Programme and Presentations
16th Königswinter Postal Seminar
2 - 4 November 2016, Hirschburg, Königswinter, Germany
Wednesday, November 2
19:00 | Reception and Welcome at Hirschburg | |
20:00 | Dinner |
Thursday, November 3
09:00 | Welcome coffee & Registration | |
09:30 | Introduction | |
Session 1: Postal Regulation | ||
09:35 | Competition in the Postal Sector: The Dutch Model | |
10:15 | Implementation of the Press Distribution Concession (SGEI) in Belgium – Recent Experience | |
10:55 | Coffee Break | |
11:25 | Challenges to Achieving Efficiency in the Provision of Postal Services: Some Australian Observations | |
12:05 | Modernizing Universal Service in Italy | |
12:45 | Lunch | |
Session 2: Delivering for E-Commerce | ||
14:00 | US Parcels Market: The Invasion of the Last Mile | |
14:40 | The Role of Letter Products for E-Commerce | |
15:20 | Coffee Break | |
15:50 | Effects of the 2016 UPU Congress on International Package Delivery Services | |
16:30 | An Online Platform to Create Transparency about International Parcel Offers | |
19:00 | Reception at Hirschburg | |
20:00 | Dinner |
Friday, November 4
Session 3: EU Parcel Regulation | ||
09:30 | The Proposed Regulation on Cross-Border Parcels. Evidence, Objectives and Prospects | |
10:10 | ERGP perspective: How should NRAs regulate cross-border parcels? | |
10:50 | Coffee Break | |
11:20 | Parcel Regulation: Needed or Nonsense? | |
12:00 | Chances and challenges in cross-border parcel distribution. Hermes’ perspective on the European X2C market | |
12:40 | Concluding Remarks | |
12:45 | Lunch / Seminar ends |