National Postal Forum

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• National Postal Forum
• Mailers Technical Advisory Committee
• Washington, DC
• October 28, 2004

Marty Emery Manager, Customer and Industry
Marketing
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NATIONAL POSTAL FORUM
Washington, DC Results

• Total attendance of 6,330
• Symposium attendance of 839
• Marketing 216
• Packages 200
• Periodicals 182
• Remittance 122
• Government 119
• PCC Leadership Conference attendance of 250

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NATIONAL POSTAL FORUM
Washington, DC Results

• 13 business tracks (6 new for DC)
• 6 professional certificate programs (2 new)
• Over 1,000 certificates issued
• Redesigned USPS booths
• Enhanced exhibit hall with product previews and
  learning labs (high vendor satisfaction)
• Record attendance at Wednesday lunch with Tim
  Russert
• New NPF website (record number of visits and
  on-line registrations)

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NATIONAL POSTAL FORUM
Nashville

• March 20 23
• ONLY FORUM IN 2005!
• Sunday Wednesday format
• Build on success of NPF DC symposiums
• New Printers Symposium
• New Mail Research Intelligence Symposium
• Exploring new business tracks
• e.g., Mail Service Providers
• Tuesday PCC gala event at Wild Horse Saloon
• Nationally known keynote speaker
• Top-flight country music entertainment

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NATIONAL POSTAL FORUM
Nashville

• Mail Research Intelligence Symposium
• Provide latest research and intelligence on mail
  and matters impacting the mailing industry
• Example
• EMA Foundation for Paper-Based Communications
• The Final Report of the Intelligent Document Task
  Force The Internet of Things
• History of early USPS efforts in barcoding and
  sorting the mail by machine into the more modern
  encoding and sorting operations of today.
• E-Mail suggestions to marshall.emery_at_usps.gov

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NATIONAL POSTAL FORUM