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Location: MC C1-200

Date: Tuesday, 21/Mar/2017
8:30am - 10:00am	01-07: Mobile Technologies for Collecting Land Data Session Chair: Michael Barry, University of Calgary, Canada
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	ID: 772 / 01-07: 3 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Delivering land administration services at scale Keywords: Crowd-sourcing, outsourcing, change, costs Crowd-sourcing For A Sustainable Land Cadaster – Can SiGIT Be A Lever ? José Murta¹, Pedro Ivo¹, Jose Almeirim², Marisa Balas¹, Rossana Carimo¹, João Carrilho³ ¹EXI Lda, Mozambique; ²DINAT - National Land Directorate of Mozambique; ³MB Consulting ID: 565 / 01-07: 4 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Harnessing geospatial data, cloud platforms and other data technologies Keywords: Online data, Gender, Agriculture Census, Equity, QGIS Combining Administrative and Open Source Data for Monitoring Land Governance : Mapping Women Land Rights in the Context of UN’s SDG in India Pranab Ranjan Choudhury¹, Manoj Kumar Manoj Kumar Behera¹, Saumya Sharma², Tajamul Haque³ ¹Center for Land Governance, NRMC, India; ²Delhi University, India; ³Council for Social Development, India ID: 785 / 01-07: 5 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Harnessing geospatial data, cloud platforms and other data technologies Using Mobile Phones, GPS, and the Cloud to Deliver Faster, Cheaper, and More Transparent Land Titles: the Case of Burkina Faso Medard Some¹, Issifou Ganou¹, Anne Girardin², Leonard Rolfes³ ¹National Land Observatory of Burkina Faso; ²Independent Consultant; ³The Cloudburst Group ID: 399 / 01-07: 6 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Harnessing geospatial data, cloud platforms and other data technologies Keywords: Gis, Technologie, Uniform, Landsecure, WestAfrica Need For Uniform Technological Approaches For Implementation of Operations Secure Land in Rural West Africa: Comparative Study Case of Benin, Burkina Faso and Senegal. David Daniel Koffi Tossou Bureau Etudes ATLAS GIS, Benin
10:30am - 12:00pm	02-07: Round Table: Colombia Opportunities for Land Governance Session Chair: David F. Varela, McGill University & Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, United States of America
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	ID: 908 / 02-07: 1 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Securing land rights for equity, sustainability and resilience Keywords: State Land; transitions, property rights and tenure security Follow up on the Colombian Peace Agreements and Land Tenure Issues: transitions, property rights and tenure security Margarita María Varón Perea, Tatiana Alfonso, Natalí Buitrago, Javier Caropresse Colombia Rural S.A.S. ID: 904 / 02-07: 2 Individual Papers Either of these formats Topics: Securing land rights for equity, sustainability and resilience Keywords: Land restitution, peacebuilding, Land grabbing Land Restitution in Colombia: proceeding to a regional sustainable peace Guillermo Arturo Medina^1,2,3 ¹Universidad EAFIT; ²Escuela Superior de Administración Pública -ESAP-; ³Asociación Colombiana de Investigadores Urbano Regionales -ACIUR- ID: 488 / 02-07: 3 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Securing land rights for equity, sustainability and resilience Keywords: Land property rights, conflict, investment, land restitution Bread or Justice? Land Restitution and Investments in Colombian Agriculture Henrik Wiig¹, Paola Garcia Reyes² ¹Norwegian Institute of Urban and Regional Research, Norway; ²Universidad del Norte, Colombia ID: 892 / 02-07: 4 Individual Papers Either of these formats Topics: Academic research on land governance / rigorous impact evaluations Keywords: Multipurpose Cadastre, Evaluation Framework, Mind Map Technique, Feedback. Analysis of the Implementation of Multipurpose Cadastre in Colombia from an International Perspective Sandra Esperanza Rodriguez Castañeda¹, Daniel Páez¹, Abbas Rajabifard² ¹University of the Andes, Colombia; ²University of Melbourne, Australia ID: 880 / 02-07: 5 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Securing land rights for equity, sustainability and resilience Keywords: Gender, Restitution, Transition, Redistribution Ungendered policies. Gender and land restitution process in Colombia Paola Garcia Reyes¹, Henrik Wiig² ¹Universidad del Norte, Colombia; ²Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Science ID: 750 / 02-07: 6 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Securing land rights for equity, sustainability and resilience Access to Land as of Comprehensive Compensation for Indigenous Populations in Colombia Edwin Novoa USAIDs Land and Rural Development, Colombia
2:15pm - 3:45pm	03-07: Land Use Planning for Disaster Preparedness Session Chair: Conor Sheehan, Enterprise Ireland, Ireland
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	ID: 226 / 03-07: 1 Individual Papers Either of these formats Topics: Land for infrastructure, investment, disaster risk reduction Keywords: Stimulate economic recovery, mitigation of delay, audit trail, Risk Reduction, improved communication in deserter situations International Standards- a critical contribution to disaster recovery Benjamin Lee Elder RICS ID: 723 / 03-07: 2 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Land for infrastructure, investment, disaster risk reduction Keywords: urban resilience, disaster risk reduction, urbanization Urban Disaster Resilience through Risk Assessment and Sustainable Planning Rainer Malmberg, Krätzschmar Elke IABG mbH, Germany ID: 486 / 03-07: 3 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Delivering land administration services at scale Searching Position in Non-residential Areas in Emergency and Disaster Situations by using the National Point Number Yongjong Lee LX Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation, Korea, Republic of (South Korea) ID: 659 / 03-07: 4 Individual Papers Either of these formats Topics: Land for infrastructure, investment, disaster risk reduction Keywords: Resilience, Land, Geospatial, Standards, Cloud Harnessing Land Information Through Cloud-Based Platforms For A Resilient Society Julia Painter, Carsten Roensdorf, Ben Rodgers, John Kedar Ordnance Survey, United Kingdom
4:00pm - 5:30pm	04-07: Vision for Achieving Global Land Tenure Security Session Chair: Jorge Munoz, World Bank, United States of America
MC C1-200
	ID: 529 / 04-07: 1 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Delivering land administration services at scale Keywords: Global Campaign, Tenure Insecurity, Land Administration Global Campaign to Eradicate Insecurity of Tenure by 2030 Robin McLaren¹, Stig Enemark² ¹Know Edge Ltd, United Kingdom; ²Aalborg University, Denmark ID: 774 / 04-07: 2 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Securing land rights for equity, sustainability and resilience Keywords: Movement, evidence, media, property rights, land tenure Opportunities And Constraints For Building A Global Movement For Secure Land Tenure And Property Rights Malcolm Childress Land Alliance, United States of America ID: 531 / 04-07: 3 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Land and urbanization Keywords: Land governance, tenure security, New Urban Agenda, Habitat III, cities Land in the New Urban Agenda: Opportunities, Challenges and Way Forward Danilo Antonio¹, Oumar Sylla¹, Bahram Ghazi², Katia Araujo³, Rebecca Ochong¹, Susana Rojas-Williams⁴ ¹UN-Habitat; ²United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); ³Huairou Commission; ⁴Habitat for Humanity International ID: 658 / 04-07: 4 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Securing land rights for equity, sustainability and resilience Keywords: Land Governance, Land Indicators, Land Data, Data Generation; National Aplicable/Global Comparability Methodology Evidence Based Land Governance to Achieve Agenda 2030; Experiences from Global Land Indicator Initiative Everlyne Nairesiae Lingoine¹, Marc Wegerif², Diana Fletschner³, Robert Ndungwa⁴, Ward Anseeuw⁵ ¹GLII/GLTN - UN Habitat; ²Oxfam International; ³Landesa; ⁴UN Habitat; ⁵International Land Coalition

Date: Wednesday, 22/Mar/2017
8:30am - 10:00am	05-07: Putting Fit for Purpose Land Administration in Practice Session Chair: Cornelis de Zeeuw, Kadaster, Netherlands, The
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	ID: 362 / 05-07: 1 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Delivering land administration services at scale Keywords: Land Administration, Ethiopia, Urban Planning, Cadastre Establishing a Legal Cadastre for Good Governance in Ethiopia: Identifying Bottlenecks and Steps Toward Scale-Up Tony Burns¹, Kate Fairlie¹, Yan Zhang², Gavin Adlington³, Imeru Tamrat³, Gebeyehu Belay Shibeshi³, Andrew McDowell³, Solomon Kebede⁴, Abebe Zelul⁴ ¹Land Equity International, Australia; ²World Bank; ³Consultant; ⁴Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, Ethiopia ID: 570 / 05-07: 2 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Delivering land administration services at scale Keywords: Land Tenure, Fit For Purpose, Land Cadaster, Community-based Crowdsourcing A Fit For Purpose Land Cadaster in Mozambique Marisa Balas¹, Joao Carrilho², Simão Joaquim², Christiaan Lemmen³, Jose Murta¹, Lazaro Matlava², Marques Mario Ruy⁴ ¹EXI LDA, Mozambique; ²DINAT - National Directorate of Lands; ³Dutch Kadaster; ⁴Verde Azul/ DINAT ID: 192 / 05-07: 3 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Delivering land administration services at scale Keywords: Fit-For-Purpose, Land Administration, Country Implementation Fit-For-Purpose land Administration - Developing Country Specific Strategies for Implementation Stig Enemark¹, Robin McLaren² ¹Aalborg University, Denmark; ²Know Edge Ltd, United Kingdom ID: 316 / 05-07: 4 Individual Papers Either of these formats Topics: Delivering land administration services at scale Keywords: : land administration, fit-for-purpose, IT-Leap approach, scalable solutions, implementation roadmap Implementation Of National Land Administration System - Fit-For-Purpose IT-Leap Approach Igor Popiv, Carol Roffer, Sergiy Lizenko, Maksym Kalyta Innola Solutions, Inc., US ID: 188 / 05-07: 5 MasterClass - learning day events Fit-for-Purpose and Fit-for-Future Technology for Cadastral Systems Brent Jones¹, Christiaan Lemmen², Mathilde Molendijk², Ken Gorton¹ ¹Esri, United States of America; ²Kadaster International, Netherlands Biography Based in Washington D.C., Brent Jones oversees Esri’s worldwide strategic planning, business development, and marketing activities for land records, cadastral, surveying, and land administration. As a recognized technology innovator, Jones specializes in modernizing existing land administration systems and designing new GIS-based cadastral management platforms for small and large governments around the globe. He is a member of the URISA board of directors and past president of the Geospatial Information and Technology Association and a current member of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Geospatial Information Management sitting on the Expert Group on Land Administration and Management.
10:30am - 12:00pm	06-07: Methodologies to Evaluate Land Program Impact Session Chair: Heath Cosgrove, USAID, United States of America
MC C1-200
	ID: 855 / 06-07: 1 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Academic research on land governance / rigorous impact evaluations Keywords: Evaluation, Logic, Data, SDG, Monitor A Land Evidence Framework Jennifer Lisher, Derick Bowen, Joshua Alfonso Millennium Challenge Corporation, United States of America ID: 255 / 06-07: 2 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Academic research on land governance / rigorous impact evaluations Keywords: systematic review, land tenure, evidence-based decision making Investigating the Causal Channels for Increasing Land Tenure Security: An Organisation-Specific Systematic Review Daniel Higgins IFAD, Italy ID: 978 / 06-07: 3 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Academic research on land governance / rigorous impact evaluations Keywords: realist synthesis, systematic review, common pool resources, marine governance systems Contextual Factors, Property Regimes, and Environmental Outcomes: Applying a Realist Synthesis Approach to a Systematic Review of Marine Protected Areas Rebecca McLain¹, Steven Lawry², Maria Ojanen³ ¹Portland State University, United States of America; ²CIFOR, Indonesia; ³CIFOR, Finland ID: 842 / 06-07: 4 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Academic research on land governance / rigorous impact evaluations Keywords: Land ownership, Land Access, Perceptions of Ownership, Evaluation Methodology Using innovative research methodologies to uncover nuance and diversity: The results of household diaries in Odisha, India Elizabeth Louis, Niketa Kulkarni, Diana Fletschner Landesa, United States of America
2:15pm - 3:45pm	07-07: Planning Urban Development Using Satellite Imagery Session Chair: Shlomo Angel, New York University, United States of America
MC C1-200
	ID: 370 / 07-07: 1 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Harnessing geospatial data, cloud platforms and other data technologies Keywords: Geospatial, urban planning, urban design, satellite imagery, GIS, urban policy From Megacities to Historic Towns: Leveraging Satellite Imagery and Spatial Analysis to Inform Urban Planning Jon Kher Kaw, Peter Ellis, Mark Roberts The World Bank Group ID: 447 / 07-07: 2 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Land and urbanization Keywords: expansion, growth, roads, planning, Ethiopia A New Plan for African Cities: The Ethiopia Urban Expansion Initiative Patrick Lamson-Hall, David DeGroot, Richard Martin, Shlomo Angel New York University Marron Institute of Urban Management, New York, USA ID: 417 / 07-07: 3 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Land and urbanization Keywords: Housing, Urbanization, Public Policy, Economic Development, Latin America, GIS Calibrating Housing Programs with Geo-Spatial Census Data Luis Triveno¹, Emilio Matuk² ¹World Bank, United States of America; ²Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Peru ID: 916 / 07-07: 4 Individual Papers Either of these formats Topics: Harnessing geospatial data, cloud platforms and other data technologies Keywords: Informal Settlements, Geographic Information Systems, IS Growth Models, Orthophoto Maps and Imageries, Spatial Analysis Spatio-Temporal Analysis Of Quezon City Informal Settlements:Towards An Informal Settlements Growth Model Wilmina R. Lara^1,2, Jun T. Castro², David Leonides T Yap² ¹Geodata Systems Technologies, Inc., Philippines; ²School of Urban and Regional Planning, Philippines
4:00pm - 5:30pm	08-07: Towards Integrated Land Use Planning Session Chair: Steven Lawry, Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia
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	ID: 212 / 08-07: 1 Innovation Fair - Lightning Talk (geospatial, cloud, data technologies) Mapping gendered landscapes in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT): Environmental histories, livelihood narratives, and story mapping Emily Gallagher Center for International Forestry Research, Kenya Biography Emily J. Gallagher is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) - Nairobi Hub. Her current research examines the gendered dimensions of agribusiness investments in forest and mosaic landscapes of sub-Saharan Africa. Emily holds a PhD in Geography from the Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, USA, and a MS in Horticulture from Cornell University, USA. ID: 532 / 08-07: 2 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Land for infrastructure, investment, disaster risk reduction Keywords: Land use policy, land use planning, conservation of natural resources, safeguarding the environment Ethiopia’s Move to a National Integrated Land Use Policy and Land Use Plan Zemen Haddis Gebeyehu¹, Solomon Bekure Woldegiorigis², Alehegn Dagnew Belete³, Tigistu Gebremeskel Abza⁴, Belete Tafere Desta⁵ ¹USAID, Ethiopia; ²Tetra Tech Inc.; ³Tetra Tech Inc.; ⁴Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ethiopia; ⁵Prime Minster Office, Ethiopia ID: 879 / 08-07: 3 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Securing land rights for equity, sustainability and resilience Keywords: policy, land, tenure, consultation, myanmar Developing the National Land Use Policy in Myanmar: The Importance of Inclusive Public Consultations and Close Donor Coordination Robert Oberndorf¹, U Shwe Thein², Thyn Zar Oo³ ¹Tetra Tech, Myanmar; ²Land Core Group, Myanmar; ³Public Legal Aid Network (The PLAN), Myanmar ID: 325 / 08-07: 4 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Harnessing geospatial data, cloud platforms and other data technologies Keywords: Land Use Management, National Land Use Policy, Planning, Spatial Data, Sustainable Development Evidence-based Land Use Planning Process: Piloting In Bago Region, Myanmar Myat Su Mon Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, Myanmar ID: 261 / 08-07: 5 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Securing land rights for equity, sustainability and resilience Keywords: allocative efficiency, household welfare, forestland rental markets, collective forest tenure reform, China Allocative Efficiency or Agglomeration? Devolution of Household Forestland Management and Rental Markets in China Yuanyuan Yi University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Date: Thursday, 23/Mar/2017
8:30am - 10:00am	09-07: Evolution of Land Policy in Asia Session Chair: Willi Ernst Zimmermann, Consultant, Germany
MC C1-200
	ID: 474 / 09-07: 1 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Securing land rights for equity, sustainability and resilience Keywords: Timor-Leste, Evidence-based policymanking, Land Tenure Security Finding Evidence For Land Policymaking In Timor-Leste – Successes And Limitations Bernardo Almeida Van Volenhoven Institute - Leiden University, Netherlands, The ID: 116 / 09-07: 2 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Securing land rights for equity, sustainability and resilience Keywords: Land reform, customary land, leasing, development, innovation Experiences Implementing Land Reform in Vanuatu John Meadows Land Equity International, Australia ID: 195 / 09-07: 3 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Securing land rights for equity, sustainability and resilience Keywords: Sri Lanka, conflict, land disputes, state land Implications of the Vestiges of Crown Land for Reconstruction and Development in Sri Lanka N. Selvakkumaran², Tiernan Mennen¹ ¹Abt Associates; ²University of Colombo ID: 526 / 09-07: 5 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Securing land rights for equity, sustainability and resilience Keywords: land, titling, system, challenges, reforms Land Titling in the Philippines:: Addressing Challenges Through Reform-Oriented Framework Emelyne Talabis Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines
10:30am - 12:00pm	10-07: Challenges of Decentralized Land Service Provision Session Chair: Camille Bourguignon, The World Bank, United States of America
MC C1-200
	ID: 930 / 10-07: 1 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Delivering land administration services at scale Keywords: Local Government / Land Governance Local Government Fragmentation in Peru – The Challenges for Land Governance and Territorial Planning Martha Ferreyros¹, Enrique Pantoja² ¹Consultant Perú; ²World Bank ID: 340 / 10-07: 2 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Academic research on land governance / rigorous impact evaluations Keywords: Land governance; rural property tax; Brazil; Land policy Brazilian Rural Property Taxation and its recent Structural Change Bastiaan Philip Reydon¹, Thiago Ademir Oliveira², Gabriel Pensani Siqueira³ ¹UNICAMP, Brazil; ²UNICAMP, Brazil; ³UNICAMP, Brazil ID: 448 / 10-07: 4 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Delivering land administration services at scale Keywords: Ethiopia, registration, administration, scale, certification Large-Scale Rural Land Certification And Administration In Ethiopia - The Challenges Of A Decentralised Approach John Leckie¹, Menberu Allebachew Fantaye², Andrew Smith² ¹DAI, United Kingdom; ²LIFT Programme ID: 900 / 10-07: 5 Individual Papers Either of these formats Topics: Academic research on land governance / rigorous impact evaluations Keywords: big data, land records, policy Public Policy and Land Records: A “Big Data” Perspective Sachin Garg, Philip Auerswald George Mason University, United States of America
1:00pm - 2:30pm	11-07: Harnessing the Opportunities of Big Data in Land Records Session Chair: Maurice Barbieri, CLGE (Council of European Geodetic Surveyors), Switzerland
MC C1-200
	ID: 635 / 11-07: 1 MasterClass - learning day events Spatio-Temporal Datacubes - an Enabling Paradigm for Flexible, Standards-Based Infrastructures Peter Baumann Jacobs University, Germany Biography Peter Baumann is Professor at Jacobs University [1] and hitech founder and CEO. With his research on flexible, scalable multi-dimensional Big Datacubes he has coined the research field of Array Databases [2] and is Principal Architect of the worldwide first complete and operational Array DBMS, rasdaman [3]. Peter Baumann has authored and co-authored 120+ book chapters and papers on raster databases and related fields, and holds international patents on array databases. He is regularly invited to program committees of Big Data related conferences, and is on the board of several journals. In RDA he is co-chairing the Big Data, Geospatial, and Array Database groups; in OGC he is co-chairing the Big Data, Coverages, and WCS group. Based on his 20 years of experience he is actively shaping Big Data standards, such as the OGC Big Geo Data suite, WCS, suite and ISO Array SQL. In recognition of his entrepreneurial work in the field he has received a series of national and international innovation awards, such as the renowned OGC Kenneth Gardels Award. More information is available on [4]. [1] https://www.jacobs-university.de/lsis [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Array_DBMS [3] http://www.rasdaman.org [4] http://www.peter-baumann.org ID: 321 / 11-07: 2 MasterClass - learning day events The Way of Sharing Open Geospatial Data to Support the Planet’s Biggest Challenges Luis Bermudez OGC, United States of America Biography Dr. Luis Bermudez is the Executive Director of the Innovation Program at the Open Geospatial Consortium, the world leader organization focused on developing open geospatial standards that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless and location-based services and mainstream IT. Dr. Bermudez has more than 20 years of experience in the information and technology industry including geospatial, earth informatics, sensor web, semantic web and legal information. He is Adjunct Professor in the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Dr. Bermudez has a Ph.D. and M.S. in Environmental informatics from Drexel University and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Andes University in Bogota, Colombia. ID: 288 / 11-07: 3 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Harnessing geospatial data, cloud platforms and other data technologies Keywords: fit-for-purpose land administration, continuum of land rights, responsible, land tools Building Third Generation Land Tools: Its4land, Smart Sketchmaps, UAVs, Automatic Feature Extraction, and the GeoCloud Rohan Bennett¹, Markus Gerke⁹, Joep Crompvoets², Serene Ho², Angela Schwering³, Malumbo Chipofya³, Carl Schultz³, Tarek Zein⁴, Mireille Biraro⁵, Berhanu Alemie⁶, Robert Wayumba⁷, Kaspar Kundert⁸, Sophie Crommelinck¹, Claudia Stöcker¹ ¹University of Twente, Netherlands, The; ²KU Leuven, Belgium; ³WWU University of Muenster, Germany; ⁴Hansa Luftbild, Germany; ⁵INES Ruhengeri, Rwanda; ⁶Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia; ⁷Technical University of Kenya, Kenya; ⁸ESRI Rwanda, Rwanda; ⁹Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Germany ID: 973 / 11-07: 4 Innovation Fair - Lightning Talk (geospatial, cloud, data technologies) Enabling Ecosystem of Opportunity Around Digital Land Records Philip Auerswald Zilla LLC Biography Philip Auerswald is Associate Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University and Cofounder of Zilla LLC, (http:zilla.land), a company focused on enabling opportunity around digital land records. Additionally Auerswald is author of The Code Economy: A Forty-Thousand-Year History, forthcoming from Oxford University Press in February 2017 (http://thecodeeconomy.com); Founding Executive Director, Global Entrepreneurship Research Network (http://gern.co); Board Chair, National Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (http://ncei.us); cofounder Policy Design Lab (http://policydesignlab.com); and the cofounder and coeditor of Innovations Journal (http://www.mitpressjournals.org/innovations; http://innovationsjournal.net).
2:45pm - 4:15pm	12-07: New Technology, Opportunities, Regulations, and Costs Session Chair: Fredrik Zetterquist, Swedesurvey, Sweden
MC C1-200
	ID: 677 / 12-07: 1 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Harnessing geospatial data, cloud platforms and other data technologies Keywords: Geospatial requirements, UN Sustainable Development Goals Identifying Geospatial Data Requirements for the Goals, Targets and Indicators of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Timothy Trainor UN-GGIM, United States of America ID: 334 / 12-07: 2 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Harnessing geospatial data, cloud platforms and other data technologies Keywords: artificial intelligence, blockchain, drones, geospatial, big data Mega tech trends on the near horizon for the land sector: Where innovation in the land profession innovation converges with technology disruption? Christopher Barlow¹, James Kavanagh² ¹Thomson Reuters; ²Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors ID: 957 / 12-07: 3 Innovation Fair - Lightning Talk (geospatial, cloud, data technologies) Legal and Policy Frameworks Governing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Diana Cooper Precision Hawk USA Inc., United States of America Biography Diana Cooper is the Vice President of Legal and Policy Affairs at PrecisionHawk, a leading drone data and safety company. Prior to joining PrecisionHawk, Diana led the UAS and Robotics Practice Group at the law firm of LaBarge Weinstein. Diana serves on the Advocacy Committee of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, the world's largest nonprofit organization devoted to advancing the unmanned systems and robotics community. She also serves on the Board of Unmanned Systems Canada, a non-profit association representing the interests of the unmanned vehicle systems community in Canada. Diana is a legal contributor at Robohub and is frequently quoted on regulatory issues surrounding drones by media outlets including Forbes, The New York Times and The Guardian. She regularly presents at conferences including those held by the UN, IEEE, SxSW, Stanford Law and NYU. ID: 766 / 12-07: 4 MasterClass - learning day events Open Source Tools for Geospatial Arnulf Christl¹, Markus Neteler^2,3 ¹Metaspatial, Germany; ²OSGeo; ³mundialis GmbH & Co. KG, Germany Biography Arnulf Christl is a geospatial systems architect and provides consultancy for clients throughout the world such as the United Nations, Ordnance Survey Great Britain, Siemens and IBM. Arnulf provides consultancy for geospatial systems through his company Metaspatial. He has a thorough background in secure and quality assured Open Source products based on Open Standards and is knowledgeable in Open Data models. Arnulf is President Emeritus of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and a member of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Architecture Board. He is also founding member of the OSGeo initiative GeoForAll and sits on the advisory board of the GLTN project Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM).

Date: Friday, 24/Mar/2017
9:00am - 10:30am	13-03: MasterClass: Mapathon! For more information or signing up, please contact mikel@mapbox.com
MC C1-200
	ID: 999 / 13-03: 1 Individual Papers Oral Presentation Topics: Harnessing geospatial data, cloud platforms and other data technologies Mapathon for land! A masterclass in Open Mapping Mikel Maron Mapbox, United States of America
11:00am - 12:30pm	14-03: Economic Appraisal of Land and Geospatial Projects For more information or signing up, please contact andrew.coote@consultingwhere.com
MC C1-200
	ID: 991 / 14-03: 1 MasterClass - learning day events Economic Appraisal for Land and Geospatial Projects Andrew Coote¹, Aanchal Anand², Alan Smart³ ¹Consultingwhere Ltd, United Kingdom; ²World Bank; ³ACIL Allen Biography Andrew has thirty years experience in the development and use of information systems, specialising in the management and economic justification of location-enabled applications. He has held senior management positions in both the public and private sector in the UK and Africa and undertaken strategic consultancy assignments in Europe, United States, Middle East, Russia, Southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand. His expertise in economic assessment and business case development (cost-benefit / RoI studies) stretches back over 20 years. Significantly, he has recently led ground-breaking studies assessing the return on investment of address geography for local government, work for EuroSDR on the socio-economic benefits of 3D geo-information to several land-focused use cases and valuing the economic stimulus of “free at the point of use” spatial data in Great Britain. He lectures on business management and has designed and delivered management training courses on investment appraisal of geospatial projects and risk-based Project Management.
1:30pm - 3:00pm	15-03: Land Management Ecosystems For more information or signing up, please contact auerswald@gmu.edu
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	ID: 1005 / 15-03: 1 MasterClass - learning day events Land Management Ecosystems — Challenges, Enablers and the Future Diego Molano³, Philip Auerswald¹, Pranab Choudhury², Camilo Pardo¹, Sachin Garg¹ ¹George Mason University, United States of America; ²Center for Land Governance, NR Management Consultants India Pvt. Ltd.; ³Formerly ICT Minister, Government of Colombia Biography Philip Auerswald is an Associate Professor at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government; the cofounder of Zilla LLC (http:zilla.land), a startup focused on enabling opportunity around digital land records; the cochair and executive director of the Global Entrepreneurship Research Network, an initiative of the Kauffman Foundation; and the the cofounder and coeditor of Innovations, a quarterly journal about entrepreneurial solutions to global challenges published by MIT Press. His most recent book is The Code Economy: A Forty-Thousand-Year History, forthcoming from Oxford University Press in February 2017. In June 2013 he led the launch of the National Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, an organization dedicated to using the National Mall in Washington DC as a platform to celebrate and support entrepreneurship and innovation. He has blogged and written op-eds for Harvard Business Review, Forbes, The International Herald Tribune, and The San Francisco Chronicle; has been quoted in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and Slate; and has interviewed on CBS News Sunday, NPR, and Fox, among other outlets.