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World Postal Business Forum: innovation tops agenda with Moses Ma as keynote speaker
[September 22, 2014]

World Postal Business Forum: innovation tops agenda with Moses Ma as keynote speaker


(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Berne, Switzerland -- The Universal Postal Union, the United Nations agency for postal services, is inviting prominent postal leaders and experts to explore how different facets of innovation can shape business and service strategy at this year's World Postal Business Forum in Stockholm, Sweden, from 23-25 September 2014.



Entrepreneur and innovation guru Moses Ma will be the keynote speaker at this annual World Postal Business Forum, taking place on the sidelines of POST-EXPO 2014.

Ma, a partner at a US-based high-tech venture incubator, will share insights into how strategic innovation can drive corporate change.


Opening this year's forum alongside UPU Director General Bishar Hussein is also Hkan Ericsson, president and group chief executive officer of PostNord, the company created in 2009 from the merger between the Danish and Swedish Posts.

Please see full programme at: http://www.postexpo.com/conf_overview_2.php?n=conf Members of the media can attend Post-Expo and the conferences free of charge. To register for a free press pass, please go to: http://www.postexpo.com/press_reg.php?n=press "Innovation today is on every leader's mind, as the industry faces enormous challenges," says the UPU's Hussein. "Innovation not only deals with new technologies, but also with a change in mentality, in the creation of new ways to address current and future challenges." The UPU expects this year's event to attract good attendance with an exciting programme covering various aspects of innovation, a harbinger of the UPU's 140th anniversary celebrations on 9 October.

Panels of experts and senior executives will discuss the role of innovation in developing products and services that meet customers' evolving needs, and how regulatory frameworks can foster and encourage new approaches to commerce.

The forum's second day, organized with the Federation of European Direct and Interactive Marketing (FEDMA), will cover the fascinating world of big data, its value to postal operators and the privacy issues to be considered.

The third and final day, organized in association with Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne's Postal Innovation Platform, will focus on partnership models for postal operators and how to use the value chain to seek out new revenue streams.

The UPU's 13th annual World Postal Business Forum is organized in conjunction with POST-EXPO 2014, the postal industry's annual showcase of innovation and technology, bringing together more than 120 exhibitors as well as conferences and workshops under one roof.

MEDIA TOUR - PHOTO/VIDEO FOOTAGE OPPORTUNITY: Members of the media are welcome to attend a short media tour of POST-EXPO 2014 on 23 September 2014 from 8:45 a.m. to 9:25 a.m. Join UPU Director General Bishar A. Hussein, PostNord president and group chief executive officer Hkan Ericsson and UKIP Media & Events Chief Executive Officer and POST-EXPO founder Tony Robinson as they visit the stands of a few innovative companies present at POST-EXPO 2014.

Please inform the media contacts below if you intend to attend. Participants will meet near the POST-EXPO registration desks and head off on the tour promptly at 8:45 a.m.

About the UPU Created in 1874, the Universal Postal Union (UPU), based in Berne (Switzerland), is an intergovernmental organization and the primary forum for cooperation between governments, Posts and other stakeholders of the worldwide postal sector. In addition to maintaining a genuinely universal network that provides modern products and services, it establishes the rules for international mail exchanges among its 192 members and makes recommendations to stimulate mail volume growth and to improve the quality of service for customers. In 2012, some 5.1 million employees processed and delivered 350 billion letter-post items, including 3.7 billion international items, and over 6 billion parcels. Many postal services also offer expedited mail, financial and electronic services. Some 640,000 postal establishments make the postal network the largest physical distribution network in the world. The UPU is a specialized agency of the United Nations since 1948. This year, the UPU celebrates its 140th anniversary on 9 October.

For the UPU's World Postal Business Forum and interview requests: Rhal LeBlanc Media relations Universal Postal Union [email protected] +41 31 350 32 51 (office) +41 79 345 97 64 (mobile) www.upu.int / news.upu.int For Post-Expo 2014, exhibitors, operations conference and technology workshops: Peter Haynes Public Relations UKIP Media and Events [email protected] +44 (0) 7738 883259 .

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