Route to 2012 - Washington DC
10th - 11th September 2009
Think London is the official foreign direct investment agency for London. We are a not-for-profit private-public partnership and the experts on doing business in the capital.
We are hosting a series of exclusive business events in key cities throughout North America over the coming months, as part of our Route to 2012 campaign.
This, by invitation only, reception and dinner was hosted by Think London and UK Trade & Investment. The evening offered insight into the current business opportunities that are available in London within the digital sector including those around the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012.
Photographs | Presentations | Speakers | 2012 procurement links | Related information | Contact us
Photographs
View event photographs below or full screen.
Presentations
View the presentations shown by Simon Wilson, Bureau Editor BBC News Washington, and Michael Charlton, Chief Executive, Think London at the event below.
Speakers
We were fortunate to have the following speakers at the dinner:
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Sir Alan Collins, KCVO CMG, British Consul-General, New York and Director-General, UK Trade & Investment USA, is responsible for nine teams across the US whose job is to promote British Trade and Investment opportunities. He sits on the Board of UK Trade & Investment and is the UK Trade & Investment Olympics champion tasked with globally co-ordinating work on London 2012. From 2003-2006, Sir Alan was British High Commissioner to Singapore where he was heavily involved with the strategy for London's winning bid for the 2012 Olympics. Follow UKTI on twitter: twitter.com/UKTI
- Simon Wilson, Bureau Editor BBC News Washington from the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) discussed how being the domestic rights holder of the 2012 Games has impacted their day to day activities and how their hopes of broadcasting every single moment of every sport through online, mobile, interactive TV and the main channels will lead them to look at new digital technologies ahead of 2012. Follow the BBC on twitter: twitter.com/BBC
- Michael Charlton, Chief Executive for Think London, provided insight into the business opportunities around the Games in 2012 and also the legacy post 2012 and highlighted the business initiatives across London, outside of the Games, available to companies within the digital sector. Mr Charlton also spoke about how Think London works with international businesses to help them establish a presence in London and what the current economic climate looks like given the decline of the pound and the changing London skyline. Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/thinklondon
2012 Procurement Links
Visit the London 2012 website
Where you can learn more about
procurement
policies.
Register your
business on the CompeteFor website
To access and bid for 2012 Games opportunities.
Related information
London’s
digital media sector is growing and diversifying as fast as the innovation it spawns.
Download 'Unlocking London's Digital Media Market' and discover how you can tap into a multi-billion dollar opportunity.
Contact us
To find out more about
the opportunities London can offer your business, or more about our Route to 2012 North America
roadshow, then please do not hesitate to contact us in
San Francisco on +1 (415) 391 0158,
New York on +1 (212) 493 7557 or
London on +44 (0)20 7718 5400.
Alternatively, please e-mail us on
info@thinklondon.com.
