Global Addressing Summit
The Universal Postal Union
Consultative Committee’s
GLOBAL ADDRESSING SUMMIT
April 23, 2010
International Bureau of the UPU, Berne, Switzerland
The best minds and the most serious companies in the private sector and postal world gathered to discuss the subject of Addressing through four different lenses:
- Economic Perspectives
- Interoperability
- Customer Perspective
- Standards
This was the first of three conferences being organized over the coming 2 years by the Universal Postal Union to promote An Address For Everyone. This is the only one that will focus on the needs of business and the latest technologies for address system development.
The program was as follows:
9.30 Welcome and introduction
Charles Prescott, Global Envelope Alliance, UPU Consultative Committee Chairman
Edouard Dayan, UPU Director General
10.00 ECONOMIC BENEFITS
Discussion of the economic effects of addressing and postcode systems – or their lack – in different countries around the world. The cost of implementing addressing systems and the expenses related to bad addressing will be included.
Moderator: Murray Buchanan, Royal Mail
Postcodes in Ireland: Best Practice Business Development in the Postal Sector
Economic/commercial benefits of Saudi Post’s innovative address system
Dr. Abdulaziz Wazzan, Saudi Post – Due to size of file, available at www.slideshare.net/CharlesPrescott
The Cost of Delivery, and Non-Delivery of Cross-border Parcels. A Survey
Mr. Andrew Starkey by video, Internet Marketing Retailers Group - Due to the nature of this file, it must be transferred by ftp. Please email address@prescottreport.com and we will send you download instructions.
11.00 INTEROPERABILITY
In this context “interoperability” refers to the use of common or different sets of address-related data compiled and provided by Posts, distribution companies and/or other suppliers. It also refers to the increased use of technologies and communications devices for address-related work. The need for consistent, coherent and coordinated addressing systems at national and regional levels will also be discussed.
Moderator: Chris Powell, Royal Mail
Interoperability: The Challenges and Opportunities for Address Related Data.
Joel LaPlount AddressDoctor Gmbh
International Address Data Quality – challenges and chances for operators und users in a globalized world
Jorg Schneider, Deutsche Post Adress Gmbh
21st century postcodes for countries with no postcode
Mobilize Your Workforce To Address the Un-addressable
George Harbachuk, RAF Technology and Jeff Sibio, Intermec
12.15 Concluding remarks
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Networking time
15.00 CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE
This session will feature the mailers’ experiences and frustrations/pleasures in working with Posts and postal data and their concerns in terms of address data collection and list acquisition, domestically and cross-border. It will also include issues related to address updating and verification, especially in international campaigns, and “undeliverable as addressed” mail treatment.
Moderator: Charles Prescott, Global Envelope Alliance
Reaching our Best Prospects: Some ideas from the Not-for-profit Sector
Richard Pordes, International Fundraising Consultants
Undelivered cross-border mail? A customer’s perspective
Daniel Rutenberg, International Airline Passengers Association
Cross-Border Mail: The history of “Direct Entry” made easy
The importance of addressing
Graham Rhind, GRC Database information (video) – Due to nature of this file, it must be transferred by ftp. Please email us at address@prescottreport.com and we will send download instructions.
16.00 Standards and new technologies
Discussion of developments in standards and new applications of technology. The need for a global address standard and the new addressing technologies that can be used to achieve this goal will be touched upon.
Moderator: Steve Lopez, PostCom
Standards
Global address standards: why we need them and current developments
Best Practices for Implementing the S42 standard
Roussouw, Implementing the S42 standard
New technology
Accessing the Datum: GIS for Sustainable Economic Growth
Emanuele Gennai, ESRI – due to size of file available at www.slideshare.net/CharlesPrescott
New Technology Platform for Postal Applications
17.40 Close
