Join the UK at SXSW 2024

8-12 March 2024

The UK's Department for Business and Trade (DBT) UK@SXSW2024 Trade Mission will be focused on supporting companies that fall into the Creative Industries across advertising, social media, immersive, experience, music tech, design and branding. If your company is scaling quickly or already working with international clients, SXSW is an excellent platform for expanding your network, securing new clients, and learning more about the US market.  

 

South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual celebration of the interactive, creative technologies, film and music industries and will be held as a physical event in Austin, Texas. The  DBT trade mission will take place during SXSW Conference, Saturday, 8 March – Tuesday, 12 March 2024.

 

Our cohort of selected companies will have input in helping DBT create an in-person trade mission that reflects the Best of British Creativity and will drive commercial opportunities for each participant.

 

Companies selected for DBT’s UK@SXSW2024 Trade Mission will be charged a £495+ VAT participation fee.  Please note, the cost of travel to SXSW (Austin, Texas) and a SXSW Interactive Badge are not included in this participation fee.

 

DBT will accept applications received by 16 October 2023, so please apply today.

To facilitate your company’s online UK@SXSW2024 Trade Mission application, below please see a list of information that will be requested. We suggest that you have this information to hand before starting the application as the online system does not allow for saving progress and revisiting the application at a later date.

 

  • Details for person filling out application (name, job title, email, phone)
  • Details for most senior person who will represent your company in UK@SXSW2024 delegation in Austin (name, job title, email, phone, headshot)
  • We would like to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and identities to represent all that the UK has to offer.  Sharing this information is completely optional and will be confidential in alignment with GDPR regulations.
  • Company name, Website, Logo (vector file upload – EPS or AI)
  • UK Region of your company headquarters. If your company has U.S. office(s), please indicate location(s)
  • Company’s primary business sector (drop down list provided)? If other, please describe.
  • How many full-time employees do you have globally?
  • Please list your top 5 clients
  • What industries are you targeting in the US?
  • Has your company had previous experience with exporting? If yes, when did your business last export goods and/or service?
  • Is your company planning to raise funds in the coming 12-18 months?
  • Please provide a pithy sentence to describe your company followed by 75 words orless that describe your company's product or service (max 100 words total). This text should be publication-ready for use in our trade mission marketing assets. Please ensure your response here use US spelling conventions, as this is the primary audience at SXSW.
  • Please share any other details that help DBT understand your company's unique value proposition and other compelling information that shows why your company is a leader in the Creative Industries (max 250 words). This text will be used only for internal ewview purposes.
  • Has your company attended SXSW before whether as part of the DBT trade missions or separately?
  • What is your primary business objective at SXSW 2024? (max 50 words)
  • People come to SXSW to discover What's New & What's Next in the creative industries. What trends do you anticipate in Austin next year?
  • If your company has submitted to SXSW Panel Picker, please state the title.
  • If your company has engaged with DBT before, please include contact(s), including names of International Trade Advisor. 
  • Space-permitting, DBT may host an activation area at the UK House venue. Does your company have an idea/concept for a demo? If so, please describe.
  • In the event my company is not offered a place in DBT’s Trade Mission to SXSW 2024, is your company interested to learn about other regional and industry association delegations to SXSW 2024? If so, you approve having the information I have shared in this application provided to DBT-approved industry partners and regional stakeholders.
  • Is your company interested in learning about speaking opportunities at UK House at SXSW 2024 and do you agree that DBT can share information in this application with trusted industry and regional stakeholders that will be running speaker programmes at UK House? If so, What timely conversations do you anticipate in Austin next year? Briefly describe the topic you would wish to speak on.
  • If accepted on this program, it is essential that companies confidentially report to DBT US business won or capital raised in the two years following SXSW 2024. Does your company commit to reporting business outcomes in the US market to DBT following SXSW 2024?