Chair of Land Management presents at the 2026 FIG conference in Cape Town, South Africa

The Chair of Land of Land Management actively contributed to the FIG 2026 conference in Cape Town, South Africa (https://fig2026.org/ ), with presentations of 4 papers:

1. Sukmo Pinuji and Walter Timo de Vries: Leveraging Indonesia’s One Map and One Data Initiatives to Assess Livelihood Resilience after Compulsory Land Acquisition (https://www.fig.net/resources/proceedings/fig_proceedings/fig2026/papers/ts01f/TS01F_pinuji_de_vries_13883.pdf )
2. Vineet Chaturvedi, Walter de Vries and Audita Widya: Urban Expansion and Land Utilization in Post-Conflict Capitals: Kabul and Baghdad (https://www.fig.net/resources/proceedings/fig_proceedings/fig2026/papers/ts08b/TS08B_chaturvedi_de_vries_et_al_13890.pdf )
3. Walter Timo de Vries (Germany), Claudia Lindner (Netherlands), Felicitas Sommer and Walter Dachaga: Digital Transformation to Support Integrated Land Management: A Synthesis of Practices, Experiences and Opportunities (https://www.fig.net/resources/proceedings/fig_proceedings/fig2026/papers/ts10a/TS10A_de_vries_lindner_et_al_13932_abs.pdf )
4. He Gao and Walter Timo de Vries (Germany): 
   Territorializing Airspace: Reframing Rights–Restrictions–Responsibilities for Low-Altitude Governance (https://www.fig.net/resources/proceedings/fig_proceedings/fig2026/papers/ts11a/TS11A_gao_de_vries_13840.pdf )

Additionally, Prof. de Vries was a member of the panel session on Reimagining Land Administration Education: Towards Conceptualising a Core Body of Knowledge.

The Chair remains active in the Commissions 7 (Cadastre and Land Management - https://www.fig.net/organisation/comm/7/index.asp ) and 8 (Spatial planning and development - https://www.fig.net/organisation/comm/8/index.asp ).