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SXSW London 2026

31.5. – 4.6.26 | London

AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA is organizing a business mission to SXSW London 2026 for Austrian companies, creative professionals, start-ups, educational institutions and all those interested in the future from 31 May to 4 June 2026. Experience the largest and most important digital, innovation, creative and future happening in the global metropolis of London – and discover how our world will develop over the next ten years. So you can make the right decisions for tomorrow today.

Information and registration
What can you expect?

SXSW brings together festivals, conferences and trade exhibitions and is dedicated to digital issues that go far beyond individual industries – from artificial intelligence and the new human experience to technologies such as biotechnology or quantum computing to the city of the future, London 2050, and changes in society and the world of work.

Numerous digital and social issues of the future will be examined in depth. In addition, you can expect an official program with a variety of use case exhibitions and an extensive supporting program. This will give you an excellent overview of our evolving digital reality in the shortest possible time.

Registration, costs & program

Participation fee:

  • WK members & new self-employed: EUR 500 plus 20 % VAT.
  • WK non-members: EUR 1,000 plus 20 % VAT.

The participation fee includes:

  • Participation in the economic mission from May 31 to June 4, 2026
  • Joint activities including exchange of experience and networking
  • Professional curation of the program and expert moderation
  • Individual support with the organization of business meetings and presentations
  • PR and marketing activities at home and abroad before and during the event
  • -40 % discount on the SXSW Conference ticket (approx. EUR 815 instead of EUR 1,360)

Important:
Flight, accommodation and the SXSW ticket are not included in the participation fee.

Application deadline: March 1, 2026

SXSW London

The event is part of the internationalization offensive go-international, a joint initiative of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy and Tourism and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber.

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