Schedule of Events
Wednesday, March 17:
Conference participants travel to Boston and register in the Inn at Harvard
6:30 pm: Reception and dinner, Caspersen Room, Langdell Hall (4th floor), Harvard Law School (directions are enclosed)
Thursday, March 18:
9:00-10:30:
Opening Remarks – William Fisher (20 min.)
Review of the status of registry reform in Guatemala (30 min.)
Lic. Jorge Rolando Barrios
Review of the status of registry reform in Honduras (30 min.)
Magistrado Edgardo Caceres Castellanos
Dr. Oscar O. Bonilla
10:30-11:00: Coffee Break
11:00-12:30:
Review of the status of registry reform in El Salvador (30 min.)
Review of the status of registry reform in Nicaragua (30 min.)
Magistrado Francisco Rosales Arguello
Review of the status of registry reform in Costa Rica (30 min.)
Licda. Yamileth Murillo Rodriguez
12:30-2:00: Lunch, Harvard Faculty Club
2:00-3:30:
Assessing the Role of Multilateral and Bilateral Organizations in Central-American Registry Reform: Lessons from the Past and Prospects for the Future
--Presentation of paper by Steven Hendrix (30 min.)
--Presentation by Cora Shaw (World Bank) (30 min.)
--general discussion (30 min.)
3:30-4:00: Coffee break
4:00-5:30:
Real Estate Finance: The Relationship between Registries and Other Aspects of Financial Systems
--Presentation by Kasia Kozinski (Fannie Mae) (20 min.)
--Presentation by Arnoldo Camacho (INCAE) (30 min.)
--general discussion (40 minutes)
Friday, March 19:
9:00-10:30:
Roundtable Discussion #1:
Shared Goals and Strategies in Registry Reform;
Centralization vs. Decentralization;
Combatting Corruption;
Facilitating Automation;
How to Induce Landowners to Make Greater Use of the Registries
--initial presentation by William Fisher, followed by general discussion
10:30-11:00: Coffee Break
11:00-12:30:
Roundtable Discussion #2:
Supplementary Title and the Problem of Land Invasions;
Who Bears the Cost of Registry Errors? -- Personal Liability
of Registrars, Title Insurance, and other Options;
--initial presentation by William Fisher, followed by general discussion
12:30-2:00: Lunch
2:00-3:30:
Roundtable Discussion #3:
Mechanisms for Resolving Property Disputes – Should the
Registries be More Involved?
The Roles of Notaries;
The Legacy of Hurricane Mitch
--initial presentation by Prof. Martha Field and Prof. Luis Salas, followed
by general discussion
3:30-4:00: Coffee break
4:00-5:30:
Opportunities and Prospects for Reform
-- presentation by Jolyne Sanjak, USAID, on the Inter-Summit Property Systems Initiative (IPSI) (30 min.)
--general discussion (60 min.)
8:00 pm: Closing dinner, Upstairs at the Pudding Restaurant
Saturday, March 20
Conference participants return home