National Postal Forum Mailer’s Technical Advisory Committee Washington, DC October 28, 2004 Marty Emery Manager, Customer and Industry Marketing

2 NATIONAL POSTAL FORUM Total attendance of 6,330 Symposium attendance of 839 –Marketing216 –Packages200 –Periodicals182 –Remittance122 –Government119 PCC LeadershipConference attendance of 250 Washington, DC Results

3 NATIONAL POSTAL FORUM 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) Washington, DC Results

4 NATIONAL POSTAL FORUM 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 Nashville

5 NATIONAL POSTAL FORUM 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. suggestions to: Nashville

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