About Digital Mission

Digital MissionDigital Mission provides an opportunity for companies to expand their business or seek investment overseas, organised by Chinwag and the UKTI.

Each Digital Mission has a range of activities planned with UKTI's network of consulates, sector experts and local contacts.

Barry Vitou and stand at SXSWi '09Typically, organized events will include a masterclass session, networking, marketing support, meetings with local partners and lots more. Digital Mission companies are encouraged to participate in the local digital scene.

Application process

Applications are open to UK-based, SMEs operating in the digital sector through a competitive selection process. Successful companies are judged by Digital Mission advisory board, comprising experts from across the digital industry and UKTI sector specialists.

For more information, or to enter your company, please sign-up to the newsletter from the homepage and read the entry criteria on the relevant mission homepage.

Details will be updated regularly on the Digital Mission pages:

Digital Mission to LA & San Francisco '09
Digital Mission to New York '09
Digital Mission to SXSWi '10

About UKTI

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) can help you rise to the exciting opportunities and challenges that globalisation offers. We work with UK-based businesses to ensure their success in international markets. We also encourage the best overseas companies to look to the UK as their global partner of choice. UKTI offers expertise and contacts through our national and global networks. It's our goal to enhance the competitiveness of companies in the UK, and to attract a continuing high level of quality foreign direct investment.

The UKTI's worldwide network of local consulates and sector-specific experts provide the Digital Missions with access to unrivalled local contacts and knowledge that would otherwise lie beyond the reach of companies operating in isolation. Companies attending the Digital Mission have the opportunity to learn from each other as well, forming strong relationships, which in themselves have led to business partnerships.

About Chinwag

The Chinwag community is a focal point for digital media practitioners in the UK and beyond. Founded in 1996, it has grown into a community media company that publishes websites, discussion forums and blogs supporting the people and companies who work in the digital industry. In February 2007 the Chinwag Live events series launched, topical panel discussions that have also gone on tour to Manchester and the Internet World and ad:tech conferences. They also publish Chinwag Jobs, the leading recruitment website for digital marketing, media, technical and design positions.