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World Bank Land Conference 2025

May 5-8, 2025

Washington, DC

The World Bank Land Conference has catalyzed the global land community for over 20 years.

The Conference is the premier global forum for the land sector, bringing together over 1,000 participants from governments, development partners, civil society, academia, and the private sector to showcase policy-relevant research, discuss technical issues and sector good practice, and inform our dialogue. The Conference also aims to encourage cross-sectoral knowledge exchange and has incubated numerous investments, initiatives, and research projects led by diverse stakeholders, including the Voluntary Guidelines, the Land Governance Assessment Framework, and the Stand for Her Land Campaign.

The 2025 World Bank Land Conference will be held from May 5–8, 2025 in Washington, DC.

OVERVIEW
Agenda

The 2025 World Bank Land Conference aims to move from awareness to action by highlighting effective strategies for securing land tenure and access and scaling up land sector initiatives, investments, and policy reforms that promote global prosperity and environmental sustainability.
Join us at the Opening Session for a multi-stakeholder discussion on how the private sector, governments, local landholders, and civil society can work together to advance socially responsible and environmentally sustainable mining investments that unlock jobs, energy access, and economic growth.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn from global experts and contribute to shaping the future of land governance.

MONDAY | MAY 5

Time	Type	Title	Location
08:00 - 11:00		Registration & Expo set-up
11:00 - 12:00	Plenary	Watch Live: Opening Session - How Land Systems Create Jobs and Unlock the Future of Energy	Preston Auditorium
12:00 - 14:00		Lunch & Networking & Solutions Expo
14:00 - 15:30	Urbanization	OS14 Reforming urban land management: Experiences from Africa and Latin America	Preston Auditorium
	Land Management	OS21 Enabling indigenous peoples participation by building land governance capacity	MC C2-350
	Energy Transition	OS12 Elements of just transition readiness: lessons and strategies for transition-effective land governance	MC 2-800
	Women's Rights	OS19 From Evidence to Practice: Strengthening Women's Land Tenure Security	MC 4-800
	Research Session	RS01 Property taxation in Africa – From legislation to implementation	MC C2-370
15:30 - 16:00		Coffee & Networking & Solutions Expo
16:00 - 17:30	Urbanization	OS13 Shaping Space: Responding to Economic and Demographic Evolution through Land Use and Urban Management in Japan and other Asian Countries	Preston Auditorium
	Land Management	OS08 For the planet, and people? Reducing risks in land-intensive climate mitigation investments	MC C2-350
	Energy Transition	OS17 Reconciling Indigenous Peoples’ land rights and the just energy transition	MC 2-800
	Women's Rights	OS01 Securing Land, Securing Futures: The Gendered Impact of Climate and Conflict affected situations on Women’s Land Access	MC 4-800
	Research Session	RS02 Land tenure and deforestation	MC C2-370

TUESDAY | MAY 6

Time	Type	Title	Location
09:00 - 10:30	Plenary	P02 Global Land Policy and Governance	Preston Auditorium
10:30 - 11:00		Coffee & Networking & Solutions Expo
11:00 - 12:30	Urbanization	OS06 Revisiting sites and services for the 21st century	Preston Auditorium
	Land Management	OS07 Unlocking Land for Nature-Based Solutions: Challenges and Pathways	MC C2-350
	Energy Transition	OS24 Navigating the energy transition: A just path for Indigenous Peoples amidst growing demands for land and mineral resources	MC 2-800
	Women's Rights	OS09 The Women’s Land Rights Initiative: Advancing women’s land rights through the Rio Conventions	MC 4-800
	Research Session	RS03 Farmer registries to improve land records and design & monitor interventions	MC C2-370
12:30 - 14:00		Lunch & Networking & Solutions Expo
14:00 - 15:30	Urbanization	OS20 Building-up better: securing tenure in high-rise buildings	Preston Auditorium
	Land Management	OS18 Securing Land for Climate Action in Africa: Ideas, Concepts and Experiences	MC C2-350
	Energy Transition	OS30 From data to action: Tools to monitor corruption, improve transparency, and enable a just energy transition	MC 2-800
	Women's Rights	OS25 Transforming discriminatory norms to strengthen women’s land rights: examples from the Stand for Her Land global advocacy initiative	MC 4-800
	Research Sessions	RS04 Towards resilient urban development: Data and options for land value capture	MC C2-370
15:30 - 16:00		Coffee & Networking & Solutions Expo
16:00 - 17:30	e-Governance	OS23 Geo-spatially enabled property valuation for enhanced revenue generation in emerging markets	Preston Auditorium
	Land Management	OS31 Navigating political economies to strengthen land governance for climate action	MC C2-350
	Standards	OS11 How to: making Climate Interventions work for equitable Land Rights	MC 2-800
	Climate/Disaster	OS15 Promoting land tenure security for equitable and climate-resilient agri-food systems, infrastructural development and energy transition in Africa	MC 4-800
	Research Sessions	RS05 Enhancing resilience of agricultural and ecosystem services	MC C2-370

WEDNESDAY | MAY 7

Time	Type	Title	Location
09:00 - 10:30	Plenary	P03 Evidence for Policy-Making: The Potential of Modern Land Administration Systems	Preston Auditorium
10:30 - 11:00		Coffee & Networking & Solutions Expo
11:00 - 12:30	e-Governance	OS22 Sustainable Financing for Effective Land Administration	Preston Auditorium
	Land Management	OS16 Strengthening land governance for climate resilience: Strategies and lessons from East and Southern Africa	MC C2-350
	Standards	OS02 Securing land and carbon rights for climate action: filling the gaps in laws, standards and systems	MC 2-800
	Climate/Disaster	OS32 Land use planning for climate action and disaster resilience: evidence from global best practices and guidance for implementation	MC 4-800
	Research Session	RS06 Nation-wide land governance and administration reforms	MC C2-370
12:30 - 14:00		Lunch & Networking & Solutions Expo
14:00 - 15:30	e-Governance	OS26 Securing collective lands: Bridging knowledge gaps for global challenges	Preston Auditorium
	Land Management	OS10 Land rights data to drive just transitions	MC C2-350
	Standards	OS28 The Mekong at the crossroads: carbon markets and social integrity	MC 2-800
	Climate/Disaster	OS05 Building Resilience through Effective Land Administration, Geospatial Systems and Digital Twins	MC 4-800
	Research Session	RS07 The multi-faceted impacts of better land market functioning	MC C2-370
15:30 - 16:00		Coffee & Networking & Solutions Expo
16:00 - 17:30	e-Governance	OS03 Best Practices and Innovations for Securing IP&LC Tenure: Tools, Approaches, and Cultural Sensitivity	Preston Auditorium
	Land Management	OS27 Advancing marine and coastal tenure: Integrating land and marine tenure in coastal environments to enable sustainable development and equitable resource management	MC C2-350
	Women's Rights	OS04 Building climate resilience through inclusive and equitable land use planning in Africa	MC 2-800
	Climate/Disaster	OS29 Securing Housing, Land, and Property (HLP) Rights for Disaster Preparedness	MC 4-800
	Research Session	RS08 Land registries as a key data source for resilient land use	MC C2-370

THURSDAY | MAY 8

Time	Type	Title	Location
09:00 - 10:30	Plenary	P04 Country Best Practice: How Land Systems Unlock Jobs and Growth	Preston Auditorium
10:30 - 11:00		Coffee & Networking & Solutions Expo
11:00 - 12:30	AFR Francophone	RW01 Développement des systèmes d’information foncière en Afrique francophone	Preston Auditorium
	AFR Anglophone	RW02 Experience with Land Information Systems in Anglophone Africa	MC 4-800
	LAC	RW05 The Role of Land Administration in Building Resilient Cities	MC 2-800
	EAP-SAR	RW08 Breaking Barriers in Securing Tenure	MC C2-350
	Research Session	RS09 Land values and markets	MC C2-370
12:30 - 14:00		Lunch & Networking & Solutions Expo
14:00 - 15:30	AFR - Joint	RW03 Experience with Land Information Systems in Africa	Preston Auditorium
	EAP-SAR	RW09 Establishing the Land Foundation for Climate Action and DRM	MC C2-350
	LAC	RW06 Land-Based Solutions to Easing Deforestation Pressure in the Amazon Region and Environmentally Strategic Areas	MC 2-800
	Research Session	RS10 Measuring and maintaining environmental impacts of land interventions	MC C2-370
15:30 - 16:00		Coffee & Networking & Solutions Expo
16:00 - 17:30	AFR - Joint	RW04 Minister's Roundtable: Land's Contribution to Jobs and Growth in Africa	Preston Auditorium
	EAP-SAR	RW10 Strengthening Land Valuation for Land Managementand Own Source Revenue	MC C2-350
	LAC	RW07 Land Governance and Tenure Regularization	MC 2-800
	Research Session	RS11 The importance of legal and regulatory frameworks	MC C2-370
17:30 - 19:30		Closing Reception	MC Atrium

SIDE EVENTS | FRIDAY | MAY 9

Time	Type	Title	Location
		SIF en Afrique : progrès et défis, les perspectives des secteurs publics et privés
		Sustainable Landscapes in Action: Tenure and Land Rights within Integrated Landscape Management
		Designing Land Administration Reform Through a Political Economy Lens: A Framework for Sustainable Change
		Innovative Technology to Support Rights in Nature-Based Projects
		From data to action: Lessons from a decade of impact evaluations of integrated land and resource governance programs
		The LandMark Platform: Geospatial Mapping for Promoting and Securing Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities Land and Territorial Rights

Last Updated: Apr 04, 2025

CONFERENCE DETAILS

DATE: May 5–8, 2025
VENUE: 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433
SPONSORSHIP & BOOTH EXHIBITION: Contact Land Conference Team
CONTACT: landconf@worldbank.org

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World Bank Land Conference 2025

May 5-8, 2025

Washington, DC

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