Programme and Presentations

Monday, December 9

12:00		Welcome & Registration
12:30		Lunch
		Session 1: International mail markets & UPU Chair: Alex Dieke, Director and Head of Department, WIK
13:30		Results of the 2019 UPU Third Extraordinary Congress & international mail markets Siva Somasundram, Director, Policy, Regulations and Markets, UPU International Bureau & Jack Hamande, Co-chair Committee 2, UPU Council of Administration, and Member of the Council, BIPT
14:50		International mail: market trends, opportunities, and challenges in Spain Ruth Medina, International Business Manager, Correos
15:30		Coffee Break
		Session 2: Overcoming borders: Customs and VAT on postal imports Chair: James I. Campbell Jr., Attorney and Independent consultant
16:00		EU customs procedures and import VAT: On the way to 2021 Ágnes Nagy, Policy officer, DG TAXUD, European Commission
16:40		Import VAT on low value items: the Swedish Experience Anders Hildingsson, Senior Analyst, Digitalisation Department, PTS
19:30		Reception at Hirschburg
20:00		Dinner

Tuesday, December 10

		Session 3: Improving efficiency in delivery Chair: Iris Henseler-Unger, General Manager and Director, WIK
09:00		Delivering letters and parcels in Europe: Trends & challenges in postal operations Antonia Niederprüm, Senior Economist, WIK
09:40		Procurement of universal services in Finland Päivi Rokkanen, Senior Legal Counsel, Posti Ltd
10:20		Adapting to changing market conditions - alternate day delivery in Norway Kristin Bergum, SVP International and regulatory affairs, Posten Norge AS
11:00		Coffee Break
		Session 4: Experience from regulators Chair: Antonia Niederprüm, Senior Economist, WIK
11:30		Postal service in Spain: Market trends and regulatory challenges Teresa Sánchez Armas, Head of the Postal Sector Unit, CNMC (Spain)
12:10		What has been the experience of giving Royal Mail more commercial freedom? Marina Gibbs, Competition Policy Director, Ofcom (UK)
12:50		Lunch
		Session 5: Future directions for postal regulation Chair: Sonja Thiele, Senior Economist, WIK
14:00		Reforming the Postal Act in Germany Daniel Eimer, Deputy head of division, Telecommunications and postal law, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (Germany)
14:40		NRA experience with implementing the Postal Directive Rita Filipe Silva, Regulatory Specialist, ANACOM & Coordinator of ERGP Presidency
15:20		Concluding Remarks Alex Dieke, Director and Head of Department, WIK
15:30		Coffee / Seminar ends