The Minister of Health met with a group of AmCham members to discuss the main lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis and share her vision on the way forward for the healthcare sector. Test, trace, isolate has been Latvia's response, which, comprehensively implemented at all levels, has ensured comparative success in fighting the novel coronavirus.

On Friday, July 3 over 100 guests celebrated the 244th Anniversary of U.S. Independence with an outdoor drive-in movie night screening Patriot’s Day at the Business Garden Riga campus. The event was kicked off with opening remarks by U.S. Ambassador in Latvia John Carwile and President of AmCham Zinta Jansons.

On July 3, AmChams in Europe Association (ACE) held a second webinar on the COVID-19 crisis. This time, the focus was on the economic recovery from the top business leaders’ perspective, covering issues such as traveling, vaccine, workforce and many more. The online panel discussion featured business leaders from Belgium, Croatia, Sweden and Russia. The event was moderated by Susan Danger, CEO of AmCham EU and Chair of the AmChams in Europe Association.

AmCham held the live Harvard Business Review webinar with Scott Berinato, author of Good Charts and resident dataviz expert at Harvard Business Review who explained how a good visualization can communicate the nature and potential impact of information and ideas more powerfully than any other form of communication.

AmCham board held a monthly board meeting to review and discuss past events, advocacy and membership issues. In addition, the board scheduled future events with potential speakers and topics.