Thursday 30. September and Friday 1. Oct. invite Kongsberg Jazz Festival, Buskerud County Council and Kongstanken the national seminar on culture- and industry actors in Quality Hotel Grand, Kongsberg. The purpose of the event is to find good cooperation between the business and cultural groups, especially festivals. The seminar is an annual event, The aim is to establish “Bop Business” as the country's primary meeting place for the most professional cultural operators and industry players who have or are considering cooperation with cultural operators.

We are very proud to have gotten hold of some of the nation's foremost speakers on the subject culture cooperation and sponsorship: While DnB sponsorsjef Jacob Lund is one of the major key players on the sponsor page, Whether you talk about culture or sports. Hans Mathias Thjømøe is Professor of Management with Marketing as a discipline, and has for years been among our leading researchers and writers in the area of ​​sponsorship. Furthermore, Telemark Research present results from a fresh survey of satisfaction and achievement among sponsors. We have also obtained the Dutch Sergej van Middendorp, Director jazzinbusiness.com, who for years have used jazz as a tool for management training and organizational development – and will show examples of how cultural cooperation can affect companies' bottom lines and profit positive. See more information and complete program here.

In addition, Thomas Seltzer invite a “National Insurance Office Live“: Seltzer and an interesting bunch “officers” will give his usual sharp and munnrappe satirical look at Energy Mill on the evening of Thursday 30. september. The theme for the evening will of course be sponsoring & cooperation between cultural & food. This event will be open for both seminar participants and the public.

Click here to register for the seminar