Land registry and cadastre systems are rapidly transforming, not only as the safeguard of property rights, but also through digitalization, data ethics, and emerging artificial intelligence applications. The Conference aims to discuss both current challenges and the transition towards future smart systems within a broad framework spanning legal security, electronic registers, real property valuation, cadastre integration, and artificial intelligence-enabled land administration. While fostering a shared understanding around legislation, technical standards, cybersecurity, transparency, and accountability, the Conference will also place a strong focus on principles such as professional ethics, public interest, impartiality, and conflict of interest management in professional practice. In addition, in line with the competencies required by rapidly evolving systems, the Conference seeks to develop practice-oriented recommendations by addressing continuous professional development, certification, in-service training, and interdisciplinary capacity development approaches.
Conference Themes
Legal Security and the Role of the State in Land Registry and Cadastre Systems
- Scope of the principle of strict liability of the State in the land register and current judicial case law
- Protection of the principle of reliance on the land register and damages arising from registry errors
- Insurance mechanisms in the land register: comparative country practices
- Legal, financial, and administrative limits of State liability
- Compensation for damages arising from land registry operations, recourse, and risk sharing
- Chain of responsibility between cadastral procedures and land registry records
- Safeguarding legal security throughout renewal, digitalization, and transformation processes
- Protection of personal data, open data policies, and data ethics in land registry and cadastre data
- Property rights and legal security
Electronic Register and Digital Land Registry and Cadastre Systems
- Legal nature and binding effect of the electronic land register
- Cybersecurity, data integrity, and business continuity in the digitalization process
- Data modelling, standards, and interoperability for electronic registers
- National and international electronic register architectures and examples of good practice
- Legal framework, legislative compliance, and institutional transformation for electronic registers
- Use of smart contracts in land administration
- Transparency, traceability, and public trust in electronic registers
Real Property Valuation and Integration with Cadastre
- Legal and technical foundations of property valuation for taxation purposes
- Mass appraisal systems and the principles of justice, equality, and transparency
- Automated Valuation Models
- Valuation of unregistered areas and informal settlements
- Relationship, consistency, and integration between valuation and cadastral data
- Impacts of three-dimensional cadastre and building registers on valuation
- Use of artificial intelligence and big data in valuation processes
- Ethics, accountability, and auditability in real property valuation
- Impacts of valuation outcomes on public policies and urban transformation
Artificial Intelligence and Smart Land Administration Systems
- Conceptual framework for artificial intelligence applications in land administration
- Artificial intelligence-enabled approaches for:
- Cadastral updating
- Change detection
- Satellite and orthophoto analyses
- Artificial intelligence-based property valuation, risk assessment, and uncertainty analysis
- Legal responsibility, transparency, and explainability in the use of artificial intelligence
- Protection of property rights in algorithmic decision-making processes
- Artificial intelligence, automation, and the human factor in public administration
- Future smart land registry and cadastre systems:
- Digital twins
- Three-dimensional city models
- An integrated land–value–tax ecosystem
Professional Education and Professional Ethics
However, our objective is not limited to technical exchange. We also wish to share, together with our participants, the unique atmosphere of Istanbul, one of the world’s most exceptional cities, where two continents meet and which is enriched by thousands of years of history and cultural heritage. Through the welcome reception, gala dinner, and social events, we aim to experience this journey together at some of Istanbul’s most distinguished venues.
We look forward to welcoming you in Istanbul on 28–30 October 2026.
