Presented by: Raad voor Cultuur
De Routekaart voor Nieuw Talent
Froukje Bouma MOTEL Artist Management, Kristel Baele National Council for Culture, Floris Vermeulen Fonds Podiumkunsten, Imke Loeffen Poppunt Gelderland
Dutch spoken

Speakers
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Froukje Bouma MOTEL Artist Management
Froukje Bouma is an artist manager and owner of MOTEL Artist Management, an agency focussing on alternative (dutch) pop artists. Currently she represents S10, Froukje, Wende Snijders. -
Kristel Baele National Council for Culture
Kristel Baele is President of the National Council for Culture. She graduated in Political and Social Sciences at the University of Ghent and in Sociology at the University of Antwerp. After moving to the Netherlands Kristel held various executive roles in higher education, most recently as President of the Board at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. In addition, she was a member of the advisory board of the Dutch organisation for internationalisation in education (Nuffic) and a member of the advisory board VSB-funds. Between 2010 and 2018 Kristel held a seat in the Dutch Council for Education. Alongside her work at the Council for Culture, she is currently part of the Supervisory Board of The Hague University of Applied Sciences, amongst other non-executive roles. Kristel is a member of the selection committee for the Deltapremie, a prestigious research prize. -
Floris Vermeulen Fonds Podiumkunsten
Floris Vermeulen is als secretaris muziek het aanspreekpunt en het gezicht voor het veld van het Fonds Podiumkunsten voor de muziek. Hij is dé inhoudelijk deskundige en is verantwoordelijk voor de voorbereiding van de behandeling van subsidieaanvragen voor de adviescommissies door het subsidiebureau. Hij levert een actieve bijdrage aan de ontwikkeling en uitvoering van het beleid van het Fonds Podiumkunsten. Zo was hij bijvoorbeeld betrokken bij de ontwikkeling van regelingen en programma’s als het programma urban projecten, het subsidiekader verdienvermogen middelgrote ensembles en Upstream: Music. Floris studeerde basgitaar aan het Conservatorium Groningen en werkte als bassist, producent, componist en arrangeur in uiteenlopende genres, van hip hop, jazz en raï tot experimenteel en multimedia. Floris Vermeulen is oprichter van de bands Electric Barbarian en Cousin X. -
Imke Loeffen Poppunt Gelderland
Imke Loeffen supports upcoming artists in the Netherlands as talent developer at Poppunt Gelderland, member of the board at POPnl, grant advisor at Fonds Podiumkunsten, coach at Popsport and teacher at ArtEZ Conservatory. She draws inspiration and practical tips from her own experience as a performing artist.
Moderator
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Frank Kimenai Hive Mind / Erasmus University
Frank Kimenai is an independent consultant, researcher and cultural professional, specialized in the creative industry in general and popular music in particular. Frank operates from Amsterdam, and is involved in European, national and regional projects, for example the development of Music Moves Europe, and the business management of the Grauzone festival. He is currently conducting PhD research on the resilience of music ecosystems. Frank feels most at home at the intersection of economy, culture, policy and the social domain. He likes Excel sheets and listens to Black Flag.