Programme and Presentations
17th Königswinter Postal Seminar
5 - 7 February 2018, Hirschburg, Königswinter, Germany
Monday, February 5
| 19:00 | Reception and Welcome at Hirschburg | |
| 20:00 | Dinner |
Tuesday, February 6
| 09:00 | Welcome coffee & registration | |
| 09:30 | Introduction | |
Session 1: Pricing in Competition | ||
| 09:35 | Competition and pricing in the Dutch mail market Drs. Joos Francke, Team Manager Telecommunications, Transport and Postal Services, Authority for Consumers & Markets, The Netherlands | |
| 10:10 | Consolidation and volume discounts in the Swedish mail market Joakim Levin, Expert Adviser in Economic Analysis and Regulation. PTS, Sweden | |
| 10:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:15 | Competition and regulatory issues in the German mail market Christina Sontheim-Leven, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, Postcon Deutschland | |
| 11:50 | Linking price caps to volume: Options for making Z-factors work Christian Bender, Senior Economist, WIK | |
12:25 | Recent trends in US postal regulation: 10-year Review of the Rate and Classification System for Market Dominant Products David A. Trissell, General Counsel, Postal Regulatory Commission, United States | |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
Session 2: Future Universal Service | ||
| 14:00 | Universal service in transition: some insights on usage and preferences of Swiss households and SMEs Fabio Wälti, Economist, Federal Office of Communications, Switzerland | |
| 14:35 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:05 | Overview of the Estonian postal market and future developments Indrek Ahermaa, Senior Analyst, Department of Energy and Postal Communications, Estonian Competition Authority | |
| 15:40 | Future of the USO from a Belgian perspective Sophie de Schrevel, Regulatory Expert, Legal & Regulatory Department, bpost | |
| 19:00 | Reception at Hirschburg | |
| 20:00 | Dinner Dinner Speaker: Jan Bart Henry, Head of EU Affairs, PostNL, The Netherlands |
Wednesday, February 7
Session 3: Cross-Border Parcels | ||
| 09:30 | Trends in cross-border e-commerce Oliver Sukowski, Managing Director Customer Solutions, DHL Parcel Europe | |
| 10:00 | Challenges in shipping cross-border parcels Jörgen Bödmar, President, EMOTA | |
| 10:30 | Implementing the Parcel Regulation Raphaël Goulet, Head of Unit 'Public Interest Services', GROW, European Commission | |
| 11:00 | Making the Parcel Regulation work: Issues for NRAs Jack Hamande, Chairman of the ERGP | |
11:30 | Coffee Break | |
12:00 | Panel Discussion on Cross-Border Parcels Chair: Alex Kalevi Dieke, Director and Head of Department, WIK | |
| Panellists: Jörgen Bödmar, President, EMOTA Jean-Paul Forceville, Chairman of PostEurop Management Board Raphaël Goulet, Head of Unit 'Public Interest Services', GROW, European Commission Jack Hamande, Chairman of the ERGP Oliver Sukowski, Managing Director Customer Solutions, DHL Parcel Europe | |
| 12:55 | Concluding Remarks | |
| 13:00 | Lunch / Seminar Ends |
