IPC Annual Conference 2020 - The future postal workforce

This year’s event will tackle the themes of the future of the postal workforce in the era of digitalisation and artificial intelligence and the increased competition from low-cost delivery providers.

How will the postal sector likely be affected by the increasing use of artificial intelligence, automation and other innovations? Will machine learning transform the postal industry? How will robotisation impact the postal workforce? The debate will focus on how the postal workforce can adapt to the new market realities of low-cost, self-employed competition.

How to ensure equal pay for work of equal value and promote diversity in the workforce? How to attract the right talents and skills in line with the new postal activities? How to ensure that the reputation of the postal employee remains a valued part of day-to-day life? How can posts monetise services to society through their last-mile connections? How to align the future postal workforce with the future business strategies and new roles for posts (collecting data, installation services, community assistance)?

Speakers and attendees

Speakers will include representatives from the academic world, HR experts from other sectors, futurologists and representatives from the postal sector.

The IPC Annual Conference brings together leading postal chief executives from America, Asia Pacific and Europe to discuss strategic developments in global logistics. Attendance at this high-level conference is by invitation only, and is open to postal CEOs accompanied by one or two senior executives.

Why attend?

• Attended by more than 20 chief executives in the postal industry
• More than 70 senior executives have attended from over 20 posts from America, Asia Pacific and Europe
• Keynote speakers from leading global players (previous conferences have included CEOs and senior executives from Amazon, Alibaba Group, eBay, Tmall, Rakuten, UNFCCC and WBCSD)

Provisional programme

28 May

Dinner hosted by Österreichische Post AG

29 May

08:30 - 13:00 Annual Conference
13:00 - 14:00 Annual Conference lunch