Spring 2008
Introduction
With this newsletter, the Society shares today's posting to the Financial Times, unveils its new website, calls your attention to a spectrum of upcoming events of interest, and invites your membership.
Relevance of 21st Century Accounting
The Financial Times posted today a letter from the Society expressing our concern that investors are not finding the information they seek in documents governed by modern accounting practices and are turning to sources of extra financial information. The National Academy of Sciences looks into this issue at the 23 June conference described below. Read the FT letter. To review our recent press coverage, please visit the Society's IAFS in the News page.
Website Upgrade
The new site better accomodates the needs of our growing membership and our mission to increase the visibility, transparency, and positive impact of intangible asset finance through education, advocacy, and the promulgation of standards. Please visit us and join.
Upcoming Spectrum of Conferences:
 | Policy23 June 08 Washington, DCDid you know investment in intangibles exceeds all investment in tangible property and, if properly accounted for would raise US productivity growth by 20 percent for the period 1973-1995? Following the Society's successful conference in December 2007, Mission:Intangible, the National Academies' Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy (STEP), in cooperation with the Committee on National Statistics, will hold a one-day conference on Intangible Assets: Measuring and Enhancing Their Contribution to Corporate Value and Economic Growth. Registration is available online or visit The Athena Alliance at www.athenaalliance.org.
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 | Intellectual Property25-26 June 08 Amsterdam, NLWhat is the role, and what challenges face, the Chief Intellectual Property Officer? IAM magazine, the Society's publication partner, is sponsoring a one-and-a-half day summit entitled, IP Business Congress 2008. For the transactionally oriented, a live auction of intellectual property rights will follow the conference. Attendance is near capacity so act soon. For further information and to reserve a place at the special Society price of just €1,200, please go to www.ipbusinesscongress.com and enter the promotional code "IAFS08" on the booking form, or contact Gavin Stewart at congress@iam-magazine.com. |
 | Supply Chains6-9 Sept 08 Finger Lakes, NYLead paint, contaminants, and poisons; child labor; and security threats – these are among the perils to a retailer's reputation inherent in our global supply chain. Join us for the Society's 2008 Annual Meeting, Reputational Perils: The Intangible Value Of Safe, Secure And Ethical Supply Chains, for an exploration of the intangible asset value created within companies that can demonstrate their compliance with best practices for ensuring safe, secure and ethical supply chains. As in the past, the conference will be held in the spectacular Savannah Dhu nature preserve and conference center. Please visit the Society's Conference page. |
Join Us - Become a Member of the Society
The value of intangible assets is the difference between a company’s book value and market capitalization; that value averages 70% of a company’s market capitalization. Intangible assets comprise business processes, patents, trademarks; reputations for ethics and integrity; quality, safety, sustainability, security, and resilience. The Intangible Asset Finance Society provides a forum for finance, innovation, legal and management professionals to discover better ways to create, capture and preserve the value of these assets. Please visit the Society's Membership page.