibbs, Andy Gibbs; Nigel Page, IAM magazine; and Judy Giordan, Steel City Re.

You too can participate in this special Mission:Intangible Monthly Briefing. You can register for free, and slides will posted on the website in advance of the event. Questions submitted by the audience in advance or during the broadcast will be fielded and addressed.

But we thought we would also reach out to a broader audience in the blogosphere and Twitterdom. We're talking to you. You may not be able to tune in to the Briefing, but you are interested in intangible asset finance. What do you think are the critical intangible asset issues for the coming decade? Please share your thoughts through comments on this post and help us spread the word about the discussion. If communicating by Twitter, please include #IAFS in your tweet. We will share highlights from the comments in the call as well as in follow-up posts on this blog. Or send us your questions directly at questions@iafinance.org.

We look forward to hearing from you and working with you in the coming decade to help spread the word about excellence in intangible asset management and corporate reputation.

And to all, best wishes for a happy, prosperous and new year.

Mary Adams, Moderator, M:I Monthly Briefings
Nir Kossovsky, Executive Secretary, IAFS