January 6, 2016 (Arlington, Va.) –PostalVision 2020today announced an exciting line-up of speakers and topics for its March 15-16, 2016 event, which will bring together global industry leaders, visionaries, regulators, innovators, inventers, entrepreneurs and supply chain experts to engage in the ongoing exploration of the needs of Americans in a future postal system to support the growth of business and ecommerce.
“PostalVision 2020 will continue its tradition of bringing together essential voices and expertise for these critical discussions,” said John Callan, managing director of Ursa Major Associates and Founder of the PostalVision 2020 Initiative. “The 2016 event will focus on how ‘B2Me’ is driving changes throughout the supply chain and postal ecosystem as more controls are placed in the hands of demanding consumers of ecommerce,” Callan said. “With the continued growth in ecommerce driving changes in the mail mix and fueling new distribution and delivery strategies, the entire industry ecosystem is being challenged,” he said, “This year’s ‘6.0’ conference will focus on those challenges, and the resulting opportunities, and will include unprecedented participation from the U.S. Postal Service as well as its regulators, stakeholders, suppliers, and those providing USPS oversight.”
The March 2016 event marks the sixth consecutive year of PostalVision 2020’s annual event, and with the critical discussion topics as well as the diverse speaker line-up ranging from prominent global postal leaders to cutting edge start-ups, the event is expected to sell out. For more information on PostalVision 2020, including information on previous events as well as the B2Me movement, please visithttp://www.postalvision2020.com.
A very limited number of press passes are available for this Washington, DC-area event. Contact PostalVision 2020 Director of Community & Brand Development Kathleen Siviter (ksiviter@ursamajorassociates.com) for more information on attending the event and special press briefing.
PostalVision 2020 6.0 “B2Me - Game Changers”
The Ritz Carlton, Pentagon City, March 15-16, 2016
Preliminary Program*
Scheduled Sessions | Speakers and Panelists |
Introduction “B2Me – Game Changers” | John Callan - Founder and Chairman, PostalVision 2020 |
Vision: Game Changing Global Trends | Thom Blischok - Chief Retail Strategist, Strategy& / PwC Mattia Crespi – Foresight Practitioner, Inst. of the Future Jeff Jarvis - Buzzmachine.com; “What Would Google Do” David Williams – USPS Inspector General |
Research and Data Underlying Trends | Brody Buhler – Global Postal Lead, Accenture Cooper Smith – Analyst, Business Insider Intelligence |
“B2Me” Consumer Data - Applications and Analysis | Angelika Dimoka, PhD – Associate Professor, Temple Univ. Jonathan Margulies – Managing Director, Winterberry Group Lisa Rapp – Director of Products, Acxiom |
Innovation and Invention in the Supply Chain | Jay Emmett – General Manager, OpenMarket/Amdocs Nagesh Kadaba, PhD –Senior Advisor, ipCapital Group Ramesh Ratan, PhD – CEO, Bell and Howell |
B2Me - Retail Front-End – First Mile | Lori Rectanus – Dir. Physical Infrastructure Issues , U.S. GAO John Reis – General Manager Retail, Canada Post Kelly Sigmon – VP, Retail and Customer Service Ops, USPS Anthony Watson – Head of Business Dev., ShipBob |
Innovation and Invention in Transport & Delivery | Steve Barnett – Product Manager, Open Market Steve Burns – CEO Workhorse Group Keith Cornell – Chief Commercial Officer, Starship Tech. Robbie Diamond – Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE) Oliver Evans - Head of Global Business Dev., Matternet |
B2Me - Retail Back-End – Last Mile | Idriss Al Rifai – Founder and CEO, Fetchr Patrick Armstrong - Snaile Greg Mackin – Co-founder and CEO, Parcelhome Neel Murthy - CEO, SwapBox Dan Treiman – VP New Markets, Doorman |
Challenges and Opportunities in Cross Border | Wendy Eitan – Product Strat., Econ and Markets Coord., UPU Tom Forbes – VP International, MetaPack Giselle Valera – VP and Managing Dir., Global Business, USPS Marcello Wesseler – CEO SingPost eCommerce |
Vision and Innovation - 3 Leading Global Posts | Emil Dzuray – Director Strategic Planning, USPS Markus Kuckelhaus – VP Innovation, DHL Lily Loo – Head Customer Service, SingPost Claudia Pletscher - Head of Innovation, Swiss Post |
Special Sessions | Speakers and Moderators |
Keynote Address - “Think Big – Act Bigger” | Jeff Hayzlett – Chairman, C-Suite Network |
Full Conference Planning Workshop | Jody Berenblatt – Grayhair Advisors Thom Blischok - Chief Retail Strategist, Strategy& / PwC |
Session Moderators | Bernhard Bukovc – Chmn,Postal Innovation Platform (PIP) John Callan – Founder and Chairman, PostalVision 2020 Mike Comstock – Cofounder, Ursa Major Associates Emil Dzuray – Dir Strategic Planning, USPS Amine Khechfe – Co-founder and General Manager, Endicia Robert Reisner – Director and Senior Strategic Advisor, PwC Elmar Toime – Chairman, Postea Marshall Van Alstyne – Professor , MIT and BU |
*Actual session times to be announced. Additional speakers may be added and some speaker slots/times subject to change.
About PostalVision 2020
PostalVision 2020 is the creation of Ursa Major Associates, LLC , a leading strategy consultancy, providing thought leadership and strategic business development services to the global postal-parcel-logistics industry. Since 2001, the firm has served leading private sector corporations and entrepreneurial start-ups as well as public institutions engaged at all levels of service along the postal and parcel delivery value chain. Ursa Major Associates, LLC is headquartered in Essex, CT. For more information visithttp://www.postalvision2020.com.
