LANDac International Conference 2015 – draft programme

WEDNESDAY 8 JULY / 13.00 – 14.00 / 14.00-14.30 / 14.30 – 16.00 / 16.00 – 16.30 / 16.30 – 18.00 / 18.00 – 19.00
Registration, breaks / Muntplein, terras, Eerste slagruimte / Registration
& coffee / Coffee / Drinks
Plenary sessions / Productieruimte / Welcome
ANNELIES ZOOMERS
Professor of International Development Studies UU & Chair of LANDac
FRITS VAN DER WAL
Senior policy advisor and Focal point land governance at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Opening
PIET HOEKSTRA
Dean of the Faculty of Geosciences UU / Opening
key notes
JUN BORRAS
Professor of Agrarian Studies, International Institute for Social Studies
ESTHER OBAIKOL Global Land Indicator’s Initiative
Parallel sessions / Auditorium / Where are the real stakeholders? How to promote policy debate in ‘recipient’ countries that include farmers’ organizations
Chair: Jur Schuurman
Productieruimte;
workshopruimte / Urban(izing) land grabs in the Global South I
Chair: Femke van Noorloos
Oranjezaal / Beyond plantations: Exploring the viability of alternative agriculture business models I
Chair: George Schoneveld
Dealingroom / Gender and commercial land investments
Chair: Caroline Archambault
Bibliotheek / Innovative land tools
Chair: Jaap Zevenbergen, Rohan Bennett, Jean du Plessis
Stijlkamer / Grabbing nature to save it: appropriating land for nature conservation
Chair: Robert Fletcher, Marja Spierenburg
Schatkamer
THURSDAY 9 JULY / 8.30-9.00 / 9.00 – 10.00 / 10.00-10.30 / 10.30-12.00 / 12.00-13.00 / 13.00-14.00 / 14.00-15.30 / 15.30-16.00 / 16.00-17.30 / 17.30-18.00 / 18.00-20.00
Welcome/ reception / Muntplein, terras, Eerste slagruimte / Registra-tion
& coffee / Coffee / Lunch / Coffee / Drinks + buffet dinner
Plenary sessions / Productieruimte
(Max 250 p.) / Key note debate “What are the issues?”
Chair: Annelies Zoomers
Padraig Carmody, Robin Palmer / Key note debate Private sector
Chair: Guus van Westen
Maria-Anne van Dijk (ABN-AMRO), Tony Liwang (Indonesian Oil Palm Community - MAKSI), Jan van de Haar (Solagrow Ethiopia) / Wrapping up & issues for debate
Guus van Westen & Jur Schuurman
Parallel sessions / Auditorium / Book presentation: Global trends in land tenure reform – gender impacts / Grounded analytical approaches to stakeholder interaction in large-scale land acquisitions in Africa I
Chair: Sandra Evers, Froukje Krijtenburg / Grounded analytical approaches to stakeholder interaction in large-scale land acquisitions in Africa II
Chair: Sandra Evers, Froukje Krijtenburg / Book presentation: Advances in responsible land administration (forthcoming) / Regulating land acquisition: what is the role of local governance? I
Chair: Gemma van der Haar, Gerard Baltissen
Productieruimte;
workshopruimte / Urban(izing) land grabs in the Global South II
Chair: Femke van Noorloos / Land governance and food security I
Chair: Gemma Betsema / Land governance and food security II
Chair: Gemma Betsema
Oranjezaal / Beyond plantations: Exploring the viability of alternative agriculture business models II
Chair: George Schoneveld / Understanding the role of finance in farmland acquisitions
Chair: Oane Visser / Responsible business and land: bridging the gap between corporate investment in land and the protection of local land-related livelihoods
Chair: Guus van Westen
Dealingroom / Gender and land
Chair: Caroline Archambault / Discussion session: Gender and land / Game: Land rush – an introduction into a simulation game on land dynamics
Chair: An Ansoms, Giuseppe Cioffo
Bibliotheek / Land tools - impact assessment
Chair: Jaap Zevenbergen, Rohan Bennett, Jean du Plessis / Legal and socio-legal perspectives in land governance
Chair: Carolien Jacobs / Oil palm expansion in Latin America: linking development pathways to socio-environmental impacts
Chair: Antonio Castellanos Navarrete, Fabio de Castro, Pablo Pacheco
Stijlkamer / Dual session:
- Governing the commons
- Forest governance
Chair: Malovika Pawar / Climate change adaptation interventions, land use and the production of exclusion
Chair: Sebastiaan Soeters / Large-scale infrastructure development projects: how to make these investments more beneficial for all?
Chair: Ty Pham Huu
Schatkamer / Workshop:
Land Matrix
Chair: Ward Anseeuw / Workshop:
Land Portal
Chair: Laura Meggiolaro / Discussion panel: the role of media and use of big data
Chair: Annelies Zoomers
FRIDAY 10 JULY / 8.30-9.00 / 9.00 – 10.00 / 10.00-10.30 / 10.30-12.00 / 12.00-13.00 / 13.00-14.30 / 14.30-15.00 / 15.00-16.00 / 16.0016.15 / 16.15-17.15 / 17.15-17.30 / 17.30-17.45 / 17.45-18.30
Welcome/ reception / Muntplein, terras, Eerste slagruimte / Coffee / Coffee / Lunch / Coffee / Short break / Drinks
Plenary sessions / Productieruimte
(Max 250 p.) / Key note debate “Experiences from the field – moving forward”
Chair: Frits van der Wal
Esther Obaikol, Harold Liversage,
Alda Salomão / Closing panel
“Ways forward and new agenda’s for policy and research”
Chair: Frits van der Wal, Annelies Zoomers
JulianQuan, Tony Liwang, AldaSalomão, Padraig Carmody / Closing
Marjan Oudeman (President of the Executive Board of Utrecht University) / Closing remarks Annelies Zoomers
Parallel sessions / Auditorium / Book presentation: Losing your land – dispossession in the Great Lakes Region / Regulating land acquisition: what is the role of local governance? II
Chair: Gemma van der Haar, Gerard Baltissen / Community voices and land governance
Chair: Kei Otsuki, Danny Wijnhoud, Arelys de Yanez / Book presentation: Climate change-induced displacement and migration / Discussion session: Local governance, stakeholder participation & community voices
Productie-ruimte;
Workshop-ruimte / Public land policies and instruments I
Chair: Tejo Spit, Thomas Hartmann / Public land policies and instruments II
Chair: Tejo Spit, Thomas Hartmann / Discussion session: Public land policies in Europe and its links to other contexts
Oranjezaal / The role of guidelines and principles in improving land governance
Chair: Louisa Jansen / Land governance and the landscape approach
Chair: Sjoerd Panhuysen
Dealingroom / Documentary & discussion: Grounding Land Governance
Chair: Mathijs van Leeuwen / Conflict-related displacement: challenges to land governance
Chair: Gemma van der Haar, Mathijs van Leeuwen
Bibliotheek / Towards sustainability of various oil palm production models in Indonesia: a need for integrated and participatory land use planning I
Chair: Pita Verweij, Paul Burgers / Towards sustainability of various oil palm production models in Indonesia: a need for integrated and participatory land use planning II
Chair: Pita Verweij, Paul Burgers / Discussion session: Oil palm
Stijlkamer / Land governance in the artisanal and small scale mining sector I
Chair: Chris Huggins / Land governance in the artisanal and small scale mining sector II
Chair: Chris Huggins
Schatkamer / Land governance and local outcomes
Chair: Guus van Westen / Can Jatropha have a second chance? Insights based on past experiences
Chair: Aklilu Amsalu, Richmond Antwi-Bediako