PostalVision 2020 Announces 2012 Conference Dates, Initial Speaker Lineup

Online, February 6, 2012 (Newswire.com) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PostalVision 2020 Announces 2012 Conference Dates, Initial Speaker Lineup
Second in a Series of Conferences Exploring Viable Solutions for Struggling United States Postal Service

February 6, 2012 (Essex, CT) - PostalVision 2020 organizers are pleased to announce that the second PostalVision 2020 conference, PostalVision 2020/2.0, will take place on June 12-13 at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington D.C. Building on the success of last year's event, the second expanded two-day PostalVision 2020 conference will convene experts from the digital, commercial and postal realms to discuss the future of the Postal Service, taking into consideration the incredible challenges stacked up against the organization.

"We came out of the first PostalVision 2020 conference with a few key takeaways - the current business model of the United States Postal Service is not sustainable, the financial situation will continue to deteriorate and USPS cannot fix itself on its own," said John Callan, Managing Director of Ursa Major Associates LLC, the creator and producer of PostalVision 2020. "At our upcoming conference in June 2012, we look forward to exploring the possibility of evolving the postal platform in order to create an enduring long term vision for the Postal Service. We will bring disruptive and provocative thinking from the digital world together with practical operating perspectives and regulatory realities in order to collectively envision a new postal model to meet American societal needs for future generations."

The theme for PostalVision 2020/2.0 will focus on "Platform Possibilities." Conference attendees will explore various platform definitions and perspectives, consider the physical, digital and intangible platforms upon which the Postal Service operates, and discuss future platform possibilities. The two day conference will be a forum for learning, dialogue and consideration among postal, commercial, digital, entrepreneurial, academic, political, financial, conventional and millennial influencers.

This year, PostalVision 2020/2.0 conference is pleased to add Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe, Elmar Toime, Chairman of Postea and international postal expert and Phil Simon, author of The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business, to the speaking roster. They will join several PostalVision 2020 alumni, including:

• James Campbell Jr., independent legal consultant and author of numerous papers, books and testimony on domestic and international postal regulatory issues
• Gene Del Polito, President of the Association for Postal Commerce
• Jeff Jarvis, author of Public Parts and What Would Google Do? , blogger about media and news at Buzzmachine.com, and Associate Professor at City University of New York's Graduate School of Journalism.
• Matt Swain, Associate Director, Document Outsourcing for InfoTrends
• Marshall Van Alstyne, Associate Professor at Boston University and a Visiting Professor at MIT Center for Digital Business.
• Larry Weber, social media marketing guru, author of Everywhere: Comprehensive Digital Business Strategy for the Social Media Era and Marketing to the Social Web and Chairman of W2 Group
• David C. Williams, Inspector General (IG) for the U.S. Postal Service

The inaugural PostalVision 2020 event was held on June 11, 2011 in Washington D.C. The first conference brought together over 150 experts from various fields to have a frank and honest discussion about the immediate and long-term challenges facing the United States Postal Service.

The event is created and produced by Ursa Major Associates, LLC, thought leaders in the postal and parcel shipping space, in association with PostCom, The Association for Postal Commerce, representing those who use or support the use of mail for Business Communication and Commerce For more information, including conference rates and hotel reservations, please visit http://www.postalvision2020.com/.

About PostalVision 2020

PostalVision 2020 is the creation of Ursa Major Associates, LLC , a leading strategy consultancy, providing thought leadership and strategic business development services to the global postal-parcel-logistics industry. Since 2001, the firm has served leading private sector corporations and entrepreneurial start-ups as well as public institutions engaged at all levels of service along the postal and parcel delivery value chain. Ursa Major Associates, LLC is headquartered in Essex, CT. For more information visit www.postalvision2020.com.

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