Conference

Get the Grant!

From Idea to Funding.
How to find and secure a grant for your business.

The first conference to comprehensively bring together the ecosystem of grants—entrepreneurs, funders, and consultants.

13.6.2025 | Hotel Falkensteiner | Bratislava

THEME:

From idea to funding. How to find and secure a grant for your business.

the aim of the event:

To help participants navigate the landscape of grants and open calls. We identify suitable opportunities, guide them in submitting correct applications, and connect them with the right contacts for advice or assistance in project writing.

Event prize:

135 Eur

Program

The morning will be devoted to expert lectures on where and how to look for challenges and how to increase the chances of a successful application. In the afternoon you will learn how to write a real grant form, avoid mistakes and understand the whole application process - step by step.

Moderator: Oliver Jakubík
Conference opening: Matúš Krnčok, Head of the Institute of Regional Policy of the Bratislava Region

It doesn't matter if you've already applied for a grant. Come and leave prepared!

9.00 - 9.30

Registration of participants

9.30 - 9.45

Introductory words

9.45 - 10.15

AI possibilities in the world of grants and funding.

Grant Expert
Speaker: Tamás Szőke / CEO

10.15 - 10.55 am

Grants and subsidies for start-ups

SBA (Slovak Business Agency)
Speaker: Pamela Palková / SBA Expert Coordinator
SIEA (Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency)
Speaker: Vladimír Janeček / Director of Innovation Performance Improvement Department, Innovation and International Relations Section
SARIO (Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency)
Speaker: Peter Dan Ferenčík / Marketing Department - possibilities of financial and non-financial support provided by the National Project Department

10.55 - 11.15

Coffee Break

11.15 - 11.30 am

Private finance: concessional loans with guarantee and grant from the Recovery and Resilience Plan to support the development of small, medium and large enterprises.

Tatra banka
Speaker: Ľubica Sobihardová / Director of Corporate Centres Department

11.30 am - 12:00 pm

My first grant, the experience of an entrepreneur and a municipality. Successful people with grant projects.

DAITABLE
Speaker: Šimon Staňo / Co-founder of the startup DAITABLE
Project: ITHACA
Speaker: Stanislav Thomka - Deputy Mayor City of Martin

12.00 - 13.00

Lunch (in the restaurant of the Hotel Falkensteiner)

13.00 - 14:00 pm

PANEL DISCUSSION ON:

"Grants - between expectations and reality"

What does it look like when you apply for a grant? What works, what doesn't - and what should change?

SPEAKERS:
Andrea Hlinková / Artistic Director and Founder of the open air Opera fest at the castle
Šimon Staňo / Co-founder of the startup DAITABLE
Anna Brňáková / Founder and expert advisor of OZ Zdravotná bra

14.00 - 16:00

THEMATIC WORKSHOPS

workshop 1

How to use publicly available AI tools for effective grant preparation

Lecturer

Šmidt Braňo / is co-founder and CEO of AI-first organization transformio.ai and an expert on the strategic use of AI in business.

The conference will present concrete and practical ways in which publicly available AI tools and models can simplify and accelerate grant preparation

Workshop programme (pdf)

workshop 2

Quick financial injection for business development

Lecturers

Renáta Pokorská / Head of Microloan Programme Implementation Department / SBA

Pamela Palková / Expert Coordinator / SBA

Vladimír Janeček / Director of Innovation Performance Improvement Department, Innovation and International Relations Section / SIEA

Gabriel Gottgeisl / Director of SARIO National Project Department

The conference will showcase financial assistance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to support their growth, innovation and competitiveness.

Workshop programme (pdf)