24th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics

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The FSR C&M is organising, in collaboration with the CRRI Centre at the Rutgers Business School, the 24^th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics.

This world leading Conference is open to academics, representatives from companies, regulatory authorities, public institutions, sector-specific associations and consultancies active in the postal and delivery eco-system. The aim of the event is to tackle the various crucial topics animating the debate in postal and delivery economics and regulation.

 “The Changing Postal and Delivery Sector”, edited by Michael A. Crew, Pier Luigi Parcu and Timothy Brennan and collecting a selection of peer reviewed papers presented at the Conference. 

During the 24^th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics, Mr Alex Pigot (CEO of Addressing the Unaddressed) presented the GO-Line project. This is a humanitarian initiative that aims at helping the approximately 1 billion people living in slums without a unique postal address, and an uncounted number of people having an address which is an unnumbered dwelling in a rural village or simply a PO box. More precisely, through the introduction of a new address element – the GO-line (a code that represents the geo coordinates of a single building), the project aims at ensuring unique addresses for citizens.

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HOTEL INFORMATION

The conference will be held at the European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Firenze. Accommodation Rates: Single occupancy room € 230 per day, double occupancy room € 270 per day The above fees include: VAT, breakfasts, coffee break, lunches, dinners, cocktails and the shuttle bus services. Deadline for room reservation:  April 10, 2016. Cancellation policy for hotel booking: 10 days before the date of arrival.

FEES AND EXPENSES

An early bird registration fee for authors of € 1.200 is payable to the EUI by March, 1 2016. Registration fee for participants is € 1.400 (the same full rate fee applies to authors after the early bird deadline).

Food and lodging at the Conference are not included in the registration fee. Breakfasts, coffee breaks, lunches, dinners, cocktail and the shuttle bus service are included in the rates for lodging. All persons that do not need a hotel room will be required to pay for meals separately (flat rate of € 150). The conference fee is waived for a limited number of employees of sponsoring organizations. In the case of full-time faculty of colleges and universities selected for the program, a waiver of the registration fee may be available Registered participants will be provided with online access to the conference proceedings and a copy of the edited volume resulting from the conference (approximately 7 months after the conference).

REGISTRATION

The conference fee is waived for a limited number of employees of sponsoring organizations and for full-time faculty of colleges and universities selected for the program. Should this be your case, please contact Elisabetta Spagnoli at the following email address: rscas.conferences@eui.eu To register to the conference and ask for hotel arrangements, please follow this link. There you will also find instructions on fees payment.

Please note that you will first have to create an account  to enter the registration system ((click on “create account”), once this is done you will be able to provide the specific information related to the event. Should you have any problem in registering, please do not hesitate to contact us!
In case you are a corresponding author, you have already created your account when you submitted the abstract. Should you have forgotten your password, insert your email and click on “forgot your password?”

CANCELLATION POLICY

Until April 10, 2016 cancellation is allowed (except for speakers, chairs, and discussants) without penalty and refunds will be provided in full. After this date, the indicated fee is due in full whether or not the participant actually attends. Substitutions may be made at any time.

INFO FOR AUTHORS 

Complete papers selected for the program are due April 25, 2016 so that the papers will be available to the participants prior to the Conference.

For more information about the programme please contact Paula Gori while for logistics contact Elisabetta Spagnoli.