1. Digital Shoreditch, 35 Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch, London, UK, E2 8AA. Tel: 020 7749 3742
Registered for England and Wales. Company No: 7201448. VAT No: GB798524079. www.digitalshoreditch.com

2. Our Mission
Digital Shoreditch is the festival celebrating the outstanding creative, technical and entrepreneurial
talent of East London and Tech City. The festival will run from May 21st to June 1st 2012 and will be
highlighting the thriving digital and tech talent from Clerkenwell to Stratford, Old Street to Bethnal
Green and Dalston to the City and beyond.
Our collective ambition for 2012 is to deliver London’s greatest digital and creative tech festival
ever. Our vision is to be as significant as South By South West within four years and be recognised as
one of the world’s premier events for showcasing the most talented companies and individuals
within the digital and creative technologies sectors.
Last Year
Digital Shoreditch’s inaugural festival in 2011 attracted contributions from 179 companies, where
over 2,000 people attended 50 events in the first week of May. Key contributors and sponsors
included:
The 2011 Festival showcased over 50 events, here is just a selection:
The Summit brought Interactive workshops
together the key brains, where young people
creatives and visionaries learned to create mobile
behind the vibrant Digital apps that can change their
Shoreditch economy. world
Digital Shoreditch, 35 Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch, London, UK, E2 8AA. Tel: 020 7749 3742
Registered for England and Wales. Company No: 7201448. VAT No: GB798524079. www.digitalshoreditch.com

3. The Family Day provided
SCAMP Conference - the
an opportunity for local
eclectic creative
creatives, companies and
conference looked at how
studies to exhibit
digital is influencing
outstanding digital
creative industries and
interactives, installations
vice-versa.
and artworks.
‘What does digital mean ‘Hacking Advertising’
for me?’ discussed the discussed how brands
changing nature of could break the 4th wall of
promotion in a digital advertising and redefine
world. the media landscape.
‘Lost Treasures’ mobile
3D Avatar Experience –
experience, discovering
the public got to play with
mobile campaigns, apps
Inition’s cutting-edge 3D
and culture, and WLM
technology.
phone museum.
Last years Festival Guide may be downloaded at: http://bit.ly/DSguide2011
This Year
We are planning to showcase 500 companies and individuals for a phenomenal celebration of our
collective talent and capabilities, and aiming for attendance by tens of thousands of people in 2012.
The 14-day programme for 2012 will include talks, educational workshops, open studios,
exhibitions, family days, awards and parties that will engage, inspire and celebrate the cream of the
digital crop
The programme is designed to explore and represent a wide spectrum of industry areas, and will
attract executives working in areas such as advertising, branding, broadcasting, production, film,
mobile, gaming, web, and graphics, to facilitate B2B interaction and share best practice. The event
also provides a forum for media financiers, politicians, Arts institutes, the press and the public,
making it the ideal platform to display leadership, attract new business, gain further brand
exposure and recognition, and engage with other pioneering creative developers.
Digital Shoreditch, 35 Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch, London, UK, E2 8AA. Tel: 020 7749 3742
Registered for England and Wales. Company No: 7201448. VAT No: GB798524079. www.digitalshoreditch.com

4. We will also be announcing the winners of the Race For Apps Contest - http://raceforapps.com
Race for Apps is a competition to crowd-source mobile apps from the digital community for visitors,
businesses and journalists, coming into the local area during the 2012 games.
Founding Partners 2012
Our founding partners for 2012 are local companies and organisations including Unruly, Sports
Interactive, Taylor Wessing, Hackney Council, PlayGen, Vitamin T, Blick Rothenberg, and Queen
Mary, University of London.
Focus Days
Day Day’s Focus Day Day’s Focus
Inspiring young people to Mentoring & coaching sessions to
INSPIRE GROWTH
discover... help businesses grow.
Universities & Research -
Emerging technology, Big Data and
ACADEMIC Post 18 students, post- NEXT TECH
Mobile.
grads.
Recruitment. Job fair and
Branding, Marketing, Advertising
WORK portfolio /CV review, BRANDS
and Social.
freelancer and new talent.
A day of unexpected
CREATE consequences! 80% PLAY Games and Gamification
Female led creative
Funding and Startup
CAPITAL SUMMIT The best of Digital Shoreditch
businesses.
Game Jam & Data Hackathon.
Public Exhibition (over
PUBLIC JAM (over weekend of 26th and 27th
weekend)
May)
Digital Shoreditch, 35 Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch, London, UK, E2 8AA. Tel: 020 7749 3742
Registered for England and Wales. Company No: 7201448. VAT No: GB798524079. www.digitalshoreditch.com

5. The Source
The Source is the first ever tangible directory
that has been lovingly put together by Digital
Shoreditch. This easily accessible guide highlights
our thriving creative and technical scene and
supports growth by ensuring that businesses can
be found and connected.
The Source spans the immense diversity across a
wide range of industries that include advertising,
arts and culture, gaming and entertainment,
financial and legal services, education, IT and
Web development and a whole lot more.
Vol. 1 of The Source is available here:
http://bit.ly/DSsource
1008 Companies and Growing
Our emphasis is on nurturing an extensive and exciting community. We host monthly meetups, run
competitions and awards in collaboration with the Technology Strategy Board and other partners,
workshops, and news updates. Facilitating an enormous spectrum of individuals and companies to
connect and exchange ideas, generate greater openness, and provide opportunities for innovators
from all walks of life to contribute to a flourishing creative society.
Digital Shoreditch will be the UK’s largest digital event celebrating
creative, tech and start-up talent.
Digital Shoreditch, 35 Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch, London, UK, E2 8AA. Tel: 020 7749 3742
Registered for England and Wales. Company No: 7201448. VAT No: GB798524079. www.digitalshoreditch.com