Tuesday,
March 19
(please
note: presentations not currently linked will be posted shortly)
12:45-4:00pm
/ TUTORIALS
12:40-1:40
/ NEW Directions for ADIS: Address Data Interchange Specification
The IDEAlliance
Address Data Interchange Specification (ADIS) offers a single
XML-based format for postal addresses domestically and worldwide,
with built-in Mail.dat compatibility for mail production, and
support for USPS product redesign proposals. The Universal Postal
Union (UPU) has passed two resolutions calling for addressing
standards, with IDEAlliance involved from the outset. In this
tutorial, the ADIS Project Chair reports on all forms of address
element technology, covers proposed extensions to ADIS 01-1, and
demonstrates a prototype.
Instructor:
Joe Lubenow, President, Lubenow and Associates and Chair, ADIS
Subcommittee
1:50-2:50
/ Launch of Mail.dat 02: New Benefits & Opportunities
The Mail.dat
Tutorial offers important insights about the new Mail.dat 02-1
specification. The Chief Editor says there are many changes, in
almost every record, and most of the changes are new opportunities
to communicate data to become beneficial information. Also discussed
will be the new Mail.dat website, the ready availability of conformance
evaluation, test file exchanges, and the recently published User's
Guide. If you are a current end-user of Mail.dat 00-1, then this
session will be key to your efficient and easy transition to Mail.dat
02-1.
Instructor:
Dan Minnick, Vice President, Postal & Industry Services, Experian
Direct Tech & Chief Editor, Mail.dat
3:00-4:00
pm / Utilizing & Advancing CONFIRM/PLANET CODE
In this workshop,
you will be shown how the use of CONFIRM/ PLANET CODE can streamline
your operation in mail piece tracking and what advances have been
made. The primary focus will be on how to utilize CONFIRM on flats.
Instructors:
4:15-6:00pm
/ OPENING SESSION
Welcome
David Steinhardt, President & CEO, IDEAlliance
Joe
Lubenow, President, Lubenow & Associates and Conference Chair
Landmark
R2001 Rate Case & Consensus Decision
This panel
will enable participants to understand the many issues that underlay
the R2001 postal rate case, the challenges that were facing mailers
and the Postal Service as the case got underway, the genesis of
the decision by mailers and the Postal Service to seek a settlement
to this case. In addition, participants will hear from the experts
on the likelihood of another postal rate increase request before
year end and a discussion of the events that will precipitate
such a filing.
Moderator:
Gene Del Polito, President, Association for Postal Commerce
Presenters:
Implementation
Case Study
Periodicals & Standard Mail: The Rate Impact
When postage
rates rise on June 30, will you be ready? For business mailers,
there comes a high cost for being uninformed and ill-prepared,
so attend this important session and learn from the experts, the
latest information necessary to help your company save money.
Moderator:
Robert O'Brien, Vice President, Postal Distribution Policy, Time
Customer Service, Inc. and Conference Co-Chair
Presenters:
