European Regulators Group for Postal Services - Stakeholders Forum 2023

Programme

1. 27 Sep 2023, 09:00 - 10:00 (CEST)

   Welcome coffee and registration; Meet and greet Sessions of the Working Group Co-chairs
2. 10:00 - 10:10 (CEST)

   Opening remarks

   Petros Galides, ERGP Chair 2023, Deputy Commissioner - Office of the Commissioner for Electronic Communications & Postal Regulation (Cyprus)

3. 10:10 - 11:45 (CEST)

   Session I: The Future of Letter Mail

   Moderator: Petros Galides

   • Peter Dunn (Cullen International)
   • Line Theil Elikofer (Trafikstyrelsen)
   • Manuela Bruck (OEPAG)
4. 11:30 - 11:45 (CEST)

   Coffee break
5. 11:45 - 13:00 (CEST)

   Session II: ERGP Work Programme 2024

   • 11:45 - 12:15 Dan Sjöblom, Incoming ERGP Chair 2024, Director General- Swedish Post & Telecom Authority (PTS)
   • 12:15 - 13:00 Questions and answers
6. 13:00 - 14:00 (CEST)

   Lunch break
7. 14:00 - 14:15 (CEST)

   Keynote speaker Kerstin Jorna, Director General DG GROW, European Commission
8. 14:15 - 15:15 (CEST)

   Session III: Global Perspectives - How to connect the EU Postal Market with the world?

   Moderator: Spyros Pantelis (outgoing ERGP-Chair)

   • Holger Winklbauer (International Post Corporation)
   • Universal Postal Union (tbc)
   • Thomas Schlegel (CERP)
   • Stefan Krawczyk (e-bay)
9. 14:30 - 15:15 (CEST)

   Discussion
10. 15:15 - 15:45 (CEST)

    Coffee break
11. 15:45 - 16:45 (CEST)

    Session IV: Regulatory Round Table - Do we need postal specific regulation to manage the twin transition of the postal sector?

    Moderator: Guillaume Roty (Deputy Head of Unit, EC)

    • Annegret Groebel (BNetzA)
    • Dimitris Theodorakis (UNI Europe)
    • Paul De Maeyer (Belgian Ombudsman)
    • Botond Szebeny (PostEurop)
    • Emanuele Frezza (UPS)
12. 16:45 - 17:15 (CEST)

    Discussion
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14. 17:15 - 17:30 (CEST)

    Closing remarks

    Petros Galides, ERGP Chair 2023, Deputy Commissioner - Office of the Commissioner for Electronic Communications & Postal Regulation (Cyprus)

    Merete Clausen, Director, DG GROW

Practical information

Description

The 4^th ERGP Stakeholders Forum discusses issues related to the future of letter mail, global perspectives (notably how to connect the EU postal market with the world), the need for a postal-specific regulation to manage the twin transition of the postal sector and the draft work programme 2024 of the ERGP.

Kerstin Jorna, Director General of Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), European Commission, is the keynote speaker of this event that around 200 stakeholders are expected to attend.