This year’s Parcel+Post Expo is on track to welcome more than 3,000 people from over 100 countries through its doors next week as the global meeting place for the postal, parcel and last-mile delivery industry.

2019’s event is set to provide the most significant opportunity to date for postal operators, couriers, e-fulfilment companies, cross-border shippers and delivery companies to debate current issues and form business relationships on a global scale.

The free-to-attend Parcel+Post Expo is the world’s largest annual postal and parcel exhibition.

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Joshua Geerlings, product owner Innovation Studio, PostNL, the Netherlands, will present a talk titled Innovation at PostNL: from new, digital e-commerce to last-yard solutions at next week’s Parcel+Post Expo Conference.

What is your presentation about?

The presentation will outline key takeaways and lessons from the lean start-up projects at PostNL, ranging from digital innovation and new e-commerce propositions to last-yard delivery solutions.

What is the Innovation Studio, and what projects are currently being worked on?

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The three-day 2019 Parcel+Post Expo Conference will feature over 150 speakers across 12 dedicated sessions and six highly focused workshops. Expert speakers hail from postal operators, courier, express, e-commerce and logistics companies, as well as those involved in developing and implementing the latest technological solutions in automation and delivery. Leading organizations speaking at the event include bpost, Deutsche Post DHL, PostNL, La Poste, Huawei, Microsoft, UPS and Transport for London.

In the build up to the conference, Parcel+Postal Technology International has interviewed a number of the speakers set to take to the stage.

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Wendy Henry, managing director, Deloitte, USA, will give a presentation titled The future of blockchain in trade and logistics at next week’s Parcel+Post Expo Conference.

What is your presentation about?

My presentation will provide an overview and discuss the fundamentals of blockchain. It will explain how blockchain can simplify business operations and outline the future process enhancements for international shipping, as blockchain promises to help streamline business processes and reduce inefficiencies through greater process digitization, automation, traceability and transparency.

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Natalia Tomiyama, co-founder, Nüwiel, Germany, talks about her company’s electrical cargo trailer for city logistics. She will be discussing her company’s products and goals at Parcel+Post Expo Conference. 

Describe your presentation.

By 2020, 70% of the world’s population will be urban. Anticipating this change, policy makers, politicians and cities are setting up infrastructure regulations and sustainability goals. This global change will affect personal mobility and the transportation of packages, food and even private purchases.

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Matthew Furneaux, global commercial director of Loqate, will give a presentation entitled Fixing failed deliveries: a win-win for business and consumers at the upcoming Parcel+Post Expo Conference.

Please describe your presentation.

In this session I will discuss how aggregating multiple data sources and addressing types using a unique Persistent Data Hierarchy delivers an incredible experience to users of addressing systems. I will describe how Loqate has innovated to achieve this, and introduce some compelling customer stories that support this approach.

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Visitors to Parcel+Post Expo in Amsterdam are invited to join experts in small parcel and mixed mail sortation systems for an exclusive Small Parcel Sorting masterclass. This masterclass, held Wednesday, October 2nd and Thursday, October 3rd at EuroSort’s main office near Amsterdam, is exclusively open to decision makers in postal and parcel companies. Space is limited, so interested parties are invited to confirm their place as soon as possible.

This compact masterclass is the perfect opportunity to gain an in-depth insight into cost-saving opportunities and new sorting technology as well as special chutes for trolleys, totes and postal bags.

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Over 160 exhibitors from all over the world will present their latest solutions in a fortnight’s time, at this year’s Parcel+Post Expo. The world’s largest international parcel and postal industry exhibition and conference takes place October 1-3, in Amsterdam, where visitors will be able to see and experience the best and most exciting innovations and technologies set to shape the future of the industry – all under one roof for maximum convenience.

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Julia Pavlenko, director of the international operations department for SC Ukrposhta (Ukraine Post) will lead a panel discussion and talk about micro e-export recharging big state posts – Ukrposhta’s success story at this year’s Parcel+Post Expo.

Describe your presentation.

In my presentation I will talk about the E-Export Program and why the World Post & Parcel Awards international jury decided to recognize Ukrposhta’s project as one of the best in 2019.

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Ousmane Fouty Diop, business development representative Europe, Parcel.e, Korea, will give a presentation titled How to implement an efficient network of parcel lockers at this year’s Parcel+Post Expo Conference.

Describe your presentation.

 The presentation focuses on a new trend in parcel locker implementation that proves to be more efficient in increasing the density and scale of parcel locker networks and their profitability. This new trend, which has been present for years in Asia, breaks the classical western European last-mile delivery model, where logistic companies and retailers install parcel lockers exclusively for the delivery of their own products.

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