About the event

Grow your international sales at Export Academy Live! - a free roadshow taking place in Manchester (1/11), Birmingham (2/11) & London (3/11).

Export Academy Live! will empower you to develop your businesses exporting strategy, providing the knowledge to drive growth, and help build your confidence when tackling important export topics.

Supercharge your export journey

Designed to connect you with export experts to give you to insight and inspiration to support you in making your business a global success story. In just one day, you can…

1. Visit the Main Stage to hear from some of the brightest export minds, including a keynote address from a well-known business personality. You will also hear about the latest hot topics and understand how you can make the most of The Department for International Trades support

2. Dive into the Workshop Zone to get a taster of Export Academy support including mini workshops on market research, getting paid and much more

3. Navigate the Market Zone to meet representatives from some of the UK’s biggest trading partners. Explore the markets and find out which one is best suited to your products and/or services

4. Find local support in the Growth Zone. Meet with advisers from DIT plus a range of organisations who can provide access to wider business growth support and funding opportunities

5. Grab a coffee, meet with likeminded businesses, and build your local connections within the Networking Zone.

With so much going on, our team of Export Academy Advisers will be on hand to help you to make the most out of the day.

Make lasting connections

Throughout the day you will have the opportunity to meet 1:1 with a range of export experts including overseas colleagues from key markets, Export Academy Advisers, Specialist Advisers, and wider DIT support including colleagues from the Export Support Service, UK Tradeshow Programme, UK Export Finance and many more. There will also be plenty of opportunity to interact with and learn from your peers throughout the day.

How to attend this event

If you want the tools and support to provide your brand, business, team, and self with the best chance of overseas success, then this is the event for you. The venues and full agenda for each roadshow event will be released in the coming weeks. We expect demand to be high for these events so please register as soon as possible to secure your place.