The Universal Postal Union is organizes a yearly World CEO Forum for postal chief executives to discuss opportunities that the industry can leverage to build a strong and vibrant Post for the future.
This is an exclusive CEO-event enabling participants to freely discuss the role of the Post in the business environment.
The focus will be on key trends, best practices and successful business models that could be adopted by Posts in order to seize market opportunities.
Further information about speakers and event logistics, including venue, hotels and transportation, will be uploaded shortly.
Contact ceoforum[at]upu.int for more information.
The fourth edition of the UPU World CEO Forum was held 30 September 2019 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Under the theme “New business models in an age of change”, postal chief executives discussed opportunities that the industry can leverage to build a strong and vibrant Post for the future.
The third edition of the UPU World CEO Forum was held 8-10 May 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey, under the theme "Postal digital dividends: A new portfolio, better performance or a redefined mission?".
The second UPU World CEO Forum was held in Moscow, Russian Federation, from 17 to 19 September 2017. The forum brought together more than 60 CEOs of designated operators from all over the world to discuss crucial topics.
Under the theme "Leading multidimensional growth: the hows and whys of postal strategy", participants focused on the strategy development process – from the diagnosis of the current situation of the global economy and postal markets to the consideration of successful business models which fulfil the needs of key stakeholders.
In 2016, the Universal Postal Union organized its first World CEO Forum, where postal chief executives gathered to discuss "Leading postal growth amid disruptive innovations".
The forum was held in Paris, France, on 6 September 2016, under the patronage of the UPU and hosted by La Poste (France).
More than 50 CEOs from all over the world participated in the event, where they were joined by 2014 Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences, Jean Tirole.
Dr. Tirole addressed the role of data in the transformation of industries during his keynote speech at the UPU CEO Forum.