Webinar: Tech and Transparency

The land and property rights sector is notoriously corrupt. Lack of transparency at every step of the mapping and documentation process enables fraud and exacerbates inequities between governments, companies and communities. Challenges range from petty corruption in land transactions to major political graft, such as the illegal sale or lease of state land by public officials.

New and emerging technologies have the potential to greatly increase transparency by simplifying the process of mapping, recording, and defending property rights at scale, by preventing fraud and records tampering, and by resting control over property rights in the hands of the rights holders themselves.

This webinar will introduce a new tool produced by New America and Esri: a series of PropRightsTech Primers aimed at explaining, in simple, accessible terms, six new and emerging technologies in the land tenure and property rights space. The webinar will also will feature experts on these emerging technologies and land governance and will explore their implications for increasing transparency and eliminating corruption in the property rights sector. The webinar is co-hosted by New America, ESRI, and the Land Portal Foundation.

The webinar will take place from 10:00-11:30 AM ET (4:00-5:30 PM CEST) on July 25th via gotowebinar. Register now to participate.

Moderator:

Yuliya Panfil
Senior Fellow and Director, Future of Property Rights, New America

Panelists:

Tim Fella
Global Business Development Manager for Land Administration, Esri

Shreya Deb
Director, Omidyar Network India

Mustapha Issa
Field Team Manager for the Tanzania Land Tenure Assistance (LTA) program, DAI Tanzania

Milton Saunders
Manager of Mapping Services, Jamaican National Land Agency