Events

Land and Poverty Conference 2019: Catalyzing Innovation

March 25-29, 2019

Washington, DC

Welcome to the 20th Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty! This year’s conference theme will be: Catalyzing Innovation.

The Land and Poverty conference presents the latest research and innovations in policies and good practice on land governance around the world. This conference has become one of the largest international events on land governance, attracting over 1,500 participants from governments, academics, civil society, and the private sector. Please consult the video recordings, papers, and presentations from the 2018 conference and the 2017 conference.

Program
Themes
Recorded Sessions

Conference structure
March 25: Pre-conference plenary session (9 AM – 4PM); Official opening at 5 pm
March 26–28: Parallel thematic tracks with oral paper presentations and policy round tables (8.30 AM – 5.15 PM). Closing session on March 28^th at 4PM followed by a reception (5.30 – 7.30 PM)
March 26–28: Poster sessions
March 29: Learning day: MasterClasses and field visits
March 25–29: Exhibition booths in Atrium (If interested to present, please contact conference organizers on availability and conditions)
See conference agenda.
2019 Conference Outline
Platinum Sponsors
Economic research and impact evaluation
Land policy and political economy
Land markets and structural transformation
Land and human rights, gender, indigenous peoples
Commons and natural resource management
Large scale land acquisition: Agriculture, extractives, infrastructure
Urban expansion, land use, land value capture, and housing
Use of remote sensing and land use policy
Data integration & interoperability for public service provision
Institutional innovation and private sector participation,
New ways of land data capture & analysis (incl. machine learning)
Global frameworks; indicators; progress monitoring, LGAF

DAY	TIME	SESSION
Monday, March 26, 2019	4:30–6:00 PM	Opening
Tuesday, March 26, 2019	10:30–12:00 PM	Spatial transformation to achieve green urban growth
Wednesday, March 27, 2019	12:30–2:00 PM	New initiatives in urban land policy
Thursday, March 28, 2019	12:30–2:00 PM	Climate change, forest landscape restoration and tenure