Land and Poverty Conference 2018: Land Governance in an Interconnected World

1. New academic research on the impact of land tenure security for sustainable development, equity and prosperity, (results and their policy relevance;  new research methodologies);
2. New rigorous impact evaluations on scalable approaches toward strengthening land governance;
3. New ways of using spatial data (imagery, drones, mobile phones etc.) to strengthen land governance, sustainable land use, and/or support land administration services in urban and/or rural settings;
4. Innovations for securing land and resource rights in customary settings, gender, collective action, and role of customary authorities;
5. Progress with land governance performance monitoring, approaches to (gender) disaggregation, and Sustainable Development Goals;
6. Requirements for moving from pilots to land administration service delivery at scale: good, cheap, fast and equitable;
7. Improving resilience and resilience impact of national land and geospatial systems; and seamless, unified and comprehensive geospatial data for enhanced management of landscapes and inclusive land reform;
8. Modernizing and financing land service delivery and organizations, contribution private sector;
9. New insights on land governance strategies for conflict prevention and supporting peace agreements;
10. Fair leverage of land for realizing and financing infrastructure, housing, urban expansion, and public goods;
11. Achieving responsible large-scale land based investments: lessons learned 10 years on. 

The Land Conference Masterclasses will take place on Friday, March 23^rd, and are an opportunity to delve into specific themes, technologies, tools and approaches. Please click on the links below to find the descriptions for the masterclasses offered during this day and contact information.

Land administration

IT and data technologies

Cadastral mapping and Geospatial technologies and approaches

Land policy, land use and equity, conflict mitigation

Land data and monitoring

Responsible land-based investments

Land use and sustainability                                                                                                                                                                                 

Hotel Information

Participants must make their own hotel reservations. To help provide affordable accommodation options for your stay during the conference, special rates have been contracted for a limited number of rooms with the hotels listed below. In order to take advantage of these preferential rates, please complete your booking as soon as possible, referring to the group code/telephone number listed below.

Please note the hotel will no longer hold special rates for conference participants after the cut-off date. We urge participants to make hotel reservations early.

Please note that the hotel will request a credit card to confirm your reservation. Room rates are in USD and do not include taxes.

Partnership Hotels

Homewood Suites Arlington Rosslyn Key Bridge
Group Rate: $159
Address: 1900 North Quinn Street, Arlington, VA 22209
Distance to the venue: 2 metro stops (10-min walk to Rosslyn Metro Station)
Reservation link
Group code: WOR
Cut-off date: February 19, 2018
Reservation Contact:
Lilibeth Suico
+1 (703) 348 2828

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Georgetown Suites
Group Rate: $200
Address: 1111 30th St. & 1000 29th St. NW, Washington, DC 20007
Distance to the venue: 1 miles (20-minute walk)
Reservation link
Group code: group 8779 World Bank
Cut-off date: March 2, 2018

Reservation Contact:
Pam Welliver
+1 (202)298-1688

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Club Quarters Hotels
Group Rate: $207
Address: 839 17th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20006
Distance to the venue: 1 Block (6-minute walk)
Reservation link
Group code: LPC318
Cut-off date: February 24, 2018
Reservation Contact:
Valene Anglin
+1 (203) 905 2100

All deadlines below refer to Midnight, Eastern Standard Time (EST).

• August 15, 2017: Opening registration for conference; create user accounts, register and pay conference fee in Conftool
• October 13, 2017: Deadline to submit paper abstract, posters and MasterClass
• December 4, 2017: Notification of acceptance of papers, posters and MasterClass
• February 1, 2018: Deadline to complete registration and pay conference fees for all presenting authors of papers and posters, and Masterclass organizers  
• February 15, 2018: Deadline to upload full papers, final version of summary and biography for conference program book/ mobile app, and posters (if to be printed by conference organizers)
• March 1, 2018: Deadline to register for all regular participants
  
• March 15, 2018: Deadline to upload PPT for presentation at conference

Please note that inclusion of accepted papers, posters and masterclasses in the final conference program is conditional on timely conference registration and uploading of full paper.