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      Land Conference 2025 | How Land Systems Create Jobs and Unlock the Future of Energy

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      Did you know that land systems play an important role in securing land tenure, including for local landholders, and land access for infrastructure? Join the World Bank Land Conference from May 5–8, 2025, to explore effective strategies for enhancing land tenure security and land administration worldwide. This premier global forum brings together over 1,000 participants from governments, development partners, civil society, academia, and the private sector to showcase policy-relevant research, discuss technical issues, and share best practices in the land sector. 

      The 2025 conference aims to move from awareness to action by highlighting effective strategies for securing land tenure and access and scaling up land sector initiatives, investments, and policy reforms that promote global prosperity and environmental sustainability. Join us at the Opening Session for a multi-stakeholder discussion on how the private sector, governments, local landholders, and civil society can work together to advance socially responsible and environmentally sustainable mining investments that unlock jobs, energy access, and economic growth.

      Don't miss this opportunity to learn from global experts and contribute to shaping the future of land governance.

      11:00-11:02 | Welcome by Mercedes Stickler, World Bank Land Conference Team Leader

      11:02-11:20 | Keynote Remarks by Rohitesh Dhawan, President and CEO of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)

      11:20-11:50 | Panel Discussion

      • Rohitesh Dhawan, President and CEO of the ICMM
      • Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Chair, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
      • Jennifer Layke, Global Director for Energy, World Resources Institute
      • Demetrios Papathanasiou, Global Director for Energy and Extractives, World Bank

      11:50-12:00 | Closing Remarks

      • Guangzhe Chen, Vice President for Infrastructure, World Bank

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      • Jennifer Lisher

        Jennifer Lisher

        Senior Land Administration Specialist, World Bank

      About the Land Conference

      For over twenty years, the World Bank Land Conference has been the premier global forum for the land sector, bringing together participants from governments, development partners, civil society, academia, and the private sector to showcase research, discuss issues and good practice, and inform policy dialogue to strengthen land tenure security and land administration worldwide in supportive of sustainable development and economic growth.

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