Wednesday,
March 20
(please
note: presentations not currently linked will be posted shortly)
9:00-10:15am
/ Postal Policy Issues
Rate cases
are not the only venues in which postal policy decisions are made.
Two other very important issues are looming on the horizon. In
this panel, you will hear about the Postal Service's view of itself
as an institution undergoing change through a presentation on
its soon-to-be-released "Transformation Plan," as well as receiving
a timely and sobering update on efforts within Congress to enact
a measure leading to substantive postal legislative reform.
Moderator:
Gene Del Polito, President, Association for Postal Commerce
Postal
Reform Issues
Tom Sharkey, Manager, Government Relations, US Postal Service
Transformation
Plan
Ralph Moden, Vice President, Strategic Planning, US Postal Service
10:40-11:45
/ KEYNOTE
State
of the Business: A Market Perspective
John R. Wargo, Vice President, Service & Market Development,
US Postal Service
12:00-1:30pm
/ KEYNOTE
Executive
Perspective on Marketing Today
Andrew C. Goldberg, President & COO, Publishers Clearing House
1:30-3:00
/ Operational Issues
Mail.dat/PostalOne!
Case Study & CONFIRM and MERLIN Update
In this session,
you'll hear actual case studies from mailers who are participating
in the Postal One! Program. You'll hear from the US Postal Service
on recent developments with this key program as well as receive
an update on CONFIRM. The MTAC Presort Optimization workgroup
is considered to be one of the most successful. Hear about successes
and future initiatives that may present opportunities to lower
costs. Lastly, we'll get an update on MERLIN from the US Postal
Service and mailers.
Moderator:
Anita
Pursley, Vice President, Postal Affairs, Quebecor World and Conference
Co-Chair
Panelists:
- Paul
Bakshi, Program Manager/CONFIRM, US Postal Service
- Todd
Kintopf, Director, Postal Systems, Arandell Corporation
- Watt
Bryan, Manager, Operations Support, RR Donnelley
- Larry
Goodman, Manager/Business Customer Support System, US Postal
Service
3:25-5:30
/ Operational Issues Cont'd
Presort
Optimization
Panelists:
MERLIN
Panelists:
Mom's Apple
Pie: Observations & Viewpoints on Flat Mail Preparation
Observations
and viewpoints on Flat Mail preparation, since the 1997 Armistice
Day Open until now, with a look at the possibilities in the short-term
future.
Presenter:
James W. Schemmel, Director
of Distribution, Communications Data Services
