Tech Thursday: Access to public funding for SMEs

Find out how to fund your next technology project. Get one-on-one meetings with competence brokers from Viken County Municipality, and learn how Deep Purple grew from an idea to a pilot project with the help of public funding.

11:00 to 11:15: Project Manager of the Deep Purple Pilot Terje A.Løver will present how Deep Purple grew from an idea to a pilot project with the help of public funding. 

11:15 to 11:30: How to take effective advantage of the public policy instruments.

The public policy instruments have a number of support schemes aimed at SMEs to increase the ability to innovate and to connect research environments and companies more closely. Several of these instruments are specifically linked to the green shift. Harald Østerberg and Per Olve Tobiassen, competence brokers from Viken County Municipality in the field of climate, energy, and environment, will briefly present the most relevant support schemes and how to use the County Municipalities’ competence brokers as free advisors to develop good projects and applications.

11:30 to 13:00: One-to-one sessions (10-15 ‘each) with Viken Fylkeskommune competence brokers, lunch, and networking.