DIS '08:

The Vanguard of Local Information Services

On September 30 and October 1, 2008 at the beautiful Hilton DeSoto in historic Savannah, Georgia, The PELORUS Group will convene its fourth annual DIS Summit.  Even as Directory Information Services take hold and gain momentum, they lay the foundation for the next wave of offerings - Local Information Services (LIS).  "DIS '08: The Vanguard Of Local Information Services^sm" will showcase concrete and compelling DIS implementations, and provide a timeline for their continuing metamorphosis into LIS^sm.

In addition, The PELORUS Group is delighted to announce its "Awards for DIS Excellence".  These special awards will be presented to industry leaders in recognition of their companies' breakthrough accomplishments in the information services arena during the event's always eagerly anticipated reception.

Topics slated for discussion include:

Ø        How do organizations prepare for the next wave of Directory Information Services (DIS)?

Ø        What new opportunities do the emerging local information/content services create?

Ø        Who will be the new partners and competitors in the LIS landscape? How can these new relationships be leveraged to create multi-layered revenue streams?

Ø        What real DIS implementations are in place today and how are they promoting both DA and DIS services?

Ø        How will the DIS model morph over the next two to three years?

Ø        Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, AOL – Just what are they bringing to bear, and what’s at stake?

Ø        How will emerging location-based services and local search capabilities impact DIS implementations?

Ø        What hosting and implementation options are open to DIS providers as they move into the local information services space?

Ø        How are wireless phone makers transforming their wares into sleek, sophisticated navigational gadgets capable of handling music to advertisements, coupons, and payments – elements made to drive broader DIS implementations?

Ø        How can traditional DIS providers compete with existing and emerging search offerings?

Ø        How can you make the emerging competition work for you through new partnerships and pooled resources?

Ø        What will be the impact of emerging DIS features being added to the GPS navigational devices?

Ø        How are content and ad inventory providers gearing up to get a piece of the action in the local information services arena?

Ø        How will speech technology combined with local search engines impact the evolution of DIS into savvy local information services?

Ø        How are new developments in voice recognition technology changing the fundamentals of DIS access via natural speech patterns?

Ø        How will emerging DIS offerings that bundle mobile client software with mobile and text applications become the evolving platform for LIS that meld voice and visual content in real time?

Ø        What business and technology initiatives do DIS providers need to put in place as the local information services era takes hold?

Ø        Given that local information services sector is shaping into a multi-million and eventually a billion-dollar market, how can DIS providers take advantage of this emerging market?

Ø        In the face of increasing competition from search mavens and free DA/DIS providers, what types of alternative and hybrid pricing models, including subscription formats, is available to providers?

Ø        How are the leading mobile search solutions facilitating introduction of broader DIS portfolio?

Ø        How can DIS providers partner/compete with GPS device makers?

Ø        What is the impact of free DA on fee-based services even as it metamorphoses into free DIS?

Ø        Will free DIS portfolios bring broader set of advertisers to the plate to make free services a profitable and sustainable business model?

Ø        Has business category search lived up to its promise of upping the DIS notch and tapping into advertiser-based revenue streams?

Ø        What is next wave of business category searches across voice, text and multimodal channels?

Ø        Amidst the push to monetize DIS with advertiser-based models, which entities are emerging as the keepers of ad inventories?

Ø        What is the short term and long term impact of mobile ads across voice- and text-based DIS offerings?

Ø        Are mobile ads for DIS a promise, a work in progress or a given?

Ø        How critical is the role of mobile payments to fulfilling a DIS request?

Ø        How can social networks become the new frontier for DIS and eventually LIS offerings, giving access to as yet untapped demographics?

If Directory Information Services (DIS^SM) are important to your organization... if you’re looking for straight answers, then reserve your seat today.  Join The PELORUS Group and an audience of delegates from around the world for “DIS '08: The Vanguard Of Local Information Services^sm” event.  The cost is $1,595 per registration.  However, if you register and we receive payment before July 31, 2008, you can benefit from a $200 discount per delegate.  Additional discounts of $100 per person are available for team registrations of two or more individuals.  Most major credit cards are accepted.

DIS & LIS are service marks of The PELORUS Group