The international conference programme for Nordic Venue Forum 2012 will once again address the specific issues of venue development and operation for Sports, Performance, Arts, Culture and Entertainment venues throughout the Nordic region.

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The house, heavily renovated to offer new technology, and improved acoustics and audience facilities, now offers two rooms; a 600 capacity hall and a smaller 300 capacity club. But, according to CEO Ronnie Hansen, the most striking feature about the venue since its makeover isn’t its physical appearance… Pumpehuset is part-owned by Nordisk Film Biografer, a division of the Egmont group – the largest entertainment company in Scandinavia. And, unlike many other venues of a similar size, is operated almost entirely on a commercial basis. “Pumpehuset is a cooperation between cultural entrepreneurs with economic insights and big business managers with cultural ambitions,” explains Ronnie, a special guest speaker at Nordic Venue Forum this June.

“The business is a joint-venture between myself, Kristoffer Buck Bramsen and Nordisk Film Biografer.” The partners are terming the model a ‘cultural-commercial partnership’; a unique collaboration that is the first of its kind in Denmark. “In Denmark,” continues Ronnie, “and also other parts of Scandinavia, smaller cultural venues like ours are usually highly subsidised by the government. But for how long?” “While all of our competitors scream for more funding, we believe that arts and cultural venues can be run profitably, on a 100% commercial basis.

” At Nordic Venue Forum 2012, Ronnie will be joined by Frederik Juul, CEO of Nordisk Film Live, to offer economic insights and key learnings from Pumpehuset’s first year of operations; and an appraisal of how the cultural-commercial partnership model is working in practice. “A lot of people think that Nordisk Film’s involvement is philanthropic, but it could not be further from the truth. Together, we are hoping to disprove this crazy long-standing belief that venues like ours are not commercially viable.” “And we look forward to sharing our story at the Forum.”

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS: Ronnie Hansen, 28, is the youngest CEO in the Egmont Group. Previously, he served as Head of Commercial Activities at top Copenhagen venue VEGA, and has also had experience with independent concert promotion with a roster including Aphex Twin, Diplo, Skream and Benga and the likes. Ronnie has a background from Copenhagen Business School and The Royal Guards. Frederik Juul is newly appointed CEO of Nordisk Film Live; a completely new division within Nordisk Film, and their first foray into enter the live entertainment business. Frederik’s first act was to open Pumpehuset and recently Denmark’s biggest theatre and musical production has been presented – and will open in November, 2012. Frederik is a former CEO of Sandrew Metronome Denmark and has hold managing positions in Danish advertising.

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The conference schedule for Nordic Venue Forum 2012 has today been unveiled – offering an overview of the themes, topics and timings at the region’s leading dedicated venue meeting.

Following the success of the 2010 and 2011 events (held in Stockholm and Copenhagen respectively), Nordic Venue Forum 2012 takes place in Oslo, Norway, on 19-20 June 2012.

Last month, organisers Xperiology announced that the programme would, for the first time, feature dedicated parallel conference tracks for Sports/Entertainment and Arts/Culture themes… thereby offering more speakers, more focus and more knowledge-exchange at the Forum’s 2012 edition.

But now, the full Conference Overview has been unveiled; further detailing the discussions, workshops and networking events on offer to delegates in June.

“We are delighted to present further information on the programme for NVF12,” commented Ian Nuttall, co-founder and chair of the Nordic Venue Forum.

“We have once again designed the programme to specifically address issues of venue development, and operation for Sports, Performance, Arts, Culture and Entertainment venues in the Nordic region.

“Offering parallel programme tracks will allow us to really explore, in depth, some of the key concerns within each sector.

Nuttall continued; “In the coming weeks, we’ll be announcing our line-up of regional leaders and international expert speakers as the join the programme for the Forum.

“And we look forward to the region’s leading SPACE venues joining the debate, too!”

Download the Conference Overview here (PDF)

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Under the extended offer, all delegates who book their place before 30 March 2012 will receive two free nights’ accommodation (including breakfast and taxes) at the conference hotel – saving over NOK2,100!

After the success of the inaugural Forum in Stockholm in 2010, and the 2011 Forum in Copenhagen last year, Nordic Venue Forum 2012 will take place in Oslo, Norway, 19-20 June 2012.

The event will be held at the brand new Quality Hotel Expo in Oslo (pictured) – the Quality Hotel group’s new flagship conference property in Norway, which opens March 2012. And, after securing an additional allocation of rooms at the Hotel, organisers Xperiology are now able to extend the special earlybird offer for Nordic Venue Forum 2012.

“The Quality Hotel Expo will be an outstanding venue for our third annual Forum,” comments Angelina Tennino, conference director. “And we are delighted to be able to extend our free hotel offer to delegates.”

“We’ve already had a number of early registrations from some leading venues in the region.

“And we strongly encourage all delegates to confirm their attendance before the 30 March deadline, to guarantee they maximise networking opportunities by staying at the headquarters hotel, as well as saving over NOK2,100!”

What’s the offer? The free hotel offer is available to all delegates who purchase our full delegate package (detailed here) at €995 (+tax), before midnight 30 March 2012. Full info here.

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• Telenor Arena joins programme for Nordic Venue Forum 2012

Situated at the peninsula of Fornebu, just outside Oslo, by the beautiful Oslo Fjord, Telenor Arena has a maximum capacity of 25.000 spectators for concerts and 15.000 for football/athletics… making it the largest indoor stadium in Northern Europe.

After opening in March 2009, Telenor Arena has quickly become a sought after venue for major entertainment acts.

The arena has hosted a variety of events, including the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, shows by AC/DC, Tina Turner, Andre Bocelli, Metallica, and Roger Waters, and major sporting events like The Solberg Extreme Motorshow and the Oslo International Horse Show.

And delegates at Nordic Venue Forum 2012 will have the opportunity to get a first-hand look at this unique venue, with a ‘behind the scenes’ tour of the venue included in the all-in delegate package.

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• Programme news: Parallel conference streams to feature at NVF12

The international conference programme of Nordic Venue Forum is designed to address the specific issues of venue development and operation for Sports, Performance, Arts, Culture and Entertainment venues throughout the Nordic region.

However, with attendance at the Forum increasing year on year, organisers Xperiology have announced that the programme for the 2012 edition will feature split conference streams, to focus content on Sports/Entertainment and Arts/Culture themes.

Explains conference director Angelina Tennino: “We had such a wide range of venues represented at our 2011 meeting that we felt it necessary to offer a more bespoke conference programme for our 2012 edition.

“The topics that will be addressed at Nordic Venue Forum – driving revenues, diversifying content, growing audiences and delivering compelling visitor experiences – are key issues that will affect all venues in the region.

“But, by offering two dedicated conference streams, we can ensure that we concentrate discussion on the specific experiences, challenges and best-practice within each sector: and offer our guests more focussed solutions to apply to their venue businesses.”

The full programme and speaking line-up for Nordic Venue Forum 2012 will be unveiled soon.

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Designed for owners, operators and investors in arenas, performing arts spaces, sports stadia, visitor attractions, concert halls, leisure complexes and entertainment facilities in the region, Nordic Venue Forum will once again bring together regional leaders and international experts for the 2012 edition, which takes place in Oslo, Norway 19-20 June 2012.

And representatives from Copenhagen Arena and The Royal Danish Theatre have this week confirmed their participation at the region’s leading dedicated venue meeting:

Copenhagen Arena is brand new 15,000 multi-purpose indoor arena, currently under construction in the Ørestad Syd district of Copenhagen. Set to open in 2015, the Arena – a joint project between the City of Copenhagen and Realdania – will offer Copenhagen residents and city guests and international level venue, for big national and international music, cultural and sports events.

Joining us from Copenhagen Arena are: Mr Claus Wiegand Larsen (Managing Director) and Mr Lars Autrup (Project Manager).

The Royal Danish Theatre, is the national Danish performing arts institution, which owns and operates The Copenhagen Opera House (one of the world’s most modern opera stages) and the Royal Danish Playhouse (a 1000 capacity venue, situated on the harbour front in the Frederiksstaden neighbourhood of central Copenhagen).

Joining us from The Royal Danish Theatre are: Mr Peter La Cour Bentzon (Commercial Director), Mr Søren Bonde (CFO), Mrs. Dorthe Paulli (Director of Corporate Relations) and Mr Henrik Sten Petersen (CPO).

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Bringing together both regional leaders and international experts, Nordic Venue Forum’s total focus is on driving revenues, diversifying content, growing audiences and delivering compelling visitor experiences.

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Under the themes of “Transforming Venues into Attractions and Fans into Customers”, last year’s forum explored ways to grow the event calendar, raise revenues and reach into new audience segments.

Over 25 speakers were included in the conference roster, while delegates also had the chance to not only ‘talk the talk’ but also ‘walk the walk’; with hosted visits to both Danish Radio’s stunning Koncerthusert (the world’s most expensive concert venue which has even hosted boxing!) and DGI-Byen, the award-winning sports, leisure and conference destination in the heart of Copenhagen.

Nordic Venue Forum 2011 took place hosted at the Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers – dubbed the ‘greenest hotel in the world’ – a short hop from the city’s international airport.

The 2011 meeting coincided with the City of Copenhagen releasing a tender for the operator of a new multi-purpose arena and the Forum included an insightful debate into the future design, funding and operation of the proposed Copenhagen Multi-arena.

• Download the NVF11 Attendee List here.
• Download the full NVF11 Programme here.