Programme and Presentations
14th Königswinter Seminar on Postal Economics
Postal Regulation and Volumes under Pressure
25 November - 27 November 2013, Hirschburg, Königswinter, Germany
Monday, 25 November 2013
| 19:00 | Reception at Hirschburg | |
| 20:00 | Dinner |
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
| 09:30 | Introduction | |
Session 1: Volume Trends andUniversal Service | ||
| 09:40 | Volume trends in EU postal market | |
| 10:20 | Letter demand and explaining factors in Finland and a Nordic comparison | |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:20 | Downsizing universal postal service requirements in New Zealand | |
Session 2: E-Commerce and Parcels | ||
| 12:00 | European cross border e-commerce parcels delivery and market analysis | |
| 12:40 | Lunch | |
| 13:40 | Opportunities in cross-border e-commerce | |
| 14:20 | E-commerce and opportunities for cross-border parcels in Europe | |
| 15:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:30 | Challenges in the European B2C parcels market | |
| 16:10 | Parcel delivery services and cross-border e-commerce | |
| 19:00 | Reception at Hirschburg | |
| 20:00 | Dinner |
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Session 3: Postal Regulation | ||
| 09:30 | Prospects for postal reform in the U.S. | |
| 10:15 | New postal legislation in the Netherlands | |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 | Further developments in the UK postal sector | |
| 12:15 | Concluding remarks | |
| 12:30 | Lunch / Semiar ends |
