📱 Valuation Intelligence Conference 2026

CAA & AVS Joint Conference
📍 Irving, Texas
🎓 Up to 8 hours CE available in many states  

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🔍 Conference Focus 

• New rules & modern appraisal practice 
• UAD 3.6 & new lender guidelines  
• Human intelligence + AI workflows  
• Stronger, defensible reports — fewer ROVs  
• New skills for analysis, reporting & thinking  
• No theory. Practical application only.  

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🗓️ Mobile Schedule 

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Wednesday – Morning

 10:30 – 11:00 | CAA Meeting
👥 Gynell  · George 
🎯 Goals & Prior Work

• Conference introduction
• Legacy foundations
• Evidence-Based Valuation (EBV)
• Probability, risk & AI
• Why R? EBV + AI overview  

11:00 – 12:00 | Case Study
👤 John Fariss
🎯 His Bakersfield: What Can Be Done

 Practical EBV application with real-world appraisal challenges    

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12:00 - 1:00 Lunch provided by Sponsor.

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Wednesday – Afternoon

1:00 – 4:30 | Intro & Possibilities
⏱️ 3.5 hours · No CE

• Gynell Vestal – Welcome & conference overview  
• George Dell – Data in: the critical step  
• Paul Rayburn – Data preparation & analytics  
• Thomas Shepard – AI in the RStudio interface  
• Craig Gilbert – Data‑ready AI & personal experience  

 

🏟️ Optional Tour of Dallas Cowboy's Training facility. Starts at 5:30 PM Register Here

 

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Thursday – Morning

8:30 – 11:30 | Get Data Ready
⏱️ 3 hours

• EBV Foundations
• Chandra Mast – AI for valuation  
• Hansel Dobbs – AI in appraisal practice  

 

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11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Lunch provided by the CAA

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Thursday – Afternoon

12:30 – 4:30 | Appraisal Science with Intelligence
🎓 4 Hours CE

• George Dell –
  • Why appraisal science matters
  • Data science + valuation science
  • Ethics & bias types
  • Correlation vs. causation
  • Velocity  
• Cindy Chance, PhD – Practical ethics in business  
• Thaddaus Dawson, CG – Mis‑education of the appraiser  
• Hansel Dobbs – AI & valuation science  
• George Dell – Summary: AI + appraisal science  

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Friday – Morning

8:30 – 12:30 | Market Analysis Approach
🎓 4 Hours CE

• George Dell – Market options & MPIndex decisions  
• Lyle Radke (Fannie Mae) – Time & UAD 3.6  
• George Dell –
  • 4 dimensions of CMS
  • Time adjustments using UAD & data science  
• Kyle Paquin – Market metrics beyond MPI  
• George Dell + Q&A – CMS, future evolution & reviewer checklist  
• Gynell Vestal – Closing comments