UPU Postal Data Hackathon 2023
- Hackathon
23–24 June 2023, 08:00 @ Weltpostverein (UPU), Weltpoststrasse 4, 3015 Bern
Organised by Opendata.ch, Universal Postal Union
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) held its first Postal Data Hackathon at its headquarters in Berne on 23–24 June 2023, facilitated by Opendata.ch. For the first time, data from the UPU, UN partners and 30 postal operators was made available for joint analysis: item tracking, addressing data with geo-coordinates, country statistics, ICAO aviation data and UN Comtrade trade data, all excluding personal information. Nearly 60 participants from more than 20 countries worked on challenges such as the plastic footprint of postal flows (UNEP and ETH Zurich), predicting delivery paths (Poste Italiane), secure digital identities in cross-border delivery (InfoNetworks and GLEIF) and a 2D barcode standard for structured delivery data (GS1).
Photos
Photo: UPU
Documentation and recordings
- Challenges und Projekte auf hack.opendata.ch
- Fotoalbum der UPU (Flickr, frei nutzbar mit Nennung UPU)
Challenges
- Preferred choice of eCommerce Delivery – Ship2MyID
What can UPU or post offices offer more than other parties to become the preferred choice of eCommerce Delivery?
Challenge description
"We know e-commerce / cross border is growing. But based on the recent statistics, UPU is not gaining any market share, but rather losing in this space. a) What can UPU Or post offices do to present an attractive and competitive option for e-commerce marketplaces to gain market share with e-commerce platforms? b) How can UPU make it easy for others to integrate by providing an Interoperable standards-based setup for various players in e-commerce or even 3PL plsyrtd - value chain t...
- Making packages talk – GS1
Putting data required for correct handling on the box in a globally standardised way independent of Sender, Carrier or Receiver
Challenge description
Demo Link http://synccode.eu-central-1.elasticbeanstalk.com
Challenge
📎 Making Packages Talk - UPU Hackathon - short.pdf
In e-Commerce the flow of a package is nearly always *...
- Last-Mile Delivery in e-Commerce – La Banque Postale
Design a system for sharing and invoicing parcel locker locations between several parcel operators
DominiqueChallenge description
Last-mile distribution poses a number of challenges in terms of operation and cost-efficiency. One solution is to distribute parcels in digital lockers conveniently placed on the road. To avoid the proliferation of these boxes, as seen in Europe, the solution is to share them between different delivery companies, using a variable allotment system, similar to the way airline seats are sold by different travel agencies. This improves box fill rates.
For: Parcel delivery companies, including...
- Coupling Digital Identities
Coupling secure Digital Identities with trusted postal data to improve security and efficiency of Cross-Border delivery of Cargo/Posts.
Challenge description
Solution: 📎 Hackathon-Final-Presentation.pdf
How Dr. Simona's credentials are verified in our use case using TRAIN
In our solution Dr. Simona gets information about Yukitrel in the Pulse pharmaceutical Network. But Pulse Network needs to make sure that Dr. Simona's credentials are indeed signed by a trusted entity, in this case, the Nigirian ...
- Ensuring Postal Resilience in the Digital Economy – Universal Postal Union
Use OPEN DATA to develop solutions for the postal sector enabling them to adapt, survive and thrive in 2023 and beyond!
Challenge description
Link to final Pitch Deck: 📎 Ensuring Resilience in the Postal Economy.pdf
SUMMARY
The challenge is to use multiple data sources, but with a specific focus on OPEN DATA, to develop solutions that enhance the resilience of the postal sector in the digital economy. Participants are encouraged to explore various data sources, such as so...
- Data-driven solutions for plastic pollution – United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Using data-driven solutions for incentivizing circularity approaches within the postal sector to address plastic pollution.
Challenge description
📎 FINAL Plastic Pollution Challenge.pdf
Challenge
Tackling e-commerce related plastic pollution by strengthening information flows to inform circularity approaches with green economy ...
- Bridging the Digital Divide
Enhancing Connectivity through Postal and Trade Data Analysis
Challenge description
Using data-driven solutions to identify areas of growth and potential risk areas that may fall behind in terms of connectivity and digital services using postal, trade, and other data.
Final presentation slides: 📎 Bridging the digital divide (PDF of [original](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13qGIuc7XdWsGlr-1fS1IdEJCqo_GOivVaEbYnxF7jAs/edit#s...
- Countercheck & La Poste Groupe France – Countercheck GmbH / La Poste Groupe France
Global Standard Anti-Counterfeiting Software
Challenge description
## Countercheck is the global standard software that is able to intercept counterfeit/illicit parcels at the point of sortation using UPU's parcel data.Initial Deck
[Google Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vT0i40jTQ3gDX1jNkCk6pMo3UnVWZAEE_RheHyJx0rtk7HPHtv9X2LQjt1hp4sHOG1gZcWbVTvXSuc6/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=...
Programme
Wednesday, 31 May
- 14:00–16:00
Friday, 23 June
- 08:00
Reception and check-in
- 09:00
- 09:15
- 09:25
- 09:30
- 10:30
- 11:30
Hacking
- 12:00
Lunch
- 13:30
Hacking, data Q&A from 14:30
- 17:45
- 18:00
Networking
- 19:30–21:45
Hacking
Saturday, 24 June
- 08:30
Reception
- 09:00
Hacking
- 12:00
Lunch
- 13:30
Hacking and preparing the presentations
- 16:00
- 18:00–22:00
Apéro and DJ on the terrace
Read the original announcement
Fostering innovation is a key element of the Abidjan Postal Strategy and Business Plan for 2021–2025. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for innovation within the postal sector. While postal operators manage an enormous amount of data, the value of this data still remains mostly untapped to generate innovative solutions. Collaboration will be critical to unlocking this potential.
In order to bring to life partnerships between postal operators, technology companies, academia and other experts to address challenges and co-create solutions though the wealth of postal data, the UPU is hosting a Postal Data Hackathon in Berne, Switzerland, on 23 and 24 June.
For the first time ever, the UPU will make available data covering the movement of mail, parcels and express items (excluding any personal details), as well as other related data. This will provide a unique opportunity to analyze movements of goods around the world through postal networks, and combine this information with other relevant trade or transport data in order to explore big questions, challenges and innovations leading to a sustainable, green and data-driven future for all.
The Postal Data Hackathon 2023 strives to:
- Inspire and enable postal operators to seize the value of their data;
- Foster the development of data-based solutions and insights to enhance the efficiency of the international postal network;
- Encourage a spirit of data-driven innovation in the postal sector;
- Facilitate multi-stakeholder collaboration to advance data-enabled innovation; and
- Advance work on UN Sustainable Development Goals 9, 12, 13 and 17.
Partners
The Postal Data Hackathon is being organized by the UPU with the support of La Poste Group (France), UPU Consultative Committee member Eurora, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), as well as the sponsorship of the United States Postal Service (USPS). It is facilitated by Opendata.ch – a non-profit association strengthening transparency, participation and innovation – with contributions from data partners, including the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the United Nations Statistics Division.
If you are interested in becoming a partner, please reach out to us at eservices@upu.int
