International Association of Commercial Administrators16th Annual ECRFBucharest RomaniaJune 14, 2013

Agenda

•IACA Overview

•Update from 36th Annual IACA Conference

•Invitation to 37th Annual IACA Conference

IACA

•International Association of Commercial Administrators

▫Incorporated as a non-stock, non-profit corporation under the Nonprofit Corporation Law of the State of Louisiana in 1978

IACA (cont.)

•Purpose: ▫to improve the operation of business and

commercial departments of governmental agencies through mutual cooperation exchange of ideas education promotion of legislation for the improvement of business and commercial laws and their administration

IACA

•Membership▫employees of government agencies with

administrative and policy authority for, or providing supporting information/technology services to, business entities divisions or departments and Uniform Commercial Code (US) divisions or departments (otherwise known as personal property or security interest registers)

▫General members and international members

IACA (cont.)

•Board of Directors elected by membership•Four sections, each with a Chair and

Vice-Chair▫Business Organizations Section (BOS)▫Secured Transactions Section (STS)▫Information Technology Section (ITS)▫International Relations Section (IRS)

36th Annual IACA Conference

IACA Boston, Massachusetts

•Sunday, May 12 – Thursday, May 16, 2013•More than 200 attendees •Representatives of government and

industry from:▫6 Canadian provinces and 2 federal

agencies▫44 US states ▫21 additional countries

IACA Boston (cont.)

•General sessions topics included:▫New Zealand Business Register▫Notary System in the Netherlands▫Records Retention and Digital Archiving▫Fraudulent Filings▫Online Filings▫ECRF/CRF/IACA Survey

IACA Boston (cont.)

•Round table topics included:▫Customer Service “Live Chat”▫Business Registration Compliance▫Day to Day Issues▫New Legislation▫Interoperability

IACA Boston (cont.)

•Individual/joint breakout session topics included:▫International Business Registers▫Responding to New Legislation▫Cloud Computing▫Wikis and Collaborative Documentation

IACA Boston (cont.)

•Partners in Progress ▫interested vendors had an opportunity to

give a brief presentation respecting their products or services to all attendees

▫Q&A followed with all vendors permitted one person to represent their organization on the panel

IACA Boston (cont.)

•IACA Merit Awards ▫Colorado – Outstanding Online

Enhancement▫Ghana – Outstanding System Development▫Nevada – Outstanding Technical Service▫South Carolina – Outstanding Partnership

Process

IACA Boston (cont.)

•Conference concluded with a closing business AGM followed by jurisdictional presentations▫Australia and Personal Property Security▫Massachusetts Electronic Filing System▫Portal for Intellectual Property – University

of New Hampshire▫European Activities of BR Communications:

ECRF, E-Codex, EBR, etc.

37th Annual IACA Conference

•Sunday, May 18 – Thursday, May 22, 2014•IACA President, Jennifer Acker of

Wisconsin•Conference site: Milwaukee, Wisconsin•Registration and draft agenda anticipated

late January/early February 2014

IACA 2014 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Hyatt Regency Milwaukee will be the host hotel, located in the downtown core

• Reasonable room rates negotiated for conference attendees (US$114) and available 3 days before and after

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

IACA 2014 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin •Visit Milwaukee -http://

www.visitmilwaukee.org/visitors/qwickclick

•See www.iaca.org for additional details as they become available

Questions…

Thank You

Hayley E. ClarkeDirector, Business Programs and Registrar of Joint Stock CompaniesService Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations1505 Barrington Street, 8th FloorHalifax, Nova ScotiaCANADAPhone: 902-424-7742Fax: 902-4240639clarkehe@gov.ns.ca

International Association of Commercial AdministratorsDirector and Second Vice Presidentwww.iaca.org