What will you learn during this evening?
It is a challenge to secure a place in the professional field. How do you do that actually? You need to know who the kingmakers are in the cultural sector and who are the key figures in your field. How do you get to know the right people and which steps can you take. During this evening, you will find out how you can create opportunities for yourself, so that you can earn money with what you most like doing.

About Simone van Bennekom 
Simone van Bennekom (she/her) is the former project leader of the ‘entrepreneurship’ project of the AHK. She graduated from the Academy of Theatre and Dance, has had her own theatre company and is graduated in Economics and Entrepreneurship from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Simone is an entrepreneur and also works for the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, where she focuses on international innovation and market expansion of the Creative Industry. She conducts research into and publishes articles about internationalisation as growth strategy in collaboration with the Erasmus University Rotterdam.