Papers presented at Conference
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Keynote Address
Land Registration - A Health Check: John Manthorpe, former Chief Land Registrar of England and Wales (International Land Consultant)
Session 1: Delivering integrated land information services
Distribution of land information from multiple agencies in Norway: Per Christian Selmer, Managing Director, Norway Land Information Ltd
Land and Property Services Agency - A step into the future: Patricia Montgomery, Registrar of Titles, Land Registers Northern Ireland
Session 2: Developing modern and sustainable organisational structures
The new Swedish land registration: Mats Snall, Project Manager, Lantmateriet (The National Land Survey of Sweden)
Registering a Special Administrative Region: Kim Salkeld, Land Registrar, Land Registry Hong Kong
Introducing Land Title Registration to Bermuda - Another World: John Meadows, Land Registrar and Mark Griffin, Project Manager, Land Title Registry Office, Bermuda
World Bank Experience in Land Administration in the Transition Economies of Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Gavin Adlington and Victoria Stanley, World Bank
Session 3: International developments on electronic registration & electronic conveyancing
eConveyancing Sans Frontieres: Simon Libbis, Executive Director, National Electronic Conveyancing Office, Australia
Estonian experiences on electronic conveyancing: Heidi Ratsep, Head of Land Register Division, Centre of Registers and Infosystems, Estonia
eConveyancing in New Zealand, Progress to date and future developments: Robbie Muir, Registrar-General of Land, New Zealand
eConveyancing in the Netherlands: Wim Louwman, Chief Registrar, Kadastre, The Netherlands
eRegistration and eConveyancing, in Ireland - the story so far... : John O'Sullivan, Information Systems Manager, Property Registration Authority, Ireland
Session 4: Fundamentals of a secure and accessible Land Register
Risk Assessment and Management in Electronic Conveyancing: Mark Sneddon, Partner - eBusiness and Financial Services, Clayton Utz Lawyers, Melbourne
Legislative amendments relating to real estate fraud and the Ministry of Government Services' Real Estate Fraud Action Plan: Kate Murray, Director of Titles, Ministry of Government Services, ServiceOntario
The Open Register: Joe Timothy, Director of Legal Services and Deputy Chief Land Registrar, Land Registry (England and Wales)
Session 5: Challenges and opportunities for the Registers of the future
What next after the LIS is completed in the Netherlands?: Rik Wouters, Regional Manager, Kadastre International, The Netherlands
Challenges into the 21st Century: Max Locke, Registrar of Titles for Queensland, Australia
Developing a Land Registry of the future: Karen Banks, Catherine Benning and Sheri Hupp, Information Services Corporation of Saskatchewan
Benchmarking Land Registration: Diarmuid Clancy, Deputy Registrar, Property Registration Authority, Ireland
Papers submitted for publication
eSubmission of Land Documents in Nova Scotia: Mark Coffin and Nancy Saunders, Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, Ellen French and Svjetlana Mijatovic, CARIS, Canada
Systems of Land Survey and Registration in China
Property Ownership - A question of Title?: Malina Swann, MD, London Property and Title Guarantee
Integrated Land Information Service in Lithuania: Romualdas Kasperavicius, Deputy Director for Register State Enterprise, Centre of Registers, Lithuania
"Casa Pronta": Luisa Clode and Maria José Silva, Portuguese Land Registrars Association