EDM08--Search in the Mobile Era--Less Than Three Weeks to Go!

June 9^th, 2008

BAFTA

195 Piccadilly

London, England

Program Update—discount still available—register now before the discount expires—submit Innovation Showcase entries by Monday, May 26.

This market continues to experience great turbulence as customers demand new services, incumbent providers enhance their services, and as new providers enter. One thing incumbent and new providers have in common: all of them are focused heavily on innovation in the realization that innovators are going to be the winners.

HERE'S THE PROGRAM OUTLINE

Keynote: Mr. Mike Short, Vice President of R&D, O2

Information Service Providers: There is no guarantee that the legacy mobile voice Information Service Providers—the directory enquiry providers—will play a significant role, much less that they will dominate the future mobile information service. The same can be said about the legacy fixed information service providers—the yellow pages and the search engines. There are no guarantees because consumer interest in mobile content is different than elsewhere, and evolving even as we speak. This session will have a diverse set of information providers.

Advertising: While advertising isn’t the only revenue model for information services, advertising is exploding online in both fixed and mobile markets. Some organizations have a long history with advertising, some are transitioning to advertising, and some are so new that they have no practically no revenue model history at all.

Operators: Carriers are a critical piece of the delivery channel. Carriers are looking for ways to increase their ARPU and are reluctant to give up control of their networks lest they become simple communication pipes. Yet carriers are feeling pressure from some commercial quarters to open up, and are feeling the watchful eye of regulators. This session will look at carrier perspectives.

Technology: Deployment of Capabilities Delivering New Revenues and Services: This is, fundamentally, a technologically enabled industry, and the industry is scrambling to incorporate current and anticipated capabilities as fast as they are created. Some of the key technologies having dramatic impact on this space are being incorporated in handsets and associated infrastructure, voice recognition, search capabilities, 3/4 G, location based services, VoIP, video. This session will look at technologies having some of the greatest impact on the industry.

Content: More content is being demanded—and delivered—than ever before. Not just phone numbers, but whether the desired party is busy; not just the address, but directions, hours of operation, reservations, what’s in stock. Also—information never delivered before, such as user reviews, user-controlled content such as mobile phone numbers, and last but not least—adult content.

Innovation Showcase: Investors & Demonstration: Innovation is driving the changes that are occurring in this marketplace, and no firm can prevent the changes from occurring. Opportunities exist for firms who recognize opportunities to create new products and services that deliver value. While incumbents have incentives to preserve their status quo, most incumbents recognize that in order to survive in the long run, they need to invest in innovation and new product development. Venture capitalists (VCs) are in the business of investing in products and services that have the potential to capture significant portions of current markets and to create new markets. These two Demo sessions will have leading VCs share their perspectives on today’s market and their thoughts about opportunities that they may be interested in. These sessions will see presentations by firms that have been selected for their promising products and services. Finally, the VCs will have an opportunity to comment on the products and services that have been presented.

HERE'S THE PARTIAL LIST OF SPEAKERS

Mr. Tommy Ahlers, CEO, Founder, Member of the Board, ZYB

Mr. Dermot Berkery, Delta Partners

Mr. Russell Buckley, Managing Director, Europe, AdMob

Mr. Stuart Chapman, Partner, DFJ Esprit

Mr. Eitan Gelbaum, Vice President, Marketing in Advertising, Commerce and Entertainment, Amdocs

Mr. Simon Grice, Founder, Ideas.org

Dr. Klaus Harisch, CEO, GoYellow Media

Mr. Christian Hugonnet, CEO, NovaSys

Mr. Steve Ives, CEO, Taptu

Ms. Helen Keegan, MD, BeepMarketing

Ms. Annie Mullins, Global Head of Content Standards, Vodafone

Mr. Mike Reid, Director, 3i

Mr. Andrew J. Scott, Founder / CEO, Rummble

Mr. Steve Schlenker, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, DN Capital

Mr. Mike Short, Vice President of R&D, O2

Innovation Showcase entries yet to be selected—entry deadline is May 26—why don't you enter?

This just in on the innovation front: Vodafone Group will acquire 100% of Denmark-based ZYB for € 31.5 million. ZYB provides social networking and online management tool enabling mobile phone users to back-up and share their handsets’ contact and calendar information online. Tommy Ahlers, ZYB CEO, Founder, Member of the Board, will be speaking at EDM08.

SUMMARY

Submit an Innovation Showcase entry by May 26.

Register now before rates go up.

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Best Regards,

Stu Whitaker

European Directory Marketplace (EDM) / June 9th / +44 (020) 3239 6934

http://www.europeandirectorymarketplace.com/

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Information Services Monthly www.ISMonthly.com
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Mashable http://mashable.com/
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