International Association of Commercial Administrators 16 th Annual ECRF Bucharest Romania June 14, 2013

Agenda IACA Overview Update from 36 th Annual IACA Conference Invitation to 37 th 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)

36 th 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.

37 th 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 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Visit Milwaukee See for additional details as they become availablewww.iaca.org

Questions…

Thank You Hayley E. Clarke Director, Business Programs and Registrar of Joint Stock Companies Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations 1505 Barrington Street, 8 th Floor Halifax, Nova Scotia CANADA Phone: Fax: International Association of Commercial Administrators Director and Second Vice President