On March 26, members had a unique opportunity to engage in an online discussion on the development and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines with Professor Kaspars Tars, Senior Researcher at the Biomedical Research and Study Center of Latvia. Professor Tars gave an in-depth presentation on different vaccine types, how they work and their efficacy against new variants. 

Yet another virtual event was held in partnership with Tatarklubben where Harvard Business School professor Mitchell Weiss explored ways for harnessing public entrepreneurship to solve our most urgent problems.

On March 17, AmCham together with VA Government hosted a public discussion on the Recovery and Resilience Facility that foresees investments for green transformation and digital transition, sustainable transport and digital infrastructure. Among the speakers were Agnese Dagile, Acting Head of the EU Commission in Latvia, Gatis Eglitis, Member of the Saeima, Arturs Toms Pless, Minister for Environmental protection and regional development and Ints Dalderis, Advisor to the Minister of Finance of Latvia. Experts touched upon key directions and projects within the national RRF plan, allocation of the funding and long-term liabilities to Latvia, timeframe for implementation of reforms as well as challenges and potential solutions to critique expressed by social partners. Revisit the event HERE!

On March 10, AmCham in partnership with Tatarklubben invited members to inspire from Harvard Business Review authors Adam Bryant and former CEO of Amgen Kevin Sharer who explored the topic -  The CEO test. 

On March 2, members of all three Baltic countries had an opportunity to join Pan-Baltic OSAC webinar featuring a presentation by the U.S. Secret Service’s Protective Analysis branch on Terrorism Trends and Tactics using the January 6th Breach on the U.S. Capitol as a case study.