Sessions, Events & Interfaces

ILDC2019 will extend participants diverse platforms to share, learn and network with wide scope of interaction, levels of engagements and opportunities for deliberations as well as fertlile environments to amplify narratives, further discourses and change conversations. In addition to providing usual conference opportunities for furthering learning and sharing, ILDC2019, being a multi-stakeholder platform, will attempt to converge and connect conversations and take them to next logical steps by connecting them to approriate policy, practice and research stakeholders at regional, national and international level.

Plenaries : Inaugural, Open Space, Valedictory Inaugural and Valedictory plenaries with address and key-note presentations by leaders and experts; scope of open space before valedictory to map strategies for furthering the emerging narratives, action points and policy take-away through appropriate regional and national initiatives; Interface with representatives of political parties on mainstreaming land rights in manifesto and governance agenda in upcoming election.
Paper & poster presentation Sessions organized as per theme/sub-theme and plan of the host institution(s)’ where selected/invited papers will be presented with follow up discussions and summarization.

There will be space for presenting posters by young practitioners, researchers to showcase their learning, findings and ideas and help them peer-feedback

Panel Discussions Sessions organized as per theme/sub-theme and plan of the host institution(s)’ where invited panellists will be deliberating on focused topics facilitated by moderators with follow up discussions and summarization. This type of sessions was a crowd puller in ILDC2018 and very impactful in intensifying conversations.
Special Sessions Sessions organized to deliberate on special thematic areas with a very specific regional, national or international scope and implication.  In ILDC2018, there was a session on focussing Bangladesh
Innovation Fair A convergence space where new ideas, innovations, disruptions changing the course of land governance will be shared, discussed, questioned and furthered. Participants will be entrepreneurs, practitioners,
Master Class An initiative begun last year, to provide opportunity for learning new and latest tools/methodologies around land governance/technology from the expert/experienced institution/professionals through interactive and/or practical hands-on sessions.
Networking Events Conference will provide time and space for one-to-one, peer and group networking opportunities. There is proposal for promoting networks among land institutions in India as well as building bridges between land-researchers and practitioners while also exploring academic and media-networks around land and development. Apart from Conference registration, dinner, tea/coffee breaks, there will be spaces for specific networking events.
 

Pre and Post conference events

Webinars, training workshops, media-interfaces and other events will be organized leading to and following the Conference to build up tempo, educate and attract potential participant, enhance outreach, engage wider audiences and further the conversations. These will be organized in with national and international partners of ILDC