Business Espoo Breakfast Club: Creative Growth 27.5.2025
Creative growth
Join us for an inspiring morning of insight, opportunity, and connection!
Espoo is home to a vibrant creative and game industry landscape — and we believe it’s time to bring the community together to fuel new growth.
Business Espoo Breakfast Club: ”Creative Growth” is a dynamic morning event designed for entrepreneurs, creatives, and companies working across the cultural, creative, and game sectors. Whether you’re looking for practical tools, fresh ideas, new partners—or simply coffee with likeminded professionals — this event is for you.
You’ll hear from city representatives, creative professionals, and entrepreneurs who are shaping the future of the industry. From funding opportunities and service paths to cross-sector collaboration and creative entrepreneurship, we’ll share the latest updates and spark conversations that matter.
What to Expect
- Inspiration: Short and sharp talks from creative and game industry professionals
- Insight: Info-packed session on Espoo’s services, funding paths, and support for creatives
- Interaction: Guided networking and peer mentoring discussions designed to spark new ideas and connections
Themes
- Growth and collaboration across creative sectors
- Cross-pollination between creative industries and the game sector
- Entrepreneurship, funding, and practical support
- Building a stronger creative ecosystem – with the city as your partner
Who Should Join?
Creative entrepreneurs, freelancers, companies, artists, developers, and anyone working within or in collaboration with creative and game industries in Espoo and the region. Members of the Business Espoo network are especially welcome.
Event details
📅 Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
🕘 Time: 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
🏠 Venue: Technopolis Innopoli 2, Edison Room 1&2 (Tekniikantie 14, Espoo)
🌐 Language: English
This event is organized by Business Espoo in collaboration with KLOV(external link, opens in a new window) and Espoo Game LAB.
Registration
Register no later than May 20. The event is free of charge, but spots are limited. Secure your spot today – fill out the registration form below and ensure your seat at this exciting event. Link to the registration(external link, opens in a new window).
Program*
8:30 Registration, breakfast and informal mingling
9:00 The program starts
- Opening words: ”Why creativity matters for Espoo” / Leena Hoppania, Manager of Cultural Services, City of Espoo
- City of Espoo & Business Espoo insight: services and funding / Ville Tolvanen, Senior Business Advisor, City of Espoo and Katja Koskela, Senior Specialist, Cultural Unit, City of Espoo
- Growing Creatively – Experiences in International Growth and Visibility / Nellie Nyberg, Project Manager, KLOV, Federation of Finnish Enterprises and Petra Koivisto, Senior Agent & Partner, Agent Pekka
- Where we are now & what you should know: Creative snapshots from game industry, visual arts, music and photography
- Wrap-up & guided networking introduction
11:15 Creative roundtables; participants select or rotate between:
- How to monetize creativity; beyond grants and gigs
- Game industry crossovers; what other creatives can offer (and learn)
- Funding & scaling up in 2025; what’s changing?
- New business models for creatives; productizing, partnering, growing
- Espoo’s ecosystem; how can the city better support us?
- Creative collaborations that work: Sharing case stories
- Future-proofing your skills; What should creatives learn next?
12:00 End of the event
*We reserve the right to make changes to the program.
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