| Wednesday 13 March 2013 |
| Session 1: Moving from knowledge to change |
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| 08:30 |
Registration, tea and coffee
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| 09:00 |
Welcome |
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| 09:10 |
Introducing the theme: From knowledge to change – stories of impact
Mark Napier, Urban LandMark
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| 09:30 |
Keynote address 1: Mobilising land value to achieve better access to urban land
Carlos Morales-Schechinger, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
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| 10:00 |
Keynote address 2: Land, politics and the role of international development agencies
Geoffrey Payne, Geoffrey Payne & Associates, London
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| 10:30 |
Tea/Coffee break
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| Session 2: Investor impacts in African countries |
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| 10:45 |
Session introduction by Chair
Ahmedi Vawda, Presidency
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| 11:00 |
New encounters / sharing knowledge: the impact of China's Investments in cities in Africa
Allan Cain and Maribel Gonzales, Development Workshop Angola
Liu Haifang, Centre for African Studies - Peking University
Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, Urban LandMark
Kecia Rust, Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa
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| 13:00 |
Lunch
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| Session 3: Achieving impact through land law reform |
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| 14:00 |
Session introduction by Chair
Michael Kihato, independent consultant
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| 14:10 |
Impact of planning law reform in Africa: policy and practice change?
Stephen Berrisford, Urban LandMark
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| 14:30 |
Guide to urban legal reform in sub-Saharan Africa: rationale and envisaged outcomes
Patrick McAuslan, Birkbeck College, University of London
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| 15:15 |
Where has the Land Governance Assessment Framework SA taken us?
Wendy Ovens & Felicity Kitchin, independent consultants
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| 15:45 |
Session discussion
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| 17:30 |
Report launch and light supper
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| Thursday 14 March 2013 |
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| Session 4: Lessons on urban land markets from the last seven years
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| 09:00 |
Panel discussion on Urban LandMark: the Book
Mark Napier, Urban LandMark
Lauren Royston, Urban LandMark
Stephen Berrisford, Urban LandMark
Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, Urban LandMark
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| 10:30 |
Session discussion
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| 11:00 |
Tea/Coffee break
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| Session 5: Security of tenure and property rights
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| 11:15 |
Session introduction by Chair
Lauren Royston, Urban LandMark
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| 11:30 |
Operation of the Market study in Lilongwe, Malawi
Reathe Taljaard, Progressus Research & Development
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| 12:00 |
People's experience of urban development on the ground
Patrick Chikoti, Centre for Community Organisation and Development (CCODE), Malawi
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| 12:30 |
The Cities Alliance Mozambique Country Programme
Adele Hosken, Cities Alliance
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| 13:00 |
Comparing results, and implications for slum upgrading
Lauren Royston, Urban LandMark
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| 13:15 |
Session discussion
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| 13:30 |
Lunch
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| Session 6: Engaging for impact at municipal scale |
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| 14:30 |
Session introduction by Chair
Stephen Berrisford, Urban LandMark
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| 14:45 |
Township economies and related non-residential property markets
Katie Gull, PDG
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| 15:15 |
A deeper engagement on managing urban land
Tristan Görgens, Isandla Institute
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| 15:45 |
Respondents: ...on having municipal level impact
Peter Ahmad, City of Johannesburg, Development Planning and Facilitation unit
Soobs Moonsammy, EThekwini Municipality, Development Planning, Environment and Management
Jens Kuhn, City of Cape Town, Housing: Land and Forward Planning
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| 16:15 |
Conference conclusion: notes on the way forward
Mark Napier, Urban LandMark
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| 16:30 |
Conference close
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