Laure Verbruggen (Master Cultural Work and Film & Visual Culture) works as Project Manager for The Festival Academy, a non-profit organization initiated by the European Festivals Association (EFA). The Festival Academy has grown out of the success of the Ateliers for Young Festival Managers, and offers unique, intense and rigorous training programmes on festival management to young, dynamic and passionate festival makers worldwide. Before she started working for EFA in 2016, Laure was daily manager and communication officer at A Two Dogs Company (the production structure of Brussels-based artist Kris Verdonck) and advisor at Smart, a cooperative offering administrative, legal and financial advice and tools for the creative sector.