Please mark your calendars for the ASA Annual Fair Value Conference which will be held on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Los Angeles. If you haven't previously attended, a few reasons to attend the conference include:

Timely Updates on Topics of Current Interest - The topics represent leading edge topics selected for their importance to professionals that perform financial reporting valuations.

Nationally Recognized Speakers - This is an opportunity to obtain insights from the many other leaders in our profession. In all prior years, we've assembled rosters of nationally recognized speakers. Some of the speakers that are presently committed for this year's conference include:

• Ben Couch, Financial Accounting Standards Board
• Tony Aaron, Ernst & Young
• Jon Isler / Adam Smith, PwC LLP

Arrangement for additional speakers are ongoing. We continue to monitor the most relevant current developments impacting the valuation profession.

Exceptional Networking Opportunity - With valuation practitioners from the leading accounting firms and top boutique valuation firms, this continues to be an exceptional networking opportunity.

ASA and AICPA Continuing Professional Education - The conference will provide continuing professional education credit by both the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). This is a timely and cost effective means of obtaining CPE hours for your reaccreditation.

Competitive Pricing - The ASA continues to price the conference at an extremely low cost as a benefit to its membership and the community at large.

We hope you can join us at the conference. As prior conferences have sold out, please mark your calendar. We will be opening registration for the conference in the very near future.