Prime Minister Kariņš addressed close to 200 members and guests of 5 Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Latvia during the luncheon where investors raised a number of critical issues: corruption, labor shortage, quality of education and spillover effects associated with reforms related to the financial sector.

For the 6th consecutive year the Human Development Award was hosted by AmCham Latvia, the Civic Alliance in Latvia and the U.S. Embassy in Latvia. Winners of this year's Award are: Enģeļa pasts, ĢBAC Brīnumiņš, RTU Engineering High School and SOS Children's Villages in Latvia.

September Business After Hours, hosted by Cognizant, offered members the chance to learn more about Cognizant's vision on the future of work. Work is changing due to automation and AI, but won't go away. Based on the major trends, Cognizant has come up with 21 new job roles that they believe will emerge over the next 10 years. Download the presentation!

The next generation of business leaders are motivated by a sense of purpose. Graham Bird (UK), Fellow of Oxford Leadership provided a full day training at the very first AmCham Academy workshop. The AmCham Academy aims at helping leaders stay relevant in today’s changing business environment, refresh their skills and expertise critical to lead teams of various sizes and achieve their business goals.

On September 26, AmCham members and friends spent an opening night of the new production of I Played, I Danced ("Spēlēju, Dancoju") by Imants Kalnins, Imants Ziedonis and Rainis at the Latvian National Opera with an exclusive reception at the Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga. 70 people attended this highly popular program.

A group of AmCham members, representing various industries, were invited for the Member Focus Lunch on September 26 to discuss their businesses and to provide feedback on AmCham activities.

Members of the AmCham Healthcare work group have prepared a vision statement and certain pilot projects for sustainable reforms in healthcare benefitting everyone. Our shared vision is longer and healthier lives for our society and better patient outcomes as the ultimate goal. It will be published soon.

On September 3, members of the American, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish Chambers of Commerce had a chance to visit seven Latvian medical institutions, including My Clinic Riga, Capital Clinic Riga, Orto Clinic, Diagnostic clinic ARS, Latvian American Eye Center, IVF Riga and Era Esthetique to learn what they can offer to local and international customers. The event was primarily designed for members from the tourism and hospitality industry.

AmCham President Ingrida Karina-Berzina moderated a panel “Effectiveness of the procedural framework in handling commercial and economic crime cases” held by the Ministry of Justice aiming to discuss the benefits of specialized commercial courts in Latvia. Watch the panel discussion!

Since 2010, Radisson Hotel Group has reduced the footprints of their hotels globally by 20%, including their energy, carbon, and water footprints. And they are looking to reduce that by a further 10% by 2022.

How should artificial intelligence be regulated? The U.S. Chamber has released the Principles on Artificial Intelligence (AI) emphasizing the need for a sensible and innovation-forward approach to address both the challenges and opportunities of AI.

Two new board members Iain Kennedy and Ilze Zoltnere have been elected to the management board of FICIL on September 9th. Ilze Zoltnere is the head of Corporate Banking in Luminor bank and Iain Kennedy is the CEO of insurance company Balta.

The charity we have supported for many years, the Latvian Foster Family Association, celebrates 25th Anniversary this year. Watch the video about their accomplishments!

The country residence of our member and the 5 star Hotel Bergs Riga - Rumene Manor - has been named a winner in this year's Platinum List 2019 Awards.

AC Hotel by Marriott Riga, the first brand new Marriott Chain hotel in Latvia with 239 hotel guest rooms and 4 multi-functional conference rooms, has joined the Chamber as a Corporate member.

RDSA Studio, a full service architecture and project management firm, has recently joined the Chamber as a Small Business member. Welcome to AmCham community!

Chris Reed, an accomplished corporate executive, strategist and management consultant, recently joined the Chamber as an Individual member. We warmly welcome him to AmCham!

We are please to welcome new Individual member Gordon F. Sander to AmCham! He is is a writer, journalist and photographer currently based in Riga. Gordon has mounted numerous exhibits of his photography both in the U.S. and the Baltic region, including exhibition "My America 2" this September in VEF Culture palace.

Madigan's Emergency Medicine Research Department initiated Trauma Simulator project developed by our member Exonicus, Inc. and brought this virtual training to Iraq in 2018 to help downrange medical providers keep their trauma. Watch the video!

September 2019

Welcome to our latest newsletter. We had a very busy start of the season with the joint luncheon with Prime Minister Kariņš discussing issues directly affecting foreign investors' willingness to invest in Latvia. Fighting corruption, labor force shortage, quality of education and finance sector reforms were among main topics addressed. For the 6th consecutive year we were proud to continue co-hosting the Human Develolpment Award to honor inspirational people and organizations of Latvia. We held the very first AmCham Academy workshop and thanks to our member Cognizant learned more about 21 new job roles of the future. Mark your calendars and make sure you attend one of our most fun events of the year Chili Cook-Off!

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Women in Leadership by SSE Riga

My America 2: a panoramic exhibition

Voucher for 100 EUR from Latvia Tours

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