Whether you are already exporting, looking to export, or haven’t yet considered internationalising your business, we need your help to design the future of export support. Your challenge: help us transform the current export support landscape so that we can achieve our ambition of making Britain the most proactive export nation in the world. To kick this off this work, UK Trade and Investment's Ideas Lab are hosting Export Jams on 28th July at locations up and down the country – but they won’t work without you. You’ll have the chance to network with businesses facing challenges just like yours, to share insights and experiences, and to collaborate with others to create prototypes of the products and services you need in the future.

1. What to expect
at Export Jam?

2. Overview of the day
On July 28th 2015, the UKTI Ideas
Lab with the Policy Lab UK are
holding events across England.
Each location will have the
chance to connect with UKTI’s
international embassies and
advisors in a globally networked
‘virtual jam’.
The all day sessions are being
held in nine regions bringing
people together to share ideas,
collaborate, and contribute to
the future of export services.
Export Jam
28th July 2015 North East
(Newcastle)
Yorkshire and
Humber
(Leeds)
North West
(Manchester)
East Midlands
(Nottingham)
East of England
(Wyboston)
South West
(Bristol)
South East
(Reading)
London
(London)
West Midlands
(Birmingham)
Map not to scale

3. What is an
Export Jam?
A ‘global jam’ is where different
people come together in small
groups, simultaneously
networked around the world to
share insights, generate new
ideas, build concepts and present
them, all in a limited amount of
time.

4. Who should attend?
Anyone with an interest in export
can attend Export Jam – in fact
meeting new people is an
important part of any jam -
Please note as places are limited
we are prioritising space for:
 Medium sized businesses
who have exported and those
that wish to in the future
 Entrepreneurs and start ups
 Designers, creatives and
technologists
 B2B and Business support
intermediaries.
Export Jam
28th July 2015

5. What to expect?
1. It all starts with a challenge
2. Create teams and share your
skills and experience
3. Think about how export works
now, what could be improved
4. Get creative about potential new
ways to improve export
5. Build concepts and prototypes
6. Pitch ideas for the future
7. Capture the best ideas
8. Enjoy the day (but with a serious
aim).
Export Jam
28th July 2015

6. We look forward to seeing
you, places are limited so
register your interest in one
of nine places.
Or if you can’t make it in
person why not join us
online in Virtual export jam
Export Jam
28th July 2015

7. Tools and
techniques
Each place will be different, but
what follows are some of images
from the Policy Lab
#northernfutures #openideas day
Here is a video
from our last open ideas day

8. Asset mapping
Creative tools
This activity involves participants in
collectively creating and then
describing a visual map of the assets
and resources in Leeds and the North.

9. Customer journeys
Creative tools
A great way to really get into the shoes
of the people you are designing for is
to imagine who they are, what they do
and what else is going on in their life
Newcastle

10. Ideas stimuli
Creative tools
Use local and national newspapers to
stimulate discussion about current
challenges northern cities are facing.

11. Studio Design Sessions
Creative tools
Come up with an idea and do a quick
30 second pitch to get immediate
feedback from your peers to improve
the solution
Liverpool

12. Creative tools
Manchester
Export Jam
#exportjam

13. Sign up here to
register interest in
attending your
nearest Export Jam