Taking advantage of the SXSW event, We are organizing a new Webmission for Belgian entrepreneurs, journalists bloggers and Internet, mobile and tech enthusiasts, interested in promoting themselves in the US markets. This is a great opportunity to present Belgian startups and their products & services to the SXSW audience, to extend networks, and to open up to new ideas.

A Webmission is a delegation of Belgian Web, Tech & Mobile entrepreneurs that travel abroad to promote their companies and to network, taking advantage of an international Internet/Tech event and the secondary happenings around it.

Mission: Promote Belgian Web, Tech & Mobile entrepreneurship abroad, by increasing its visibility and international network. –

• team-sxsw12@webmission.be
• webmission.be
• meetup.com/webmission
• twitter.com/webmission
• facebook.com/webmission

• Webmission to SXSW officially launched (08/08/2011)
• The SXSW PanelPicker lets you see the proposed topics and vote for the ones you'd love to see: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com (16/08/2011)
• Early Bird Tickets (lowest price) are available until Sept. 23rd. Hurry up and register if you haven't yet: http://sxsw.com/attend (07/09/2011)

To sign up to the webmission all you have to do is log-in* and add your name to this list. Once you book your flight, please put your info in bold. Participation in the webmission is free, but you will have to cover your own travel and accommodation expenses.

1. Antoine Perdaens - @tlg
2. Bart Becks - @BartBecks
3. Serge Boucher - @sboucher
4. Geoffroy Verney-Carron - @geofverney
5. Ramon Suarez - @ramonsuarez
6. Patrick Bosteels - @patrickbosteels
7. Stijn Van Vreckem - @stijnvv
8. Martin De Wulf - @madewulf
9. Frédéric della Faille - @fred_dela
10. Muriel Ebrahime - @miss_muriel
11. Sam Piroton - @sam_piroton
12. Marina Aubert - @aubertm
13. David Verbustel - @davidv
14. Jean-Yves Huwart - @jeanyves
15. Xavier Corman - @xaviercorman
16. Maxime De Greve - @maximedegreve

Maybe participants (to confirm)

1. Jean-Christophe Cuvelier - @totophe (As follower, no startup)

*The log-in button is in the lower right corner of the page. If you do not have an account you have to create one to edit this page.

• Knowledge Plaza (Wallonia)
• Sonicangel (Flanders & Los Angeles-US)
• TCS Digital World (Brussels)
• XAOP (Flanders)
• Checkthis (Brussels)
• FellowNation (Brussels)
• obinote (Brussels)

Work in progress.

This is not an organized tour, so every participant is the master of his/her own agenda. You can decide to share or keep for yourself as much as you want. If you organize a meeting with a company and that you are ok to have others join you, you can just post a note in this page.

We are currently organizing a kind of Beta Group event ”…“ in collaboration with tbd.

You can contact us at

• team-sxsw12@webmission.be
• twitter.com/webmission

A lot of people are helping in this effort. If you want to cooperate in the organization you are more than welcome: What part of the organization would you like to own?.

We are also looking for partners, your help is more than welcome!

Mandatory to enter the USA

• For most of us this is the main subsidy to ask for. The form has to be sent at least 10 days before your trip! Always ask for more than €2500, no problem if the final real expense is lower. PROSPECTION DE MARCHÉS SITUÉS HORS UNION EUROPÉENNE

• If you rent a stand at SXSW you can ask for this subsidy: PARTICIPATION À DES FOIRES ET SALONS INTERNATIONAUX HORS UNION EUROPÉENNE COUPLÉE À UNE PROSPECTION

Click here for the contact persons for the subsidies.

• Hotels
• Flights : Once you have booked your flight, please share relevant information here. Better travel together!

Travel agency contact:

• Pascal Vandercleyen (USA Travel). Email:usatravel.pascal@skynet.be Tel:+32 2 734.97.00. Address: 75 Blvd Louis Schmidt;Brussels;1040;Belgium. http://www.usatravel.be.

Main organizers

• Vincent Battaglia
• Gregoire Hoin

Precious help

• kindja
• Antoine Perdaens - @tlg
• Frédéric della Faille - @fred_dela
• Nicolas Frenay - @NicolasFrenay
• @sam_piroton

Webmission 1: Google I/O (San Francisco, USA) - May 2009

Webmission 2: Evento Blog España 09 (Sevilla, Spain) - November 2009

Webmission 3: Google I/O (San Francisco, USA) - May 2010

Webmission 4: Google I/O (San Francisco, USA) - May 2011

Webmission 5: Prince Mission (New York & Boston, USA) - June/July 2011